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Trudeau Pledges Taxpayer Money, New Laws to Salvage Controversial Pipeline

Trudeau Pledges Taxpayer Money, New Laws to Salvage Controversial Pipeline

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday he is ready to offer financial aid and new legislation to push forward the contentious Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion that will triple production of tar sands going from Alberta to British Columbia. Houston-based developer Kinder Morgan has threatened to scrap the $7.4 billion (USD $5.9 billion) project unless […]

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    Risky Move: Canada Shipping More Tar Sands Oil by Rail

    Risky Move: Canada Shipping More Tar Sands Oil by Rail

    By Justin Mikulka The Motley Fool has been advising investors on “How to Profit From the Re-Emergence of Canada’s Crude-by-Rail Strategy.” But what makes transporting Canadian crude oil by rail attractive to investors? According to the Motley Fool, the reason is “… right now, there is so much excess oil being pumped out of Canada’s […]

    Grassroots Fighters for the Arctic Refuge Take the Case to DC

    Grassroots Fighters for the Arctic Refuge Take the Case to DC

    By Rebekah Ashley Even though our day-to-day existence may be far removed from Arctic Alaska, we must stand for the protection of the Arctic Refuge and ask our representatives to do the same. Most Americans oppose drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In fact, a majority of us “strongly oppose it.” This broad public […]

    Climate Change Harms Human Health

    Climate Change Harms Human Health

    Climate change is already making people sicker, according to a deep-dive written by Renee Cho for Columbia University’s Earth Institute on Monday. Cho pointed to the example of doctors in Florida who are noticing that their patients run through prescriptions faster as conditions like asthma worsen due to heat waves. Indeed, Florida doctors have observed […]

    Bill Nye Confronts Justin Trudeau Over Kinder Morgan Pipeline

    Bill Nye Confronts Justin Trudeau Over Kinder Morgan Pipeline

    At a recent sit-down at the University of Ottawa, TV personality and science advocate Bill Nye confronted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about his approval of the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. “I’ve been to Fort McMurray, Alberta. It really is an amazing place in the most troubling way,” the Science Guy said, […]

    How to Reduce Methane Emissions From the Oil and Gas Industry Across North America

    How to Reduce Methane Emissions From the Oil and Gas Industry Across North America

    By Kate Konschnik and Sarah Marie Jordaan U.S. natural gas production has boomed in the past decade, driving gas prices sharply downward. Natural gas has become a competitive choice for electricity generation, edging out coal. Because gas contains less carbon than coal, greenhouse gas emissions from power plants have dropped, and the U.S. grid has […]

    Canada Pipeline Feud Becomes Trade War as Alberta Boycotts B.C. Wine

    Canada Pipeline Feud Becomes Trade War as Alberta Boycotts B.C. Wine

    By Andy Rowell They say that oil and water do not mix. And now the proverb applies to oil and wine. There is an escalating tension in Canada between the Albertan and British Columbian (B.C.) governments over the disputed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, which is due to transport tar sands from Alberta to the […]