Report: ‘A Constellation of Risks’: How Public Accountability Is Slowing Tar...
Material Risks: How public accountability is slowing tar sands development (pdf) By: Tom Sanzillo (IEEFA), Lorne Stockman (Oil Change International), Deborah Rogers (Energy Policy Forum), Hannah...
View ArticleBloomberg Suggests Making a Deal on Keystone
Joe Nocera, a strong proponent of the Keystone XL pipeline, writing his New York Times column over the weekend makes the Michael Bloomberg case for how completion of the Keystone Pipeline — if done in...
View ArticleCanadians Challenge Constitutionality of Pipeline Review Process
Canada’s Supreme Court if scheduled to hear a landmark case on whether the country’s National Energy Board’s limited public involvement process is unconstitutional. The suit, filed by ForestEthics...
View ArticleToronto Forum Thursday Will Focus on ‘Risky Business’ of Oil Sands Investing
Investment analysts, policy makers, socially responsible investment advisors, and the media will come together at a forum in Toronto this week to discuss how changing market trends are influencing...
View ArticleThe Lasting Impact of the Anti-Keystone Campaign
We don’t know for sure yet whether President Obama will allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built. But we do know the public campaign against the project has been a resounding success in the way it...
View ArticleWashington Monthly: ‘The Economic Argument Against Keystone XL’
Washington Monthly this week has a reminder that the State Department is still reviewing the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and “a final decision is expected at any time.” In an article by Sanjay Kapoor...
View ArticleFBI Broke Rules in Spying on Keystone Opponents
The FBI’s admission that it violated rules when it spied on people who had publicly opposed construction of the Keystone XL pipeline gets broad press pay this week after the story broke in The...
View ArticleMedia Monitor: The Voodoo Economics of Coal-Industry Expansion
Tree huggers and protectors of the Great Barrier Reef have lots of sway, maybe, but theirs may not be the most powerful hex on a proposal to build one of the world’s biggest greenfield coal mines, as...
View ArticleObama Will Decide on Keystone Before He Leaves Office
From AFP: President Barack Obama plans to decide before leaving office whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that would send Canadian crude oil to US refineries. Eric Schultz, a...
View ArticleTransCanada ‘Quietly Plots’ What It Sees as Imminent Rejection of Keystone
Alexander Panetta for CBCNews Canada: “The company has become all but convinced a rejection is imminent based on signals the White House is sending publicly and privately — and it’s now considering the...
View ArticleThe Long Road to a Keystone Decision
The Associated Press: President Barack Obama, in no rush to anger either environmentalists or energy advocates, has deflected criticism about the long-delayed decision by arguing that his...
View ArticleMeltdown in Alberta’s Oil-Sands Economy
Ian Austen for the New York Times: After an extraordinary boom that attracted many of the world’s largest energy companies and about $200 billion worth of investments to oil sands development over the...
View ArticleJustin Trudeau’s Rise May Signal End of Keystone XL
Paul Vieira and Elena Cherney for the Wall Street Journal: After speaking on Tuesday to President Barack Obama, along with other world leaders, Mr. Trudeau signaled greater willingness to back the U.S....
View ArticleCanada’s New Prime Minister May Abandon Keystone XL
Chris Hall for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.: Canadian Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau may be preparing to “take No for an answer” on the Keystone XL pipeline, with U.S. President Barack...
View ArticleKeystone XL Decision May Come as Soon as This Week
Amy Harder for the Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is widely expected to reject the proposed pipeline as soon as this week, ending a years-long drama. Interviews with more than two dozen...
View ArticleObama Administration Rejects Keystone Pipeline
Amy Harder and Colleen McCain Nelson for the Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL pipeline Friday, capping a politically charged review of the oil project that lasted...
View ArticleA Keystone-Like Battle Is Brewing in Virginia
From the Associated Press: Virginia has become an epicenter of the anti-pipeline movement because of two massive projects and others in the works. Besides Mountain Valley, Dominion Resources and its...
View ArticleKeystone Legacy: Less Diplomacy, More Boots on the Ground
Timothy Gardner and Bruce Wallace for Reuters: Last Friday’s presidential “no” to the 1,200-mile (1931 km) pipeline out of Alberta’s oil sands may signal more than just a single, if remarkable, win for...
View ArticleDeath of Keystone Kindles a Similar Campaign in Wisconsin
Lisa Song for InsideClimate News: In the wake of the Keystone XL decision, environmental activists are seizing the momentum by calling for the cancellation of another tar sands pipeline that has...
View ArticleDivestiture Movement, Deepening Distress of Coal Industry, Emerging Battles...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, MARCH 14-16; EXPERTS FROM EUROPE, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, AND THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2016 — The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) today announced a...
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