Sentences with phrase «for pipeline decisions»

Minister Oliver has called for pipeline decisions to be «based on science and facts, not conjecture, hyperbole or ideology.»

Risk of an oil spill is clearly an important element for any pipeline decision.

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«This incident has really contributed to changing the strategic environment in which these key pipeline infrastructure decisions are going to be made,» says Mark McClelland, head of North American research for risk - analysis firm Maplecroft.

«This decision clearly flies in the face of volumes of scientific evidence that shows the Keystone XL pipeline would be safe, enhance environmental standards, and be a more cost - effective alternative to importing oil from overseas,» said Michael Whatley of the Consumer Energy Alliance, which advocates for the energy industry.

Most pipeline - management training revolves around technical training on using a CRM system, but what managers really need is training on making better pipeline management decisions — for instance how to determine the ideal pipeline size for each rep. Managers need to know at what point in the sales process their actions have the biggest impact.

Data from the entire pipeline is measured, quantified and analyzed, letting your sales professionals make clear and rational decisions for growth.

The Calgary - based company has flagged a final investment decision in the not - too - distant future for the hotly - debated Keystone XL pipeline to transport Canadian oil to US refineries.

Tim Hortons has brewed up controversy for its decision to yank ads by pipeline giant Enbridge from its in - store screens and Calgary Conservative MPs Jason Kenney, Michelle Rempel and Joan Crockatt took the chain to task on Twitter.

The decision marks a dramatic victory for thousands of activists who have gathered to physically block the completion of the pipeline, which they say threatens drinking water on tribal lands, and constituted a violation of tribal sovereignty.

The groups said the State Department, which granted the permit needed for the pipeline to cross the Canada-U.S. border, relied on an «outdated and incomplete environmental impact statement» when making its decision earlier this month.

They have not yet made a final investment decision on the project — the total investment for which is estimated to be about $ 40 billion, when a new natural gas pipeline and upstream gas assets are included.

The judge said in a 91 - page decision that, while the Army Corps substantially complied with the National Environmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice.»

Kerri Ann - Jones, the State Department official who announced the delay, told reporters in a conference call that the decision to extend the review was made by Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns in response to listening to the people of Nebraska, who have no state regulatory process for influencing where the pipeline would go.

The lender has been evaluating its pipeline - related policy for months and said it may make the decision of not financing those kinds of projects permanent before year - end.

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The State Department announced today that it will delay the decision - making process on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, citing the need for more clarity around the project's route.

The ongoing US recovery, the new US administration's decision to restart the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline and other energy projects, and further policy measures, including tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending, could boost both demand and business confidence, igniting animal spirits and leading to an acceleration in the rates of investment, firm creation and innovation.

A final investment decision has been made to move forward with a 1.9 Bcf / d pipeline being jointly developed by Kinder Morgan, DCP Midstream and Targa Resources that would allow more shale gas to move from the Permian Basin to the Texas Gulf Coast after the project secured long - term shipper commitments for about 85 % of its capacity, the companies said Thursday.

The B.C. Liberals abdicated their responsibility and ignored the voices of B.C. communities, First Nations and businesses by handing over decision - making power for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project to the federal government.

The Federal government needs to uphold the legal decisions by properly legislated regulatory boards which have approved these projects and get the pipelines built for the good of our economy and all Canadians in general.

This decision was made due to lack of financing, following the Supreme Judicial Court decision prohibiting utilities from charging ratepayers for pipeline construction.

ALBANY — Green groups and business interests don't agree on much, but both view Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent decisions on natural gas infrastructure like pipelines as inconsistent and problematic, albeit for different reasons.

«And the decision to go for these helicopters was based on the advice and recommendation of security experts and specialists that were working closely with our Nigerian security agents to rid the state of these criminals - kidnappers, pipeline vandals, vicious political cultists etc..

Constitution Pipeline said in a statement that it is analyzing the DEC decision to deny environmental quality permits for the company's $ 750 million natural gas pipeline and may appeal.

King mentioned that three - quarters of Republicans in the Senate had voted for the bill, and that the Republicans had successfully negotiated to include a provision pressing the administration to make a decision on the controversial Keystone pipeline.

The department has been sitting on a number of key decisions as well, including approvals of natural gas pipelines, an underground gas storage facility in the Finger Lakes and crude oil heating facility for the Port of Albany.

As the deadline nears for a state decision on the Constitution natural gas pipeline, business interests are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to clear the way for the project.

The state has delayed a decision on the pipeline for more than a year but must rule before the end of the month.

Trump swiftly reversed that decision after coming into office this year, handing TransCanada a federal permit for the pipeline in March and arguing the project will lower fuel prices, boost national security, and bring jobs.

A key decision to look out for is whether Obama says no to the Keystone XL pipeline, intended to carry oil from Canada's tar sands to the US.

Although PCAST called for «very substantial mitigation,» its report declined to recommend the idea of putting a price on carbon pollution, a centerpiece of climate legislation that Congress rejected earlier in Obama's term - or the administration's pending decision on whether to permit the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.

Those who have responsibility for the supply of education research, including universities and funding agencies, need to create a pipeline that is primed with practical research of immediate relevance to everyday education decisions.

Johnson also expressed concern about the «schools - to - prisons» pipeline, something Foxx addressed during a speech last week when she suggested authorities were far to quick to arrest and prosecute Chicago Public Schools students for fighting on school grounds — decisions that bring them into the criminal justice system.

Having potential teacher leaders «in the pipeline» means making a conscious decision to «grow your own» and to develop buy - in from administrators and other stakeholders for this approach.

For those paying attention, it makes decisions by BC liberals on industrial projects — such as the Kinder Morgan pipeline — seem suspect.

There's been extensive coverage of President Obama's decision, forced by a Republican legislative maneuver, to reject the application for a much - debated pipeline project, known as Keystone XL, that would have carried a tarry oil precursor from Canadian oil sands to American refineries.

President Obama is expected to issue his decision on the permit for the pipeline by the end of the year.

The New York Time's Elisabeth Rosenthal and Dan Frosch today gave a lot of ink in the «Paper of Record» to the State Department's decision to hire Cardno Entrix, an environmental contractor based in Houston, to write a portion of its environmental impact statement (EIS) for the permit of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

That EPA letter certainly played a part — as did sustained grassroots advocacy efforts, exposes on conflicts of interest between State and the pipeline's profiteers, and relentless debunking of false jobs and energy security promises — in the State Department's move to punt the decision for a year, take a fresh look at the proposals, and go back to the drawing board to create a new supplemental environmental impact statement.

And his decision Wednesday to deny permission for a new pipeline that would replace oil from those OPEC countries with Canadian oil, indicates that he didn't actually mean what he said.

ST. PAUL, MN — On July 3, a Minnesota judge made the historic decision to grant 13 young people legal status as an official stakeholder in the permitting case for Enbridge's controversial Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

«For once, the Republicans can't filibuster this,» McKibben said about the pipeline decision being up to the executive branch.

The process for environmental impact statements in the United States, under the National Environmental Policy Act, has come under intense criticism for its complexity, length, and use following the Obama administration's decisions and their reversals by the Trump administration regarding the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.

Because I want to tell President Obama that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is the wrong decision for future generations and for the health of the planet.

The key political fact about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is this: at the end of the day, the decision of whether to approve the permit for the pipeline or not will be a political decision wholly owned by President Obama.

If, on the other hand, President Obama were to approve the permit for the pipeline, then he would be acting to promote climate chaos, and this decision could not be blamed on the dispute over the nation's projected debt in 2021, Republicans or the Tea Party.

By the time the president made the decision, oil prices were so low that the «unlikely» low oil price scenario in the State Department Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)-- where oil prices fell below $ 75 a barrel — had actually come to be and thus there was no shying away from the fact that the pipeline would cause the equivalent of over 6 million passengers cars worth of carbon pollution every year for at least 50 years.

The freight rail network in North America is being turned into a conduit for crude oil from the landlocked Canadian tar - sands and the Bakken Shale, as construction timelines and permitting decisions are awaited for new pipelines.

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.»

TransCanada spokesman Mark Cooper said the company's decision was based on the need for more certainty and «what's going to get us the best opportunity to get this pipeline built.»