Sentences with phrase «proposed oil projects»
... doing what we do best — standing up to Canada's government with a lawsuit challenging laws passed last year that unreasonably restrict the rights of everyday Canadians to have their say on proposed oil projects.
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Since then, the Trans Mountain project has pitted the NDP - led governments in Alberta and British Columbia against each other after B.C. proposed new oil spill regulations that would effectively block new oil pipelines from reaching the West Coast.
It adds that «approval or denial of the proposed project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area.»
Without addressing those emissions overtly, the State Department suggests the issue may be moot because Canada will tap into its lucrative oil sands «with or without the proposed project.»
Analysts at Canaccord Genuity said Monday the project's $ 5.3 - bilion northern leg «is no longer a necessity» for Canadian oil sands producers, thanks to the sudden rise of crude - carrying unit trains and rival pipeline schemes proposed by Enbridge Inc..
Proposed carbon pricing legislation in the U.S. as well as low carbon fuel standards being adopted by California and other states could make many oil sands projects marginal or entirely uneconomic in future.
Shipping oil across Canada to the Atlantic coast, as TransCanada proposes to do with its Energy East project, is hardly the industry's first choice.
From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the Terms of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «environmental effect» of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4, Terms of Reference, which defines «environmental effect» very broadly to mean «any change that the project may cause in the environment.»
We did not consider that there was a sufficiently direct connection between the project and any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other oil production activities to warrant consideration of the effects of these activities.
The company warned then that it could cancel the proposed 4,500 - kilometre (2,800 mile) oil pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, to Saint John, New Brunswick, which would have been most expensive project in TransCanada's history.
On Thursday, fellow prairie province Saskatchewan entered into the war, announcing it will consider limits on its out - of - province oil shipments if B.C. continues its efforts to delay the pipeline expansion project.While Saskatchewan likely would not be shipping oil on the proposed pipeline, the province has been negatively impacted by the projects continued delays.
Porter also said he is frustrated by the lack of progress on energy infrastructure — particularly on the Energy East project, a pipeline proposed by TransCanada Corp. (TSX: TRP) that would ship 1.1 million barrels of Alberta oil per day to refineries in Eastern Canada.
VANCOUVER — December 1 marks the last day the B.C. Liberal government could have stood up for British Columbia and stopped the federal government from ramming the proposed Enbridge pipeline and oil tanker project through, say B.C.'s New Democrats.
Last week, we commented on the proposed Kinder Morgan TransMountain expansion project which is slated provide Alberta's oil producers with the opportunity to...
Kinder Morgan's Alberta lobbying efforts over the past nine months focused exclusively on the Trans Mountain expansion, seeking, amongst other objectives, to «convey economic importance and benefits of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Project through increase market access for Alberta crude oil products.»
The estimated amount of resources projected to be developed as a result of the proposed region - wide lease sale ranges from 0.21 to 1.12 Bbbl of oil and from 0.55 to 4.42 Tcf.
After my post last night got me reading Budget 1980 and the National Energy Program, I stumbled upon something completely fascinating: the hated National Energy Program proposed an indexed price for synthetic crude from oil sands projects which, had it been followed until today, would have been above the Canadian dollar price of WTI in -LSB-...]
But the administration has now taken a similar tack on a number of other controversial projects, staying silent rather than approving or blocking them, including a major proposed propane storage project in the Finger Lakes, the construction of new liquefied natural gas storage areas across the state and a crude - oil heating facility at the Port of Albany.
Cuomo has adopted a similar delay policy on a number of other politically fraught energy projects, avoiding easily discernible positions on the proposed propane storage project in the Finger Lakes and on a crude - oil rail hub in Albany.
ALBANY, NY (07/17/2012)(readMedia)-- In response to a new report released by Earthworks» Oil & Gas Accountability Project - NYS DEC: Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following statemeOil & Gas Accountability Project - NYS DEC: Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following statemeoil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following statement:
KERRY: The senator has proposed «a new Manhattan Project to make America independent of Middle East oil in 10 years» by increasing the use of alternative fuels like ethanol and insisting that standards for auto mileage be raised.
So - called roadless oil extraction, in which oil companies use offshore exploration and production methods and leave less of an imprint on the area being drilled, is a viable alternative, argue Swing and others associated with Scientists Concerned for Yasuni, a network of independent researchers that first came together in 2004 to stop a proposed road project inside the park.
In the wake of the high - profile protests against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and 1,250 arrests, some of the world's best - known Nobel Peace Prize winners are lending their voices in opposition to the 1,700 mile project that would bring Canadian tar sands oil down to Texas.
Based on information and analysis about the North American crude transport infrastructure (particularly the proven ability of rail to transport substantial quantities of crude oil profitably under current market conditions, and to add capacity relatively rapidly) and the global crude oil market, the draft Supplemental EIS concludes that approval or denial of the proposed Project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area.
In other shocking news, officials in Kuwait have announced that about 90 % of corals in their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexico.
As was discussed here last Friday, President Obama has proposed using a tiny portion of federal revenues from offshore oil and gas production to build an «Energy Security Trust» to pay for the kinds of tough or longer - term energy research projects that the private sector tends to neglect.
Join Shark Stewards, The Marine mammal project and Earth Island Institute in a public support for coastal marine protection and stop the proposed opening of our offshore waters to oil exploration and production.
In the aftermath of the oil price fall in 2014, proposed new deepwater projects were generally among the first to be delayed or cancelled as the industry moved towards shorter cycle investments, including shale.
The U.S. oil industry is playing the «China card» in urging the American government to quickly approve TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which will deliver oil sands crude to Gulf Coast refineries.
For Canadians, the public hearings into the proposed Northern Gateway project, is an important opportunity for serious stakeholders to discuss the impacts and benefits for our country of a pipeline carrying oil from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C.
«Our study suggests... [the] initiative will not significantly reduce deforestation in northern Sumatra and will have little impact on orangutan conservation,» David Gaveau of the University of Kent, UK, and the Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program told environmentalresearchweb, «because firstly a large amount of forest inside the proposed REDD project area is protected de facto by being inaccessible; and secondly much of northern Sumatra's lowland forests will remain outside of REDD and will be exposed to the combined expansion of high - revenue oil palm plantations and road networks.»
If oil sands oil eventually finds an easy outlet to the Gulf Coast — perhaps through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project — the price for upgraded synthetic oil will likely rise to reflect the world market value, currently $ 110 per barrel.
The Constitution Pipeline Project — a joint venture between four oil and gas companies — was proposed to transport fracked natural gas from Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania through Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Schoharie counties in New York to existing interstate pipelines.
Despite the proximity of the proposed oil wells to prime panther habitat, «no biological opinions or environmental assessments have been done for this project,» said Meyer.
The group is demanding an immediate halt to all shipments of fossil fuels through the Northwest and calling on Governor Inslee to reject permits for all new fossil fuel projects in Washington, including proposed coal and oil terminals.
Development of extreme energy projects like the Alberta Tar Sands, Bakken Shale Oil and coal from the Powder River Basin, has fueled an explosion in proposed fossil fuel infrastructure in the Northwest.
«Folks made it known that Vermonters, and our friends from the Northeast, oppose the proposed tar sands pipeline, and that this project will face a concerted and stiff local resistance if and when big oil decides to try and move it forward,» said David Vandeusen, conservation organizer for the Vermont Sierra Club.
In May, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment trustees proposed a project in the Gulf of Mexico to increase protections for western Atlantic bluefin tuna in its only known spawning area.
The project is the Northern Gateway pipeline that would bring oil from the tar sands of Alberta to a proposed tanker terminal at the coast - an initiative supported by China, which could end up the main beneficiary of the oil.
What about the proposed Statoil project to drill for oil in the Bight?
Proposed carbon pricing legislation in the U.S. as well as low carbon fuel standards being adopted by California and other states could make many oil sands projects marginal or entirely uneconomic in future.
-- Oil Change International Executive Director Stephen Kretzmann has a detailed reaction here, excerpt: «Our concerns with the impact statement for the Keystone XL pipeline released today are extensive and only serve to further strengthen the clear need for Secretary Kerry and President Obama to reject this proposed pipeline project.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing to strike a joint climate - change pact with president - elect Barack Obama, an initiative that would seek to protect Alberta's oil sands projects from potentially tough new U.S. climate - change rules by
Notes that projects like the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline send the wrong message to our communities and citizens who work hard to lessen our dependence on oil, using innovative conservation, efficiency and other measures.
While this move, the result of back room dealing between the GOP and Big Oil, has alarmed farmers, environmentalists and concerned citizens who have spent the last six months publicly organizing and peacefully fighting against the proposed project, there's reason to believe it could be a blessing in disguise.
Buried in this Bill were provisions that changed the way ordinary Canadians can voice their opinions on proposed projects that impact our natural environment, such as new oil pipelines.
In 2014, after concerted community pressure, the city of Richmond approved an updated version of Chevron's refinery expansion project, which included much more pollution control than originally proposed and 90 million dollars for community benefits, which may be largest community benefits package for permitting an oil refinery project in the United States.
'' Oil sands are high - cost, high - carbon projects, being proposed at a time when both costs and emissions are under pressure to shrink; as such they should immediately hit an investor's higher - risk screen,» warns James Leaton, Research Director at Carbon Tracker.
TransCanada, the «energy transfer company» responsible for getting the incredibly dirty diluted bitumen oil from the tar sands in western Canada, and also potentially Bakken crude, to refineries in Quebec City and St. Johns, New Brunswick, has notified the Canadian government that it is cancelling its proposed Energy East pipeline project, citing slowing growth in -LSB-...]
EA processes and decisions have been increasingly subject to lawsuits, criticism and protests, with the target of dissent being either the project (say, Kinder Morgan's controversial proposed oil sands pipeline) or the reviewing body (e.g., the National Energy Board).