Under Kenney's rationale, that judgment extends to other constitutional matters too, like equalization; or after a referendum Alberta launches over, say, National Energy Board
pipeline approval rules or a federal carbon tax.
Oil sands players, as well as U.S. producers in North Dakota, have been clamouring for
pipeline approvals, claiming that all of the political foot dragging around pipeline projects weakened pricing power and critically hampered their operations.
«Given Justin Trudeau's recent
pipeline approvals, he should be given the benefit of the doubt and a chance to clarify his remarks.»
As the lead lobbyist for his firm, his task is to generate profit for shareholders, which, as the information above shows, he pursues by massaging the political climate across the country to assure the conditions for
pipeline approval are met.
Deeper reading: CCPA, «Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain
pipeline approval based on faulty assumptions» Thomas Gunton, «Is Canada setting itself up for a pipeline glut?»
any pipeline approvals today?
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has jurisdiction over most
pipeline approvals.
He points out that Canada's economy grew while key climate regulations were enacted on coal and other sectors and alleges that the speeding up of oil
pipeline approvals was necessary to end a process that used to drag on indefinitely.
The nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice has been staunchly opposed to the project and represented a coalition of groups — Riverkeeper, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Clean Air Council, Delaware - Otsego Audubon Society, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and the Pennsylvania and Atlantic chapters of Sierra Club — in
pipeline approval proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC.)
The pipeline approval, in the Trudeau government's estimation, was a necessary trade for the broad support it needed to move forward on climate change on other fronts.
Energy security has been one of the key issues in the discussion over the Keystone XL
pipeline approval in the US — if you've not been following this, here's a great primer from CFR's Michael Levi.
State and federal policies that facilitate transparent and timely project review, as well as set and maintain realistic deadlines for
pipeline approval, will do much to expedite construction and expand infrastructure to enhance the delivery of affordable energy that consumers and businesses need.
The pipeline approval comes two months after Obama rejected a proposal for the 1,300 - mile Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta tar sands oil fields to Texas after large protests by environmental groups.
B.C. needs to learn from the Exxon Valdez spill and put solid legal protection and regulations in place prior to spills, especially with the pending Kinder Morgan
pipeline approval.
In July 2014, Heiltsuk and Kitasoo Xai'Xais sought leave from the Federal Court of Appeal to challenge the Enbridge
pipeline approval, and were granted leave to have their case heard on September 26, 2014.
The issue has been raised before the courts recently regarding both
a pipeline approval before the National Energy Board and regulation of ongoing fracking activities before the Alberta Energy Regulator.
However, Kenney's remarks failed to mention that the Enbridge
pipeline approval was overturned by a court decision which found that the Harper government had failed to adequately consult First Nations about the project.
Not exact matches
I remember in 2005 interviewing then - Imperial chairman and CEO Tim Hearn about Kearl, then in the planning stages, and the Mackenzie Valley natural gas
pipeline, which despite since winning federal
approval has been indefinitely shelved.
The Conservatives» demonization of carbon - pricing regimes and dilatory environmental policy has had the unintended consequence of stalling the United States»
approval of the Keystone XL
pipeline between Alberta and the Gulf Coast, Trudeau says.
In January, Obama rejected the proposed 2,673 - kilometre
pipeline between Alberta's oilsands and the Gulf of Mexico, saying the 60 - day
approval deadline set by Congress didn't allow enough time to review the project.
$ 1.07 million by TransCanada, whose Keystone
pipeline project is up for
approval at the federal level.
Other political money flows through trade associations in the U.S. such as the American Chamber of Commerce, which has already spent more than $ 21 million in campaign advertising this year, including $ 1.5 million on ads accusing Democratic Senator Mark Udall of driving up energy costs, largely in response to his refusal to support Republican demands for immediate
approval of the Keystone
pipeline.
But a less publicized move to replace the head of a federal regulatory agency will almost certainly slow federal
approval for new natural gas
pipelines.
Their tribal lands are adjacent to the Missouri River, where federal
approval is needed to tunnel under a 1 - mile (1.6 km) stretch to complete the
pipeline.
Labor unions have pushed for
approval of the
pipeline, saying it would create thousands of construction jobs, while environmentalists opposed it because it would increase greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands.
An op - ed by Diana Furchtgott - Roth in The Globe and Mail was quick to conclude that «after Saturday's tragedy in Lac - Mégantic, Que., it is time to speed up the
approval of new
pipeline construction in North America....
Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the
pipeline, responded to Business Insider's request for comment last fall in an email, saying: «Crude
pipelines in the country have a very specific review and
approval process that must be followed.
In an interview with Canadian Business deputy editor James Cowan, Odum spoke about whether the Keystone XL
pipeline will ever receive U.S.
approval, why cap - and - trade is good for industry, and what it will take for Canada to become a world leader in LNG.
But on Tuesday, Trump signed a series of directives aimed at speeding up the
pipeline's
approval process.
Matthew McClearn suggested that didn't guarantee cabinet
approval, however, since the
pipeline could still become an election issue in 2015:
He will also become the government's point man on the tricky Keystone XL
pipeline project, which is still awaiting
approval in the U.S.
Both provinces will likely flex their muscles by submitting a list of conditions the
pipelines have to meet in order to win
approval.
With
approval of the Keystone
Pipeline it could mean more Canadian crude oil is coming to the U.S. CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis is in Nebraska, at the
pipeline pumping station with a look at its impact on oil prices and exports.
The company's executives, including CEO Gerry Smith, suggested that Office Depot's business services
pipeline had fallen to «basically zero,» during the time it was waiting for the government's
approval of the Staples deal.
On Sunday, a federal court rejected a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to halt construction of the Dakota Access
pipeline but said that ruling was «not the final word,» as a necessary easement still needed government
approval.
The executive memo «directs agencies to expedite reviews and
approvals for the remaining portions of this
pipeline,» White House press secretary Sean Spicer clarified during Tuesday's news briefing.
The Keystone XL
pipeline requires state
approval, and Nebraska landowners fought a yearslong legal battle with TransCanada over the project.
My blog post a year ago called it A Very Political Budget: the document sought to institutionalize Harper's sense of outrage at Barack Obama's decision to delay
approval of the Keystone XL
pipeline project.
U.K. - based GW Pharmaceuticals, which is extracting CBD from the cannabis plant to make anti-seizure medication that is in the Food and Drug Administration
approval pipeline, already has an import - export licenses for marijuana.
From the time Enbridge began talking publicly about Northern Gateway almost a decade ago, the oil
pipeline project — which is expected to get federal cabinet
approval any day now — got off on the wrong foot by the company's lack of a presence in British Columbia.
«There's a question of whether going along with the
approval of the Northern Gateway
pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands
pipeline,» said George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia's school of forestry and founder of UBCC350, a group pressing for action on greenhouse gas emissions.
The
approval process until now has focused mostly on the integrity of the
pipeline, the route chosen, the threat to the Ogallala aquifer, and so on.
Non-residential building
approvals have increased to be above the levels of recent years and there is a large
pipeline of public infrastructure investment to be completed (Graph 4).
It's nine years and counting since the Keystone
pipeline was first proposed and TransCanada is still waiting for Presidential
approval to build the line.
Irving Oil said it expects engineering and design work would begin in 2015 to coincide with developments of the west - to - east
pipeline, which still requires environmental
approval.
If the market is unwilling to adequately insure
pipeline and oil tanker operators because their ventures are too risky, then they should not receive regulatory
approval.
I asked her about reports that her government is planning to raise Alberta's $ 15 per tonne carbon price to $ 40 per tonne as a means to getting American
approval for the
pipeline project — a price that environmental critics say would be still too low.
After Obama sandbagged TransCanada, and all the Alberta producers that were going to supply it, I wouldn't want to be a U.S.
pipeline company looking for regulatory
approval in Canada these days
Notley didn't mention Trudeau by name, but touted the recent
approval of
pipelines and said the oilsands will power the global economy for generations to come.
However, I believe that new drug
approvals, a solid
pipeline and the company's deals and acquisitions will pave the way for growth this year