Sentences with phrase «oil pipeline opponents»
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.»
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Thus, opponents contend, Canadian oil coming through the pipeline would displace little if any oil imported from unstable, undemocratic, or unfriendly countries like Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, or Venezuela.
(Reuters)- Exxon Mobil on Sunday continued cleanup of a pipeline spill that spewed thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude in Arkansas as opponents of oil sands development latched on to the incident to attack plans to build the Keystone XL line.
The #NoDAPL movement has garnered national attention, much like the Keystone XL fight did, for creating a formidable opponent to the fossil fuel companies invested in transporting more oil and gas through their ever - expanding pipeline network.
Opponents have mounted a well - organized, celebrity - studded campaign against the pipeline, arguing it would increase U.S. dependency on the oil sands, which they describe as the world's dirtiest oil.
Environment Minister Peter Kent says oil sands opponents «treacherous» Reuters «The right - of - center Conservative government was taken aback last week when the U.S. administration delayed approval of TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline... Much to Kent's anger, two members of Parliament from the opposition New Democrats went to Washington this week to argue the pipeline should not go ahead until Canada has come up with a better plan to combat climate change.»
VANCOUVER, Canada — U.S. opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline should take take note: One of the greatest weaknesses of the proposed 1,980 mile - long pipeline from Canada's tar sand fields to refineries in Texas actually lies in British Columbia on Canada's west coast.
Opponents say the proposed $ 5.4 billion pipeline would be a catalyst to unlocking oil sands development in Alberta, Canada, where a dense, sticky hydrocarbon called bitumen is harvested by strip - mining and energy - intense steam - based techniques.
That, in turn, would put the spotlight on other flawed pipelines that carry dilbit and would also provide fodder for opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry dilbit from Canada to oil refineries on the Gulf Coast.
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.