Tag: Trans Mountain pipeline

Cory Morgan: Canada Must Establish a Robust East/West Energy Corridor to Avert the Catastrophe of a Line 5 Shutdown

Commentary The battle over the operation of the multi-national Enbridge Line 5 pipeline appears to have no end. American anti-energy activists—invigorated by their victory in shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada—have set their sights on Line 5 and won’t quit until the line is shut down one way or another. Cross-border pipelines could…


Trans Mountain Pipeline Fine for Bird Disturbances Upheld While Penalty Slashed

A review panel is upholding a fine against the Trans Mountain pipeline for violations that resulted in disturbing bird nests. But the Canada Energy Regulator is dramatically slashing the amount of the penalty from $88,000 in the original ruling to $4,000. In February, the regulator found the pipeline company hadn’t given its contractors enough environmental…


60% of Canadians Support Increased Oil and Gas Exports: Poll

The majority of Canadians are supportive of increasing oil exports to countries where energy production is less reliable, a recent Leger poll shows. The poll, commissioned by the Modern Miracle Network, shows that roughly 60 percent of Canadians want to increase oil exports, a number that grew by seven percent over the last nine months…


Killing Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Would Devastate Indigenous Communities

Commentary Ottawa needs to finally declare through legislation that the Trans Mountain Expansion Project is to the national advantage of Canada. Doing so would prove to the Canadian public and indigenous communities that the federal government is serious about seeing it completed. Make no mistake, killing the project would be devastating for many indigenous communities…


Trans Mountain Tree Cutting Can Resume as Stop Work Order on Pipeline Route Lifts

CALGARY—A federal regulator has lifted a stop−work order on tree cutting and grass mowing along the route of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The Canada Energy Regulator says in a statement Trans Mountain has submitted a plan to correct deficiencies in the oversight of its contractors that could pose threats to nesting birds. The…


Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Alberta Right to Turn-Off-the-Taps Legislation

OTTAWA—The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that Alberta has the right to control the amount and destination of oil and other fuels flowing through its pipelines. The decision is a victory for the province in its battle with British Columbia over so-called turn-off-the-taps legislation enacted by Alberta in 2018, at the height of a…