Sentences with phrase «pipeline approval»
The nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice has been staunchly opposed to the project and represented a coalition of groups — Riverkeeper, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Clean Air Council, Delaware - Otsego Audubon Society, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and the Pennsylvania and Atlantic chapters of Sierra Club — in pipeline approval proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC.)
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Oil sands players, as well as U.S. producers in North Dakota, have been clamouring for pipeline approvals, claiming that all of the political foot dragging around pipeline projects weakened pricing power and critically hampered their operations.
Energy security has been one of the key issues in the discussion over the Keystone XL pipeline approval in the US — if you've not been following this, here's a great primer from CFR's Michael Levi.
In July 2014, Heiltsuk and Kitasoo Xai'Xais sought leave from the Federal Court of Appeal to challenge the Enbridge pipeline approval, and were granted leave to have their case heard on September 26, 2014.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports on the Keystone XL pipeline approval from Nebraska regulators.
Under Kenney's rationale, that judgment extends to other constitutional matters too, like equalization; or after a referendum Alberta launches over, say, National Energy Board pipeline approval rules or a federal carbon tax.
«Given Justin Trudeau's recent pipeline approvals, he should be given the benefit of the doubt and a chance to clarify his remarks.»
Last year, a state DEC official said that improperly withholding pipeline approvals could cost the state its jurisdiction over water - quality decisions.
This sign - off was once a minor step in the extensive pipeline approval process, but the Cuomo administration has delayed making a final decision on multiple pipelines.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has jurisdiction over most pipeline approvals.
Lawyer says pipeline approval put Alberta's needs ahead of B.C.'s oil - spill concerns, Canadian Press Edmonton police looking for white pickup that struck pedestrian, took off, Canadian Press
B.C. needs to learn from the Exxon Valdez spill and put solid legal protection and regulations in place prior to spills, especially with the pending Kinder Morgan pipeline approval.
Companies operating in Canada's oilsands region, the world's third largest reserve of crude oil after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, have been pushing for new pipeline approvals to support growth and access to new markets.
However, Kenney's remarks failed to mention that the Enbridge pipeline approval was overturned by a court decision which found that the Harper government had failed to adequately consult First Nations about the project.
As the lead lobbyist for his firm, his task is to generate profit for shareholders, which, as the information above shows, he pursues by massaging the political climate across the country to assure the conditions for pipeline approval are met.
«While today's Keystone XL pipeline approval is an important milestone, it does not provide certainty that the project will ultimately be built and begin operating,» said Gavin MacFarlane, a vice president at Moody's Investors Service.
«While industry consolidation and capital discipline play a part, delays to pipeline approvals and uncertainty over the provision of more export capacity is undermining the next wave of development as market access costs are set to rise.»
Without a quorum, pipeline approvals could be delayed by months or even a year if Democrats fight Trump's nominations, Tittel said, adding that Trump's appointment of a new acting chair precipitated the FERC crisis.
Where are the pipeline approvals?
Today: how about a pipeline approval or some action on sky high auto insurance?
any pipeline approvals today?
The pipeline approval, in the Trudeau government's estimation, was a necessary trade for the broad support it needed to move forward on climate change on other fronts.
It is my view that the exclusion of these issues skews its regulatory assessment in favour of pipeline approval and ignores the most important costs and non-costed impacts that every responsible and honest society should be considering on behalf of people living today and in future.
State and federal policies that facilitate transparent and timely project review, as well as set and maintain realistic deadlines for pipeline approval, will do much to expedite construction and expand infrastructure to enhance the delivery of affordable energy that consumers and businesses need.
The pipeline approval comes two months after Obama rejected a proposal for the 1,300 - mile Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta tar sands oil fields to Texas after large protests by environmental groups.
The issue has been raised before the courts recently regarding both a pipeline approval before the National Energy Board and regulation of ongoing fracking activities before the Alberta Energy Regulator.
The internal documents show how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, after forming a government in the fall of 2015, were seized with public anger about the weakening of federal environmental laws by the former Harper government, concern about consulting First Nations and restoring public trust in the pipeline approval process.
seized with public anger about the weakening of federal environmental laws by the former Harper government, concern about consulting First Nations and restoring public trust in the pipeline approval process.