Sentences with phrase «many pipeline opponents»

The drilling work is just to the north of a protest camp on federal land where pipeline opponents had gathered since August.

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP)-- Oil could be flowing through the $ 3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in less than two weeks, according to court documents filed by the developer just before police and soldiers started clearing a protest camp in North Dakota where pipeline opponents had gathered for the better part of a year.

Jan. 9, 2012: Then - natural resources minister Joe Oliver issues an open letter branding oil pipeline opponents «radicals» who are attempting to «hijack» the hearing process with funds from «foreign special interest groups.»

It also calls out a new category of pipeline opponents, «Democrats and Tea Party types» who want to stop the use of eminent domain for pipelines exporting oil and gas.

Galef, along with anti-fracking advocates and pipeline opponents, hope that will give Cuomo more impetus to order a state risk assessment through his own Department of Environmental Conservation.

Pilgrim pipelines opponents say they are buoyed by the state's rejection of the proposed Constitution Pipeline on the grounds that the developer did not provide sufficient information on the potential impact on water quality.

Assemblywoman Galef, along with anti fracking advocates and pipeline opponents, hope that will give Cuomo more impetus to order a state risk assessment through his own Department of Environmental Conservation.

Pilgrim pipelines opponents contend that similar concerns exist for the proposed, two - line system that would transport highly volatile Bakken crude oil and refined petroleum between Albany and New Jersey.

In particular, pipeline opponents are angry that the review panel is not hearing evidence about emissions from the Alberta oil sands and the greater issue of global warming.

According to pipeline opponents, most of the petroleum products made from Keystone crude would be exported by Gulf Coast refiners to Europe, South America, and Asia rather than sold in U.S. domestic markets.

said Danielle Droitsch, an environmental lawyer and director of the Canada project at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a leading pipeline opponent.

Across the country, pipeline opponents are buying B.C. wines in solidarity with the government of that province.

This seemed ironic, as they'd not had much success themselves with that strategy, but as soon as pipeline opponents in Coastal British Columbia were influential enough to cause the defeat of a government favourable to the Trans Mountain Pipeline, most of the fine talk about social license by Liberals and New Democrats went out the window too.

That's the real end game [for pipeline opponents].»

The NEB also prevented stakeholders from cross-examining company officials about their evidence, and it angered many pipeline opponents and scientists by deciding in December 2015 to exclude new scientific evidence from a U.S. National Academy of Sciences report that said new regulations and research were needed to prepare for spills of bitumen, the heavy oil produced in the oilsands.

But many pipeline opponents argue that new energy infrastructure to support expanded extraction of bitumen from Alberta's oilsands would lead to spills and push Canada's climate change goals out of reach.

Not exact matches

Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest US President Donald Trump's executive orders advancing their construction, at Lafayette Park next to the White House in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2017.

Opponents chained themselves to construction equipment and the White House fence in protest, arguing that building the pipeline would be antithetical to Obama's call for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

One of the pipeline's most vocal opponents, McKibben said the decision gives Obama «new stature as an environmental leader.»

Yet the risk of a spill from the pipeline itself or from tankers offshore is overwhelmingly borne by B.C. Short of sharing royalty revenues with B.C. — note how both the B.C. Liberals and their NDP opponents support plans for liquefied natural gas terminals, which would boost gas revenues in B.C. — there's no way for Alberta or an Albertan prime minister to bring B.C. onside.

The project's main opponent, the local environmental group Douglas Channel Watch, maintains the risk from either a tanker accident or a pipeline breach is too high for the small number of jobs the pipeline would bring to the community.

But it won't, as Keystone's environmentalist opponents hope, curtail future oilsands development; bitumen exports to the U.S. have already soared without the pipeline expansion.

Opponents of the pipeline fear potential oil spills along the B.C. coast and argue that Indigenous communities have not given their consent to the project, violating their constitutional rights.

He was among the loudest opponents of TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL pipeline proposal, which would have transported oilsands bitumen through his state.

At least eight Russian accounts, most tied to the troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency, sent at least 16 social media messages excoriating the Sabal Trail pipeline or retweeting messages from one of its most prominent opponents, a frequent guest on RT..

Kinder Morgan Jason Kenney has no evidence, he's just asking questions: Is the Kremlin pulling the strings of Canadian opponents to Kinder Morgan's new pipeline?

A proposed pipeline would funnel Lake Powell water 140 miles to a growing region of Utah, but opponents question if imported water for the beleaguered Colorado is the best way to meet demand.4 months ago

Yet the opponents of fossil fuels don't seem to care that their opposition to pipelines will damage Canadian exports and competitiveness.

Opponents of Bill C - 51 claimed that new spy laws passed by the former Conservative government with support from the Liberals could target Canadian citizens who oppose the expansion of oil pipelines.

Sounding yet again like a cheerleader for opponents of Alberta's energy industry, Notley, head of the left - leaning NDP government, reacted positively to U.S Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton's surprise announcement that she's opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf.

Opponents of a pipeline expansion that would flow through vast portions of New York want the Cuomo administration to deny a key permit, an act that could halt the upgrade.

Opponents believe there is environmental problems with the proposed expansion of the New Market Dominion pipeline.

Schumer and other Democratic opponents called the pipeline a flawed project that does nothing for the United States.

Opponents of fracking are now focusing on gas pipelines that conduct fracked gas from other states underneath New York.

He was a staunch opponent of the Pilgrim Pipeline and appeared in front of the Saugerties town board, arguing that the pipeline would pose hazards to the town without providing any direct benefits.

Democratic State Senate candidate Justin Wagner vowed if elected he would block any legislation authorizing any transfer of municipal land for the construction of a proposed natural gas pipeline, a pledge he contended could not be promised by Republican opponent Terrence Murphy based on his voting record in Yorktown.

The mailer also accuses Murphy's Democratic opponent, attorney Justin Wagner, of representing «one of the largest fracking companies» whose natural gas flows through the Algonquin pipeline, which is slated for expansion in Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties.

Bald and Golden eagles are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Act and with the sighting of a pair of nesting eagles in the path of the Millennium Pipeline lateral, opponents of the CPV electric generating plant say the gas pipeline can not be extended to the facility in the Town of Wawayanda.

Opponents of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline gathered in Knox to warn people about the dangers the project could bring to the area, bolstered by the recent support for their cause from U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer.

Hydro - fracking has been banned in New York State for nearly a year now, but opponents of the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines.

With the lifting of the oil export ban, the pipelines could service New Jersey or other ports with export facilities, instead of or in addition to the Bayway refinery in New Jersey, which opponents say does not want and could not use anything close to all of the crude oil Pilgrim might be shipping south from Albany.

The Town Board got an earful from opponents of a proposed oil pipeline, but decided against passing a resolution to

But opponents says Governor Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation has the power to shut the project down because the pipeline company needs the DEC to sign off on a key water quality certification, as well as three air quality permits for the upgrades to the compressor stations.

Opponents of the pipeline have said Pilgrim Pipeline representatives sent the same access notifications to New Jersey property owners, and that some property owners reported receiving followup letters with stronger language if access wasn't granted.

Opponents of new pipelines carrying natural gas extracted from hydrofracking have had a good week.

But a pipeline company representative says the projects are not as harmful as opponents say, and essential for the state's current electric needs.

A pipeline company representative, however, said the projects are not as harmful as opponents claim and are essential for the state's current electric needs.

While fossil fuel opponents hail the decision as a step toward using more renewables, the pipeline company may appeal to the federal government which could have the final say.

Democrat Assemblyman James Skoufis says opponents were to be taken from Woodbury Town Hall to the Woodbury border with the Village of Kiryas Joel, where a pipeline project is underway to connect the village to a backup well in the Town of Cornwall, as well to the primary water source, the Catskill Aqueduct in New Windsor.

Metzger said protests are planned for Sunday against Pilgrim pipelines at the state Thruway toll plazas, because opponents are not convinced the application can be objectively reviewed.