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By Kirk Johnson VANCOUVER, Wash. — Environmental passions, which run hot in the Northwest over everything from salmon to recycling, generally get couched in the negative: Don’t fish too much, don’t put those chemicals up the smokestack, don’t build in that sensitive area. But here in southern
The U.S. Senate failed to approve the Keystone XL pipeline but the issue appears headed for a green light in the GOP-controlled Congress next year. Heard on All Things Considered • November 21, 2014 4:22 PM ET Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: While the lame-duck Senate failed to approve the Keystone XL pipeline this
Lauren Krugel • The Canadian Press • Published Monday, November 10, 2014 11:36AM PST | Last Updated Monday, November 10, 2014 12:10PM PST CALGARY — A new report says Kinder Morgan is overplaying the economic benefits, and downplaying the costs of its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Public Policy Research teamed with
A new report says Kinder Morgan is overplaying the economic benefits, and downplaying the costs of its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion The Canadian Press • Published Nov 10, 2014 CALGARY — A new report says Kinder Morgan is overplaying the economic benefits, and downplaying the costs of its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Kinder Morgan has “substantially overstated” the benefits to be gained from the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, according to a report released Monday (November 10) calling into question figures used by the oil company to promote the project.  By Tyler Orton • November 10, 2014, 11:20am Kinder Morgan has “substantially overstated” the benefits
By News Staff • Posted Nov 10, 2014, 8:23 am PST VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Kinder Morgan is being accused of overplaying the economic benefits, and downplaying the costs of its proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion. Including the expense to clean up an oil spill after the proposed tripling of the pipeline’s capacity, Kinder Morgan
Simon Fraser University study claims company overstates employment, downplays costs The Canadian Press • Posted: Nov 10, 2014 10:27 AM MT | Last Updated: November 10, 2014 A Simon Fraser University study challenges Kinder Morgan’s estimate of the number of jobs the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion will create. (Credit: Kinder Morgan Canada) A new report says Kinder
Derek Leahy • Jun 19, 2014 Quebec will gain “minimal economic benefits” from west-to-east oil pipeline projects such as TransCanada’s Energy East and Enbridge’s Line 9 according to a new report released this month. Both projects would transport western Canadian oil and oilsands (also called tar sands) bitumen to refineries and
Ceux qui s’attendent à ce que la construction de pipelines aide à la croissance économique du Québec risquent d’être déçus, d’après une étude faite par deux économistes de l’énergie. Même si tous les projets qui sont dans l’air se concrétisaient, l’effet à long terme sur le
Alexandre Shields • 3 juin 2014 • Environnement Les projets de transport de pétrole des sables bitumineux vers le Québec produiront des retombées économiques «négligeables» pour la province, conclut un nouveau rapport produit par un cabinet d’experts en énergie à la demande de groupes environnementaux. Le rapport évalue
A new report says proposals to pipe oil sands crude to Quebec refineries would only deliver negligible economic benefits to the province Author of the article: The Canadian Press MONTREAL — A new report says proposals to pipe oil sands crude to Quebec refineries would only deliver negligible economic benefits to
By Tim Sargeant • Global News MONTREAL – The oil and gas industry won’t create a windfall of new jobs from the construction and opening of two new pipelines in Quebec. The U.S. based Goodman Group argues the economic and job benefits from the reversal of oil flow in the
Andy Blatchford • The Canadian Press • Published Monday, June 2, 2014 2:50PM EDT | Last Updated Monday, June 2, 2014 5:57PM EDT TransCanada CEO Russ Girling announces the company is moving forward with the 1.1 million barrel-per-day Energy East Pipeline project at a news conference in Calgary, Alta., on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. (Credit: Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
La multiplication des projets d’oléoducs transportant du pétrole provenant des sables bitumineux sur le territoire du Québec ne profitera pas à son économie, dévoile une étude rendue publique lundi. L’étude, produite par le groupe d’économistes Goodman, a été commandée par les organismes Équiterre
Une nouvelle étude commandée par les groupes environnementaux Greenpeace et Équiterre conclut que le transport et le traitement des sables bitumineux de l’Alberta auraient des «retombées économiques négligeables» pour le Québec. Andy Blatchford • La Presse Canadienne (Credit: Eric Hylden, Archives PC) Une économiste, coauteure de l’é
By Coral Davenport • Jan. 31, 2014 WASHINGTON — The State Department released a report on Friday concluding that the Keystone XL pipeline would not substantially worsen carbon pollution, leaving an opening for President Obama to approve the politically divisive project. The department’s long-awaited environmental impact statement appears to indicate
By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson • January 31, 2014 The State Department concluded in its final environmental assessment issued Friday that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would be unlikely to alter global greenhouse gas emissions, but officials cautioned that they are still weighing whether the project would meet