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How Safe Really Are Canada's Pipelines?

Gillian McEachern | Posted 02.13.2012 | Canada Business
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Gillian McEachern

Canadians are being asked to take a leap of faith and trust that the industry can build and operate new oil pipelines safely. Yet a new audit shows gaps or deficiencies in companies' compliance with the regulations in nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of the cases.

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U.S. Bill Threatens To Kill Pipeline

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 02.11.2012 | Canada Business
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration says a Republican bill to fast-track approval of a Canadian oil pipeline could lead to the project's demise.In a...

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2011: The Year of Pipeline Interruptus

Matt Price | Posted 02.09.2012 | Canada
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Matt Price

It used to be that a few guys from the oil industry could get together over drinks and make the decisions on major infrastructure projects. Then it started to fall apart. Faith in the industry and their supposed regulators was shaken with the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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Pipeline Protesters Encircle White House

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.06.2012 | Canada Business
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WASHINGTON - Thousands of demonstrators, including movie stars and a Nobel laureate, surrounded the White House on Sunday to protest a proposed Canadi...

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Keystone Pipeline Builder Sees Profit Jump

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.01.2012 | Canada Business
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CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. said Tuesday it could face major delays if Nebraska legislators decide to change the route the contentious Keystone XL cru...

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Obama's New Campaign Adviser Was A Pipeline Lobbyist

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.24.2011 | Canada Business
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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama's hiring of a one-time lobbyist for TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL pipeline has fanned the flames of...

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Clinton Promises 'Open-Minded' Pipeline Review

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.11.2011 | Canada Politics
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says her department does not have a pro-pipeline bias as it determines whether to give the green ...

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Keystone Pipeline Launch 'Illegal,' Lawsuit Claims

CP | Grant Schulte and Margery Beck, The Associated Press | Posted 12.05.2011 | Canada Business
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OMAHA, Neb. - U.S. officials illegally allowed a Canadian company to begin preparing the route for its proposed 2,730-kilometre oil pipeline from west...

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Europe Prepares To Fight The Oil Sands

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada Business
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Canada's oil sands are facing another public-relations defeat with the news that the European Commisssion (EC) will propose designating bitumen extrac...

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I Got Arrested For The First Time

Maude Barlow | Posted 11.26.2011 | Canada
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Maude Barlow

I took a deep breath, stepped on the barrier and crossed over. We were on Parliament Hill to show our opposition to the extension of the Keystone Pipeline, which would take raw bitumen from the tar sands of Northern Alberta over prime farmland and the Ogallala Aquifer to a refinery in Texas.

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Althia Raj

Ottawa Protesters Hope To Ramp Up Oil Sands Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 11.26.2011 | Canada
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More than 100 people, including prominent activist Maude Barlow, were arrested on Parliament Hill Monday during a protest against the construction of ...

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Pipeline Debate Really About Oil Sands' Future

CBC | Posted 11.26.2011 | Canada
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When supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline tout the benefits of TransCanada's $7-billion plan to ship crude oil from Alberta to Texas, t...

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Naomi Klein Arrested At Pipeline Protest

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.02.2011 | Canada
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WASHINGTON - A Canadian native protester and social activist Naomi Klein were among dozens arrested Friday outside the White House near the end of a t...

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House Republicans Push Obama To Approve Alberta-To-Texas Pipeline

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.25.2011 | Canada Politics
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EDMONTON - Electricity users in Alberta are being warned about a potential scam involving a device that purports to reduce their power bills.

The government says it is investigating complaints that telemarketers and door-to-door sales agents are offering what they call a "hydro power saver."

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How Long Will Canadian Oil Sand Producers Be Disconnected From World Prices?

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 09.05.2011 | Canada
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Jeffrey Rubin

Just like water doesn't flow uphill, oil can't be expected to flow in ways that defy price gravity. Basic economics says Canadian oil will ultimately flow to where it gets its greatest return. And that isn't to already near full storage tanks in Cushing.

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TransCanada Wraps Up Construction Of $360-Million Natural Gas Pipeline

CP | Posted 08.20.2011 | Canada Business
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. said Monday it has wrapped up construction on its US$360-million Guadalajara natural gas pipeline in...

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