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July 21st, 2014 | Tags: David Alward, new brunswick, paul lepage, Pauline Marois | Category: Canada, E/W Legislation, East-West Corridor, Free Trade, International, Legal, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Resources: Research, Reports, Alternatives, Statewide, United States | July 21, 2014
Link to Original Press Release
For Immediate Release: Monday, July 21, 2014 Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary, 207-287-2531
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage signed a memorandum of agreement today with Premier David Alward of New Brunswick to encourage economic development and support job creation between Maine and the Canadian Province.
The agreement, also referred to as a Memorandum of Understanding, is designed to strengthen relations between the two regions by working together to create […]
Continue reading Governor LePage Signs Agreement with New Brunswick Premier
March 23rd, 2014 | Category: Canada, Enbridge Pipeline, News, Tar Sands | CBC News : Posted: Jan 30, 1999 11:08 AM ET
The Mounties bombed an oil installation as part of a dirty tricks campaign in their investigation into sabotage in the Alberta’s oil patch.
The revelation came at the bail hearing Thursday of two farmers who the Crown says have turned their complaints that oil industry pollution is making their families ill into acts of vandalism and mischief.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-bombed-oil-site-in-dirty-tricks-campaign-1.188599
Friday, March 7, 2014 by Common Dreams
The tar sands oil industry scored a regulatory victory on Thursday when the Canadian National Energy Board approved a plan by energy giant Enbridge to reverse the flow of Canada’s ‘Line 9’ oil pipeline eastward from Ontario to Montreal.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/07-4
February 4th, 2014 | Category: Canada, E/W Pipelines, International, Multimedia, Other 'Private' Corridors, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Tar Sands, Video | Feb 04, 2014 10:29 PM ET Amber Hildebrandt, CBC News
A CBC News investigation has unearthed a critical report that the federal regulator effectively buried for several years about a rupture on a trouble-prone TransCanada natural gas pipeline.
On July 20, 2009, the Peace River Mainline in northern Alberta exploded, sending 50-metre-tall flames into the air and razing a two-hectare wooded area.
Members of Dene Tha’ First Nations community of Chateh, about 50 kilometres away from the site of the […]
Continue reading Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspections
Bangor Daily News, Dec. 13, 2013
Plans for a proposed east-west highway continue to move forward despite a flurry of towns adopting measures to keep it away from their land, according to a leading proponent of the project.
Darryl Brown, the Cianbro Corp. project manager for the east-west highway, said there is still no mapped route to divulge, as he is still working with landowners and dealing with environmental issues.
Read More: //bangordailynews.com/2013/12/13/business/cianbro-remains-committed-to-east-west-highway-project-despite-opposition-company-official-says/</a>
CREDIT: Public Citizen
Synthetic crude oil hasn’t yet entered the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, but a report releasedTuesday by non-profit consumer rights group Public Citizen says the pipes are already bending, sagging and peeling to the point of a possible spill or leakage of toxic tar sands.
Drawing on the accounts of landowners, citizens and former workers of TransCanada, the report documents alleged construction problems and engineering code violations along the Texas portion of […]
Continue reading TransCanada Has Already Had To Fix 125 Dents and Sags in Southern Keystone Pipeline
April 2nd, 2013 | Category: Canada, E/W Pipelines, East-West Corridor, Enbridge Maps / Resources, International, Multimedia, News, Resources, Resources: Videos, Video | Proposed project would bring crude to refineries in Quebec, Saint John
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CBC News | Apr 2, 2013 9:28 AM ET
TransCanada Corp. is seeking firm financial commitments from companies seeking to ship crude oil from Western Canada to refineries in Eastern Canada.
The Calgary-based company announced on Tuesday morning a bidding process that will allow interested producers to make binding commitments for space on the pipeline. Companies will have from April 15 […]
Continue reading TransCanada pitches west-east pipeline
October 17th, 2012 | Tags: bottled water, Canada | Category: California, Canada, International, Maine, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, New York, News, Oregon, United States, Washington | AlterNet/By Maude Barlow, published Sept. 6, 2012 We should be encouraging the youth in our society to do exactly what Robyn is doing — engaging in local politics, acting to protect the environment and questioning the world around her. In the last year, municipalities across Ontario and the rest of the country have begun taking a much-needed stand to protect local water sources. Since World Water Day in 2011, nine municipalities across Canada have become Blue […]
Continue reading Meet the 13-Year-Old Taking On Bottled Water
MONTHLY REVIEW
http://climateandcapitalism.com/2012/10/05/first-nation-launches-constitutional-challenge-to-shell-canada-expansion-in-oil-sands/
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation spokesperson Eriel Deranger speaks out against the oilsands at a recent event in Vancouver.
by David P. Ball Indian Country Today October 5, 2012
A First Nation whose land sits in the heart of the Alberta oil sands has ramped up its legal battle against the vast industrial development, which has generated controversy because of its massive carbon footprint, untreated tailings ponds and at […]
Continue reading First Nation launches constitutional challenge to Shell tar sands expansion
MONTHLY REVIEW
http://climateandcapitalism.com/2012/10/05/first-nation-launches-constitutional-challenge-to-shell-canada-expansion-in-oil-sands/
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation spokesperson Eriel Deranger speaks out against the oilsands at a recent event in Vancouver.
by David P. Ball Indian Country Today October 5, 2012
A First Nation whose land sits in the heart of the Alberta oil sands has ramped up its legal battle against the vast industrial development, which has generated controversy because of its massive carbon footprint, untreated tailings ponds and at […]
Continue reading First Nation launches constitutional challenge to Shell tar sands expansion
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