Category: pipelines

Sen. Pat Toomey Introduces Pipeline Permitting Bill Before Exiting Senate

With just days left in the 117th Congress, exiting U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican, has introduced a measure that would ease the permitting process for pipelines. The Pipeline Permitting for Energy Security Act is described as creating regulatory certainty for natural gas pipeline construction across the United States. Specifically, it would approve the…


Ottawa Greenlights Alberta’s Bid to Build Highways Without Review Required Under Bill C-69

EDMONTON—Alberta’s Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen has been given the green light by his federal counterpart to forego assessments required under the Impact Assessment Act, also known as Bill C-69, to build highways. Dreeshen met with federal Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Dominic LeBlanc at the federal-provincial-territorial infrastructure ministers’ meeting in Moncton, N.B.,…


US Military to Begin Draining Pearl Harbor Pipelines

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii—The U.S. military said Monday it’s ready to begin draining 1 million gallons (3.79 million liters) of fuel from three pipelines as part of an initial step toward closing a World War II-era fuel storage facility that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water last year. The pipelines run about 3…


Sweden Sends Diving Vessel to Probe Leaking Nord Stream Pipelines

STOCKHOLM/OSLO—Sweden sent a diving vessel on Monday to the site of Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea that ruptured last week following blasts in the area, to probe an incident that has added new tension to Europe’s energy crisis. Europe is investigating what caused three pipelines in the Nord Stream network to burst in…


4th Leak Reported on Nord Stream Pipelines in Baltic Sea

STOCKHOLM—A fourth leak on the Nord Stream pipelines has been reported off southern Sweden, the Swedish coast guard said Thursday. “We have leakage at two positions” off Sweden, coast guard spokesperson Mattias Lindholm. There are two more off Denmark, he said. Two of the leaks are on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that recently stopped…


Calls Mount for More Pipelines to Bolster Canada’s Energy Security, Help European Allies as Russia Invades Ukraine

News Analysis Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is prompting renewed calls in Canada to bolster energy security, in particular by building oil and gas pipelines to supply the eastern provinces, and to play a greater role in supporting the energy needs of European allies. “One would think that this would be the opportunity for Canada to…


Alberta Submits Motion Condemning David Suzuki’s Remark That Pipelines Could Be ‘Blown Up’

The Alberta government has submitted a motion condemning prominent environmental activist David Suzuki for his controversial comments over the weekend that pipelines could be “blown up” if politicians fail to act on climate change. The motion introduced by Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon on Nov. 23 calls on the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to condemn…


Kenney Govt. Introduces Motion Condemning David Suzuki’s Remark That Pipelines Could Be ‘Blown Up’

The Alberta government has introduced a motion in the provincial legislature condemning prominent environmental activist David Suzuki for his controversial comments over the weekend that pipelines could be “blown up” if politicians fail to act on climate change. The motion introduced by Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon on Nov. 23 calls on the Legislative Assembly…


Alberta Govt. Introduces Motion Condemning David Suzuki’s Remark That Pipelines Could Be ‘Blown Up’

The Alberta government has introduced a motion condemning prominent environmental activist David Suzuki for his controversial comment that pipelines will be “blown up” if politicians fail to act on climate change. The motion, tabled by Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon on Nov. 23, calls on the legislature to condemn Suzuki’s comment along with “any…


‘No More Pipelines Bill’ C-69 Alberta’s Next Legal Hope

Having recently lost its constitutional challenge against federal carbon pricing in Canada’s top court, Alberta is still in the fight against Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act. Multibillion-dollar investments in resource and pipeline development are not all that is at stake. Provincial-federal relations and Western alienation are collateral issues in what promises to be an…