Sentences with phrase «against oil pipeline projects»

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Under former president Barack Obama, Transcanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline was rejected in 2015 after environmentalists campaigned against the project for more than seven years.

Since then, the Trans Mountain project has pitted the NDP - led governments in Alberta and British Columbia against each other after B.C. proposed new oil spill regulations that would effectively block new oil pipelines from reaching the West Coast.

Protesters have been buoyed by the recent success of Native American groups and environmentalists in their campaign against construction of the 1,100 - mile (1,770 - km) Dakota Access pipeline, a project spearheaded by Energy Transfer Partners (etp) that would carry oil from North Dakota's Bakken shale fields into Texas.

Alberta's premier threatened trade retaliation against British Columbia for standing in the way of the pipeline, Canadian premier Justin Trudeau hinted that he could complete the project with taxpayer money, and BC's premier dug in his heels, recommitting his government to defending the coast from the risk of an oil spill.

In the wake of the high - profile protests against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and 1,250 arrests, some of the world's best - known Nobel Peace Prize winners are lending their voices in opposition to the 1,700 mile project that would bring Canadian tar sands oil down to Texas.

It's time to take a stand against the Keystone XL pipeline, a dangerous and destructive project that would pump over one million barrels of dirty «tar sands» oil from Canada to the USA every day.

This morning President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, capping a seven - year uprising against the project, which would have carried 800,000 barrels of extreme oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast every day.

Since then, the Trans Mountain project has pitted the NDP - led governments in Alberta and British Columbia against each other after B.C. proposed new oil spill regulations that would effectively block new oil pipelines from reaching the West Coast.