Sentences with phrase «approved pipeline»

She was saying: We approved the pipeline, ergo it is a good thing.

On May 19, 2016 the NEB issued its report under section 52 of the National Energy Board Act, RSC 1985 c N - 7 to the Governor in Council recommending the TransMountain pipeline expansion be approved on conditions, and by Order in Council PC 2016 - 1069 dated November 29, 2016 the Governor in Council approved the pipeline.

The federal government approved the pipeline expansion in 2016, but the project faces significant opposition in B.C. Thousands of people have rallied in protest and the provincial government has raised concerns about the pipeline's possible environmental and economic impact.

«Now, thanks to federal government whistleblowers, there is clear evidence that the Trudeau government had already secretly approved the pipeline while continuing to go through the motions of consulting First Nations.

Building Kinder Morgan is a national unity issue and I believe that's why Justin Trudeau approved the pipeline.

It's a little bit rich for me when I hear the Alberta Government invoke the constitution to explain why the new NDP - Green coalition government in BC can not block a federally approved pipeline.

Most worrisome is the British Columbia pipeline fiasco where a lawless NDP government has gotten away with impeding a legally approved pipeline and by doing so damaged Alberta, Canada's engine of growth.

The New York Times reported on Monday that the EPA approved a pipeline expansion requested by a Canadian energy company, which was represented by Williams & Jensen, while Pruitt was staying in the apartment in question.

These numbers are worth keeping in mind when considering not just the environmental impact of recently approved pipeline projects — but also whether or not they're even good long - term investments.

He has said he would not approve the pipeline if it significantly raised greenhouse gas emissions.

In an effort to bolster Delkus» letter, Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada's president of development, issued a separate statement urging Kerry's agency to approve the pipeline.

Since the popular vote for the Conservatives in 2011 was less than that, Mossop doesn't think Harper will pay any great political price for approving the pipeline.

In 2010, then - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was «inclined» to approve the pipeline.

The comment, likening the pipeline to the creek now carrying wastewater to the St. Johns from Georgia - Pacific's mill near Palatka, continued a series of talks to the board where Strong has avoided directly predicting his agency's decision on whether to approve the pipeline.»

That got me thinking, if Canada is successful in arguing that Obama's delay violates NAFTA, what Canada is really saying is that the President (1) must approve the pipeline and (2) must approve it post haste.

The federal government has approved Enbridge's Line 3 and TransCanada's Keystone XL pipelines, and President Trump has approved both pipelines south of the border.

Cassidy has run ads attacking Landrieu for not forcing a vote in the senate to approve the pipeline while she has been chair of the senate energy committee.

Well I just read the courts approved the Millennial Pipeline but why is there so much résistance in NY that the courts have to approve pipelines?

NY can't shut Indian Point without more natural gas to fire the generators but Cuomo won't approve the pipelines from the fracked PA gas.

Obama hints in his 2013 State of the Union address that he might approve the pipeline; Greens promote the «Green New Deal» and say environmental groups must stop allowing Dems to take support for granted; Obama's «executive action» to curb climate change won't work if he keeps promoting more oil and gas production

Even if I can't donate to a politician, I can still spend my own money running ads in favour of that politician, who just happens to be grateful and approve my pipeline against popular concerns.

John Schoonmaker said there are a number of reasons why approving the pipeline would be the wrong choice.

He should overrule the DEC by approving the pipeline while insisting that the environmental regulations that have ensured us safe pipelines for years continue to be enforced.»

They have vowed to attach language approving the pipeline in a spending bill or other legislation later in the year that the president would find difficult to reject.

The President has said he would not approve the pipeline if it significantly raised greenhouse gas emissions

When it came to Keystone, though, and the decision he likely must make about whether to approve the pipeline, Kerry offered only vague comments about the «ongoing statutory process» and legal consultations.

The Canadian government has been pressing the White House to approve the pipeline, which would bring many more economic benefits to Canada than it would to the U.S..

My views are close to those of Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations, who's been providing analysis of the climate, security and economic issues since 2009 and who leans toward Obama approving the pipeline while pursuing energy and climate policies that would, in the end, render it insignificant and uneconomical.

Credo Action, a progressive cause group - has had more than 52,000 people pledge to engage in civil disobedience if President Obama does approve the pipeline.

He also happens to be right that our nation's top scientists say that evidence for human - caused global warming is «unequivocal», and that approving this pipeline will both symbolically and literally tether our fate to a fossil fuel - dependent economy for the foreseeable future.

If the U.S. government approves the pipeline, preeminent climatologist James Hansen says that it will be «game over» for the global climate.

President Obama has said that he would approve the pipeline only if it «does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution.»

After breaking his promises on fighting climate change, protecting water, and respecting Indigenous rights by approving this pipeline, he is now bowing to the giant Texas company Kinder Morgan so they can force their pipeline through.

Once federal regulators approve the pipelines and state regulators approve the gas plants, the captive customers bear the loss if the bet turns sour.

«The U.S. should approve this pipeline to utilize this resource to enhance our energy and national security, preserve our global competitiveness, and maintain our role as a world economic leader.»

It is our decision alone whether to approve that pipeline, not that of a foreign government, or foreign interest groups.

The editorial boards of the Colorado Springs Gazette and The Oklahoman claimed that the Obama administration should approve the pipeline now that TransCanada — the corporation seeking to build the pipeline — has rerouted the project because it won't have a negative environmental impact.

First off, contrary to some of my more confident counterparts on both sides, I don't think it tells us much of anything about whether Obama will approve the pipeline.

If the State Department sticks with its assessment, Obama will have plenty of cover to approve the pipeline if he wants.

And 10 Republican governors and Saskatchewan's premier sent a letter to Obama that urged him to approve the pipeline, which would ship 700,000 barrels of crude daily from Canada to the United States.

Policy implication: If you care about the planet, approve the pipeline!

But Bledsoe said: «I actually believe the president is likely to approve the pipeline and in the process deny Republicans a politically potent issue.»

Friedman added that if the president does approve the pipeline, «I hope that Bill McKibben and his 350.org coalition go crazy.

Republicans have said approving the pipeline, built to pump tar sands crude to Texas Gulf Coast refineries, would be an early order of business.

«The federal decision on whether to approve the pipeline isn't supposed to be about politics,» the editorial board wrote.

Some in our movement will say that this decision is just politics as usual: that the President wants us off the streets — and off his front lawn — until after the election, at which point the administration can approve the pipeline, alienating its supporters without electoral consequence.

Hillary Clinton, then Secretary of State, said she was «inclined» to approve the pipeline and the vast majority of nation's policy experts believed that the pipeline had a near certain chance of approval.

Stating categorically that a decision by Obama to approve the pipeline would be against the interest of the nation and the planet, they say: «We hope those so inclined will join protests scheduled for August.»

Brune acknowledged that the SEIS likely «makes the president's job more difficult» because it will increase pressure on him to approve the pipeline.

The TV ad is saturating the airwaves in Grand Island, Nebraska in anticipation of a ThursdayState Department hearing on the Northern Route Approval Act, a bill that would remove the final decision on the fate of Keystone XL from President Obama's hands and approving the pipeline outright.