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Post by clone on Feb 20, 2012 12:36:33 GMT -8
Keystone pipeline blocked from crossing Texas farm Published: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 - 8:31 am DALLAS -- Owners of a northeast Texas farm have obtained a court order to block TransCanada from crossing the farm with a proposed pipeline planned to carry Canadian oil to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast. Lamar County Court-at-Law Judge Bill Harris ordered TransCanada representatives and those of The Crawford Family Farm Partnership to appear before him Feb. 24 to show why Harris shouldn't extend the order against TransCanada. However, family attorney John Pieratt of Austin says Harris has scheduled a rehearing at TransCanada's request for Friday in Paris, Texas. The order came in TransCanada's condemnation lawsuit against the family partnership for right-of-way across the 600-acre farm along the Red River, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas. www.sacbee.com/2012/02/15/4266052/keystone-pipeline-blocked-from.html
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Post by Central Committee on Mar 2, 2012 21:59:33 GMT -8
Science journal to feds: Stop muzzling scientists March 2, 2012 The international science journal Nature is calling on Canada's Conservative government to "set its scientists free" and allow them to speak to the press in the interest of free-flowing scientific information. In an editorial published online this week www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7387/full/483006a.html the journal says media interactions with government scientists in North America have changed over the past six years, as U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has promoted openness with the press for its scientists and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has gone the opposite way. cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2012/03/02/19450271.html*For instance, NOAA and NSF-funded scientists and staff are free to speak to journalists without first seeking the approval of a public-affairs officer.*
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Post by federal budget on Mar 5, 2012 13:53:47 GMT -8
Deal opposed by Enbridge killed March 5, 2012 - 4:29am The Canadian Press Harper government turned down $8.3m grant from pro-environment group OTTAWA — The Conservative government cancelled an agreement with a charity that supports environmental causes eight months after energy firm Enbridge Inc. lobbied against the deal, The Canadian Press has learned. The federal Fisheries Department said last September it would no longer use an $8.3-million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, a U.S.-based environmental trust. The foundation donated the money through charity Tides Canada, which was to distribute the funds with federal oversight to support a departmental marine-planning initiative. The reversal came almost a year after Ottawa accepted the deal, and scrapping the arrangement went against the advice of public servants, documents show. The grant was to provide the bulk of funding for consultations launched by the department, paying for scientific research and to gather advice from stakeholders on balancing conservation with economic use of ocean waters on British Columbia’s north coast. thechronicleherald.ca/canada/70125-deal-opposed-enbridge-killed______________________________ Transport Canada OK's Northern Gateway supertankers Fishing advocates say human error a real threat CBC News Posted: Feb 23, 2012 12:49 PM PT Last Updated: Feb 24, 2012 8:38 AM PT Thursday, Transport Canada told the federal Joint Review Panel examining the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, that it had finished its review of the proposed tanker traffic that would sail through waters off B.C.'s North Coast, taking crude from the Alberta oilsands to overseas markets in China. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/23/bc-supertanker-traffic-enbridge.html_____________________ wiki Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines _____________________ High Arctic research station forced to close PEARL played a key role in ozone measurements, international collaborations CBC News Posted: Feb 28, 2012 1:29 PM CST Last Updated: Feb 28, 2012 3:14 PM CST Read 477 comments477 The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) in Eureka, Nunavut, which made key measurements last winter used to detect and analyze the largest ozone hole ever detected over the Arctic, will cease year-round operations on April 30. At that time, its equipment will be removed and the building will remain available only for intermittent, short-term projects. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/02/28/science-pearl-arctic-research.html?cmp=rss____________________________ Arctic ozone monitoring stations safe from budget cuts Stations in Alert, Eureka and Resolute will remain; no word on seven stations in southern Canada CBC News Posted: Dec 16, 2011 1:44 PM CST Last Updated: Dec 16, 2011 1:56 PM CST A senior federal official says there will be no cuts to ozone monitoring stations in the Arctic. Environment Canada is reducing its ozone monitoring program but at a meeting this week of the federal environment committee, Karen Dodds, a senior environment official, said the stations in Canada’s far north would be maintained. There are three ozone monitoring stations in the Arctic — in Alert, Eureka and Resolute. Tom Duck, an atmospheric scientist at Dalhousie University, said scientists only recently found a hole in the ozone over the Arctic and that northern monitoring is crucial. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/12/16/north-ozone-monitor-stations.html
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Post by chipewyan on Mar 6, 2012 17:05:50 GMT -8
September 2, 2009 - 2:49am Here is a related snippet about the Ft. Chip cancer rates: High Cancer Rates Among Fort Chipewyan Residents Two doctors who raised concerns about cancer risks for residents of Fort Chipewyan living near Alberta’s oil sands say they feel vindicated by a new report confirming elevated cancer rates in the community. An Alberta Health Services study, released Feb. 6, found 51 cancers in 47 people between 1995 and 2006, instead of the 39 incidents of cancer that would have been expected statistically. There were higher incidents of biliary tract cancers (3 cases: 2 of cholangiocarcinoma and 1 of adenocarcinoma of Ampulla of Vater), cancers of the blood and lymphatic system (8 cases — more than double what was expected), and 2 cases of soft tissue cancers, according to the study, which Dr. Yiqun Chen conducted for the province. rabble.ca/babble/media/tar-sands-cancer-report-not-being-reported____________________ Rare cancer strikes Small community near Alberta oilsands has disproportionate number of bile duct disease A mutated, two-mouthed fish caught downstream from the Alberta oilsands caught the attention of the Canadian public last week. Beneath its first mouth is a confusing aberration, a second, baby, jagged-toothed lower jaw that seems to grow timidly out of the fish-face. oilsandstruth.org/rare-cancer-strikes
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Post by enbridge on Mar 10, 2012 19:39:17 GMT -8
Northern Gateway pipeline.
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Post by gold medal on Mar 12, 2012 14:15:10 GMT -8
05 March 2012 Conservative war on truth escalates The Conservative government made another assault on the gathering of facts with its announcement that it is closing the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Lab (PEARL) in Canada's High Arctic. Its timing was impeccable. A climate scientist, Dr. Richard Peltier, has just been announced this year's winner of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, our country's highest scientific award. PEARL is one of the sources Dr. Peltier relies on for his data and one of only three stations in the world that keep track of activities in the atmosphere around the Pole, that part of the world where changes are happening more quickly than anywhere else on the planet. Now one-third of the data from the High Arctic will be gone and models of climate change built by scientists such as Dr. Peltier will be less precise, a development that will make climate change denial a little easier. The Conservatives have done well in their war on the truth, perhaps their greatest victory being the termination of the mandatory long form census, but opposition is growing. A few weeks ago, the Canadian Science Writers' Association, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada and the World Federation of Science Journalists and several other groups sent Prime Minister Harper an open letter calling on him to unmuzzle federal scientists. Now Nature, one of the world's leading scientific journals, has stated in an editorial that it's time for the Canadian government to set its scientists free. It pointed out the role reversal that has taken place between this country and the United States—as scientists in the U.S. free themselves from the repressive regime of George W. Bush, Canadian scientists are gagged by the Harper regime. PEARL and Dr. Peltier, working as they do with climate science, are perhaps particularly dangerous in Harper's view. Canadian scientists were, after all, part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change team that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007. It is sad indeed, in this day and age and at time when climate change makes science more important than ever, that scientists in the free world have to beg a government to allow their colleagues to speak freely. blongstaff.blogspot.com/2012/03/conservative-war-on-truth-escalates.htmlCurrent Winner 2011 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering W. Richard Peltier Physics University of Toronto www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Herzberg-Herzberg/Profiles-Profils/Peltier-Peltier_eng.asp
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Post by peatlands on Mar 13, 2012 21:56:44 GMT -8
University team says Canadian oil sands mining plans don’t include damage to peatlands March 13, 2012 (PhysOrg.com) -- David Schindler and colleagues at the University of Alberta have published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in which they detail what they believe is the true impact of oil sands mining in Alberta Canada. In it, they dispute the degree of environmental impact given by mining companies, saying that such reports thus far have neglected to take into account damage to peatlands that will not be restored following mining operations. www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-university-team-canadian-oil-sands.html
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Post by secret committee on Mar 14, 2012 14:26:12 GMT -8
Alberta, Ottawa, oil lobby formed secret committee Published On Mon Mar 12 2012 The federal and Alberta governments struck up a secret, high-level committee in early 2010 to coordinate the promotion of the oilsands with Canada’s most powerful industry lobby group, a document obtained through an access to information request reveals. The committee brought together the president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) with deputy ministers from Natural Resources, Environment Canada, Alberta Energy and Alberta Environment to synchronize their lobbying offensive in the face of mounting protest and looming international regulations targeting the Alberta crude. Environmental organizations criticized the existence of a committee they said they were hearing about for the first time. www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1144579--alberta-ottawa-oil-lobby-formed-secret-committee
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Post by locals on Mar 14, 2012 14:32:44 GMT -8
Speaking Out for Water and the Trans Mountain Pipeline - March 4, 2012 Recent decisions by Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. to more than double the capacity of the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline has been met with opposition and apprehension by locals, First Nations and various environmental organizations. terrainforma.ca/2012/03/04/speaking-out-for-water-and-the-trans-mountain-pipeline/Think tank describes Canada's 1st nations as threat to oil - Aug 13, 2009 Flanagan identified five "threat groups," which include First Nations, Metis, mainstream environmentalists, ecoterrorists and individual saboteurs. In his executive summary to the report, Resource Industries and Security Issues in Northern Alberta Flanagan states, digitaljournal.com/article/277533
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Post by salmongate on Mar 14, 2012 16:29:52 GMT -8
Northern Gateway pipeline. Canada poised to 'gut' fish protection laws, biologist claims Move would make it easier for projects like Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.'s Northern Gateway pipeline to B.C. to clear federal hurdles March 13, 2012 OTTAWA - The Harper government is planning to gut the powers in federal legislation intended to protect fish habitat, making it easier for projects such as Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway pipeline to B.C. to clear federal hurdles, according to a retired fisheries biologist who obtained the information from a government source. Pictured are Kokanee, a landlocked sockeye salmon and the main food source for rainbow and bull trout, have a four-year spawning cycle. The Harper government is planning to gut the powers in federal legislation intended to protect fish habitat, making it easier for projects like Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.'s Northern Gateway pipeline to B.C. to clear federal hurdles, according to a retired fisheries biologist who obtained the information from a government source.Proposed new wording would prohibit activity that would cause an “adverse effect” on “fish of economic, cultural or ecological value,” whereas the current law bans activity that results in the “harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat,” according to the information leaked to Otto Langer. The changes, if enacted, would result in the total re-writing of the legislation to remove habitat protection provisions that have been in place since 1976, said Langer, a federal biologist for 32 years who later worked for the David Suzuki Foundation before his retirement. more: www.vancouversun.com/news/Canada+poised+fish+protection+laws+biologist+claims/6295564/story.html
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Post by clone on Mar 21, 2012 10:27:58 GMT -8
Keystone pipeline will spill, study predicts It's a matter of when, not if, say Cornell economists Monday, Mar 19, 2012 1:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time “In the national debate, job creation has been set alongside environmental concerns in a rigid either-or fashion,” says Sean Sweeney, one of the study’s authors, “But oil spills also kill jobs, they consume resources, they have an impact on health, and can also lead to a lower quality of life.” The range of estimates of jobs vary widely. TransCanada claims the pipeline will create 20,000 jobs. A State Department report estimates that only 20 permanent operating jobs would be created in the six states along the pipeline route. By comparison, those same states are home to robust agricultural, ranching and tourist industries that are dependent on water and vulnerable to environmental contamination. Across the six states agriculture employs 571,000 workers and tourism 780,000; the total revenue from those sectors, respectively, is $76.3 billion and $67 billion. www.salon.com/2012/03/19/keystone_pipeline_will_spill_study_predicts/singleton/
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Post by Fisheries Act on Mar 21, 2012 10:37:10 GMT -8
Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline risks for downstream communities and fisheries The pipelines will cross over 1,000 streams and rivers, including the headwaters of the Fraser River (crossing the Stuart, Endako and Salmon Rivers) and the headwaters of the Skeena River (crossing the Morice and Bulkley watersheds). Each of these stream crossings will require two pipeline crossings, as the project consists of twinned pipelines. The project has the potential to seriously affect First Nations downstream of these crossings. The toxic effects of a spill could be felt for hundreds of kilometres, stretching down the entire length of the Fraser River to the sea. wcel.org/resources/publication/enbridge-northern-gateway-pipeline-risks-downstream-communities-and-fisheries
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Post by kinder morgan on Mar 27, 2012 20:22:10 GMT -8
Richard Kinder: The Luckiest Ex-Enron Employee - October 17, 2011, 8:37 AM blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/10/17/richard-kinder-the-luckiest-ex-enron-employee/No Pipelines No Tankers rally & march 26 Mar 12 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUom_7yFttw** Trans Mountain Pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby (Greater Vancouver Area and Puget Sound) Local jobs lost while NEB favours foreign industry - Kinder Morgan Canada is also considering asking the National Energy Board for approval to twin the Trans Mountain Pipeline, more than doubling its capacity from 300,000 barrels a day to 700,000 barrels a day. elizabethmaymp.ca/news/publications/press-releases/2012/02/06/local-jobs-lost-while-neb-favours-foreign-industry/CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 31, 2006 – Kinder Morgan Canada, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI), today announced that the National Energy Board (NEB) has approved the Trans Mountain pipeline Anchor Loop project through Jasper National Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park. www.kindermorgan.com/business/canada/tmx_documentation/575_anchorloopNEB.pdfKinder Morgan investigates twinning Trans Mountain pipeline - January 23, 2012 10:00 AM www.clearwatertimes.com/business/137779913.htmlKinder Morgan pleads guilty on Burnaby oil spill as tanker debate shifts south 3 Oct 2011. The timing could not be worse for Kinder Morgan and Trans Mountain Pipelines, who pleaded guilty today in a Vancouver court room to charges arising from a massive 2007 oil spill that soaked a Burnaby neighbourhood and polluted Burrard Inlet. ** UBCM delegates voted Friday to deman a full review of that proposal, a demand so far rejected by the National Energy Board. ** www.geoffmeggs.ca/2011/10/03/kinder-morgan-pleads-guilty-on-burnaby-oil-spill-as-tanker-debate-shifts-south/Crude oil shot from a geyser 20 to 40 feet in the air for nearly 30 minutes on Inlet Drive - covering homes, trees, and wildlife, and contaminating 830,000 kilograms of soil. www.burnabynow.com/Kinder+Morgan+ordered+Burnaby+spill/5692949/story.htmlKinder Morgan extends open season - March 27, 2012 The company announced Tuesday, March 27, that the "open season" period, which already closed on Feb. 16, will run for another two weeks, starting on March 27. The open season is when shippers who use the pipeline agree to long-term binding contracts should the pipeline expand www.burnabynow.com/news/Kinder+Morgan+extends+open+season/6367310/story.html
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Post by ezra schmezra on Apr 4, 2012 21:33:58 GMT -8
B.C. opposition to oil supertankers outweighs support 3:1 - Tuesday, April 03, 2012 dogwoodinitiative.org/blog/opposition-pollEnvironmental activists' charitable status challenged - March 22, 2012 By Daniel Proussalidis, Parliamentary Bureau In a letter to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the group EthicalOil.org argues Environmental Defence should have its charitable status revoked - or at least face sanctions - over "targeted, partisan political activity." cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2012/03/22/19536311-qmi.htmlGuarding the Ogallala www.snagfilms.com/films/title/guarding_the_ogallalaPetroChina bids to help build $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline Claudia Cattaneo Mar 28, 2012 – 6:31 PM ET | Last Updated: Mar 29, 2012 8:29 AM ET business.financialpost.com/2012/03/28/petrochina-bids-to-help-build-5-5-billion-northern-gateway-pipeline/Encana looks for partners, Analyst says energy giant could be a takeover target Last Updated: Apr 2, 2012 4:30 PM ET www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/04/02/encana-partners.htmlMonday March 24, 2008 - Taking a bet on oil sands (Malaysia) biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/24/business/20732450&sec=businessCalgary: A Future Global Hub for Investment Capital - Feb 7, 2012 Billions are pouring in from across the planet – from Thailand, from Malaysia, from South Korea, from Japan, from Norway, from China. albertaventure.com/2012/02/new-money/
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Post by strychnine on Apr 11, 2012 22:32:53 GMT -8
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