Tag Archives: Alberta Tar Sands

Enbridge alternative: Rail to Valdez Alaska? So says Barbara Yaffe

August 16, 2011Energy and Resources, Oil&Gas, Pipelines and Supertankers, Tar SandsAlberta Tar Sands, BC Oil Pipelines and Supertankers, Enbridge, Oil and gasDamien Gillis

Read this article by the Vancouver Sun’s chief Enbridge apologist, Barbara Yaffe – now touting a rail route connecting the Alberta Tar Sands to Valdez, Alaska as a more palatable alternative to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline.

“This plan has a huge and unmistakable advantage: Aboriginal chiefs like
it. And the company is confident environmentalists and the broader B.C.
public will like it too. Under the scheme, oilsands product would be
unloaded from rail cars at Delta Junction in Alaska, then fed into an
existing pipeline that snakes southward to Valdez.” (August 16, 2011)

Rafe & Damien on EVOTV (Part 1)

August 15, 2011Energy and Resources, Oil&Gas, Pipelines and Supertankers, Tar Sands, WATERAlberta Tar Sands, BC Oil Pipelines and Supertankers, Enbridge, KinderMorgan, Oil and gas, rafe mair, Salmon, Video, Water and EnergyCommon Sense Canadian

Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis discuss The Common Sense Canadian and their coverage of key environmental and public policy issues in BC and Canada on Shaw’s EVOTV, with host Irma Arkus. The three cover a wide range of issues in the half hour program – from private river power and the state of BC Hydro to oil pipelines and supertankers on our coast, natural gas fracking, coal mines, salmon farms and the Cohen Commission into disappearing Fraser River sockeye. (Aug 8, 2011)

Tar Sands-Bound Trucks Blocked by Montana Judge

August 3, 2011Energy and Resources, Oil&Gas, Tar SandsAlberta Tar Sands, Oil and gasDamien Gillis

Read this story from Huffington Post on the recent decision by a Montana judge to block the transportation by truck of heavy extraction equipment bound for the Alberta Tar Sands via the state’s highways. (July 20, 2011)

Debate Over Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Moves to Floor of US House

July 26, 2011Energy and Resources, Oil&Gas, Tar SandsAlberta Tar Sands, Oil and gasDamien Gillis

Read this report from the Omaha World-Herald on debate commencing in the US House of Representatives over TransCanada Pipelines’ controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline. (July 26, 2011)

National Geographic Spotlights Great Bear Rainforest and Battle Over Enbridge Pipeline

July 22, 2011Energy and Resources, Oil&Gas, Pipelines and Supertankers, Tar SandsAlberta Tar Sands, BC Oil Pipelines and Supertankers, Enbridge, Great Bear Rainforest, Oil and gasDamien Gillis

Read this article from the Province on the forthcoming National Geographic cover story on the Great Bear Rainforest and battle over the proposed Enbridge pipeline to BC’s coast. (July 21, 2011)

Energy Ministers Back Plan to Make Canada an Energy Superpower

July 21, 2011Energy and Resources, Oil&Gas, Pipelines and Supertankers, Tar Sands, WATERAlberta Tar Sands, BC Oil Pipelines and Supertankers, Enbridge, Oil and gas, Water and EnergyDamien Gillis

Read this report from the Vancouver Sun on this week’s meetings between Canada’s provincial energy ministers and a new plan to see Canada transformed into a global energy superpower. (July 20, 2011)

Alberta Energy Minister calls for rushed approval of Enbridge pipeline

July 20, 2011Canada, Energy and Resources, Pipelines and Supertankers, Politics, Tar Sands, Western CanadaAlberta Tar Sands, BC Oil Pipelines and Supertankers, Enbridge, PoliticsDamien Gillis

Read this article from the Globe and Mail on the call from Alberta’s energy minister to speed up the approval of the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline through BC. (July 19, 2011)

Globe and Mail on National Energy Strategy

July 12, 2011Energy and Resources, Fracking, Oil&Gas, Pipelines and Supertankers, Tar Sands, WATERAlberta Tar Sands, BC Oil Pipelines and Supertankers, fracking, Oil and gas, Water and EnergyDamien Gillis

Read this article from the Globe and Mail on the growing momentum for a national energy strategy, a concept the Harper Conservatives are now mulling out loud, in contrast to their traditional opposition to the idea. (July 10, 2011)

AFP international news video story on Enbridge pipeline – feat. images by Damien Gillis, Ian McAllister

July 6, 2011Energy and Resources, Oil&Gas, Pipelines and Supertankers, Tar SandsAlberta Tar Sands, BC Oil Pipelines and Supertankers, Oil and gasCommon Sense Canadian

Watch this 3 min video news story from international agency AFP on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and the Tar Sands – featuring images by Damien Gillis and Ian McAllister. (July 5, 2011)

Transport Safety Board logged 100 oil pipeline accidents or ‘incidents’ in last 2 years – led by Enbridge, TransCanada

July 6, 2011Energy and Resources, Oil&Gas, Pipelines and Supertankers, Tar SandsAlberta Tar Sands, BC Oil Pipelines and Supertankers, Oil and gasDamien Gillis

Read this important story from the Vancouver Sun on new details of staggering number of oil pipeline accidents and incidents logged by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada – three quarters of them stemming from Enbridge or TransCanada Pipelines. (July 5)