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TransCanada's Pipeline East Is an Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen

Yan Roberts | Posted 04.03.2013 | Canada Impact
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Yan Roberts

We do not need 850,000 barrels of oil per day being pumped through our communities, our country side, our cities, or our drinking water. We need to talk honestly talk about what markets the pipeline is serving, who exactly is benefiting economically, and what environmental risks we are overlooking.

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West-East Pipeline, Anyone?

CP | Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada Alberta
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A proposal to transport Alberta oil as far east as New Brunswick took a step forward Tuesday as TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) announc...

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Making the Environmental and Economic Point For Keystone XL

Greg Stringham | Posted 03.22.2013 | Canada Alberta
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Greg Stringham

As Canadian crude oil producers and the largest supplier of crude oil to the United States, we believe the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between the two countries would strengthen our mutually advantageous relationship - the largest bi-lateral energy trading relationship in the world.

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Keystone In 'National Interest'

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada Politics
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SASKATOON - Interim federal Liberal Leader Bob Rae says the party continues to stand behind the Keystone XL oilsands pipeline project.Rae, who is on h...

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Another Blow For Trans-Canada Pipelines

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.01.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - The National Energy Board has rejected the 97-kilometre Komie North natural gas pipeline proposed by a subsidiary of TransCanada Corp. (TSX:...

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TransCanada To Tackle $5 Billion Natural Gas Project

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Liquefied natural gas will be a "major driver" of TransCanada Corp.'s growth in the years ahead, CEO Russ Girling said Wednesday as the pipe...

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Northern Gateway Is The Wrong Fight

Raphael Lopoukhine | Posted 03.09.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Raphael Lopoukhine

The proposed Northern Gateway pipeline carrying raw bitumen to the B.C. coast is a bad idea, but it's ultimately the wrong fight. Let's assume the momentum of bringing Enbridge to its knees leads to a mass protest across Canada and all the proposed pipelines are stopped. Oil companies still have other options.

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Court To Decide If Oilsands Oil Is Really Oil

CP | Ramit Plushnick-Masti, The Associated Press | Posted 02.10.2013 | Canada Business
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HOUSTON - A Texas judge has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is building part of a pipeline designed to car...

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Another Big Pipeline Win For TransCanada

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.05.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Mexican authorities have awarded TransCanada Corp. a second contract in a week to build a natural gas pipeline.The Calgary-based company (TS...

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TransCanada Restarts Keystone Pipeline

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.22.2012 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) says oil is once again flowing through its Keystone oil pipeline following a shutdown last week over safety conc...

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Victory For TransCanada In Texas Court Fight

CBC | Posted 10.23.2012 | Canada Business
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A Texas farmer has lost her bid to prevent Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. from expropriating part of her farm to build the Keystone XL pipeline. ...

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U.S. Begins New Keystone Review

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.15.2012 | Canada Business
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CALGARY - A new review into TransCanada Corp.'s politically-charged Keystone XL oil pipeline has begun.In a notice posted to its website Friday, the U...

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'Oracle Of Omaha' Backs Keystone Pipeline

CP | Posted 05.07.2012 | Canada Business
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OMAHA, Neb. -- Billionaire Warren Buffett supports building the Keystone XL pipeline that TransCanada wants to build to carry Canadian oil south acros...

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For A Change, Canadians May Soon Be Consuming Alberta Oil

CP | Posted 04.29.2012 | Canada Business
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CALGARY -- The CEO of TransCanada Corp. confirmed Friday that the company is in the early stages of weighing a plan to ship Western Canadian crude to ...

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White House Vows To Veto Keystone Legislation

CP | Matthew Daly, The Associated Press | Posted 06.18.2012 | Canada Business
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WASHINGTON - Legislation that would allow TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline to proceed has been passed by the U.S. House of Represe...

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Bill Clinton Welcomes Pipeline, But His Wife Will Make The Call

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2012 | Canada Business
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WASHINGTON - Former U.S. president Bill Clinton has thrown his support behind TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial project whose ulti...

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Republicans Refuse To Abandon Keystone Approval

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.30.2012 | Canada Politics
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WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans are refusing to back down in their attempts to win speedy approval of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, vowin...

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We Canadians Aren't Always Nice

Peter Behrens | Posted 03.28.2012 | Canada Business
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Peter Behrens

Instead of competitive fedora'd gunsels from the Plateau Mont-Royal hustling truckloads of illicit booze through the New England night, and tommy-gunning each other on the approaches to Rutland, this time it's TransCanada's Keystone project threatening spillage and spoilage of precious ecozones in Nebraska.

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Pipeline-Opposing 'Foreign Special-Interest Groups' Also Gave To Canadian Government

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Rich American foundations are not only footing the bill for opposition to Canada's oilsands.Tax returns show the Canadian government has also...

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Harper Expresses 'Profound Disappointment' With Keystone Decision

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.19.2012 | Canada Politics
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WASHINGTON - Trapped by an untenable Feb. 21 deadline imposed by Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada's proposed $7-billion Keys...

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Oil Industry Tycoons: The Real Foreign Threat to Pipeline Debate

Cameron Fenton | Posted 03.19.2012 | Canada Politics
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Cameron Fenton

Our government's position on this latest pipeline should thus come as no surprise. They are not simply neutral parties in this, but a close ally of the fossil fuel industry taking on roles from defending and promoting the industry around the globe to acting as its bankroll.

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TransCanada: Keystone Will Create 20,000 Jobs.. In U.S.

CP | Posted 01.10.2012 | Canada Business
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CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) has stepped up its publicity campaign for the politically charged Keystone XL pipeline, releasing a detailed bre...

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Oil Corporation Enters Solar Market

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.19.2012 | Canada Business
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CALGARY - TransCanada Corp., known for its vast network of oil and gas pipelines, is making an entry into the solar power business with the acquisitio...

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Yes, Our Democracy Really Is in Peril

Valerie Keefe | Posted 02.17.2012 | Canada Politics
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Valerie Keefe

We've lost a professional political class that put respect for the institutions above tactical political advantage. We've lost an understanding that our public servants are individually elected trustees rather than cynical voting-machine-delegates of a party or a constituency. And we've lost a public that expects better of its elected representatives, or for that matter, can articulate their disappointment, beyond cynical canards about the corruption of politicians.

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Obama Adviser Gives Keystone Thumbs Up

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.15.2012 | Canada Business
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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama's former national security adviser went to bat for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, saying the p...

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