How Are For-Profit Pipelines Fair Use of Eminent Domain?
One of the many sharp—and welcome—arguments among the GOP presidential candidates of late has been over what constitutes reasonable use of eminent domain. Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) has called Donald Trump...
View ArticleHow Keystone Set a Template for Pipeline Opposition Nationally
Melissa Cronin for Grist: “Another Pipeline Rejected” is now the go-to headline for updates on new fossil fuel infrastructure in the United States. Does the growing file of scrapped pipeline plans...
View ArticleElection Outcome Means ‘Much Work to Do’ for Pipeline Opponents
Ernest Scheyder and Valerie Volcovici for Reuters:The surprising victory by Native American and environmental groups in September to delay the Dakota Access Pipeline may turn out to be short-lived,...
View ArticleOn the Blogs: Trump Runs Risk of Suffering LBJ-Like ‘Credibility Gap’ on...
John H. Cushman Jr. for InsideClimate News: Judging by the brief discussion of energy policy on Donald Trump’s White House transition website, what he’d like to change about the Obama approach is...
View ArticleTrump’s Easier-to-Keep Promises Include Letting Keystone Pipeline Proceed;...
Binyamin Appelbaum and Robert Pear for the New York Times: President-elect Donald J. Trump made many sweeping promises on his way to victory on Election Day. After he takes the oath of office on Jan....
View ArticleThe Risk in Pipeline-Project Bluster
Robinson Meyer for The Atlantic: While it may be easier to restart Keystone XL legally, none of that project is built, and there’s no guarantee that it ever will be. The Dakota Access pipeline,...
View ArticleOwner of Dakota Access Pipeline ‘Goes Silent’ in Hopes of Averting Further...
Tim Loh for Bloomberg News: Energy Transfer Partners LP got a boost on Tuesday when President Donald Trump threw his weight behind its controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline. While rival TransCanada...
View ArticleIEEFA Op-Ed: Investors Should Steer Clear of the Keystone Pipeline
The oil industry is in trouble, beset by bankruptcies of junior companies, write-downs by major producers, and canceled or drastically delayed projects across the board. The last thing it needs is the...
View ArticleOn the Blogs: Oil and Construction Aren’t the Only Job Sectors
Chip Colwell for TheConversation.com: On his fourth day as U.S. president, Donald Trump penned executive orders to advance construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline Project pipeline and the Keystone...
View Article‘Do We Need All These Pipelines? No’
Lynda V. Mapes and Hal Bernton for the Seattle Times: Trump’s embrace of pipelines is welcomed by the oil industry, particularly in Canada, where producers have been buffeted by weak markets, low...
View ArticleU.S. Pipeline Companies ‘Struggle to Contend’ With Populist Uprising
Christopher N. Mathews for the Wall Street Journal: Pipeline companies are bracing for a new round of volatile protests by environmentalists and other activists in the U.S., a sobering reality that is...
View ArticleDakota Access Pipeline Opponents Press Their Case in Courts
James MacPherson and Blake Nicholson for the Associated Press: The Cheyenne River Sioux on Thursday asked a federal judge to stop the work while a lawsuit filed earlier by the tribes proceeds. Attorney...
View ArticleNow That It’s Been ‘Approved,’ When Might the Keystone Pipeline Be Built?...
The Hill: Friday’s approval of a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline is just the opening act of a renewed fight to get the project built. With regulatory approval still pending in Nebraska and greens...
View ArticleDakota Access Campaign Seen as a Model for Pipeline Resistance Nationally
Associated Press: The tactics used in North Dakota – resistance camps, prominent use of social media, online fundraising – are now being used against several projects. They include the Sabal Trail...
View ArticleBNP Paribas, Joining ING and DNB, Is Third Bank to Bail on Dakota Access...
TelesurTV: BNP Paribas announced Wednesday that it had sold its US$120 million share in the joint US$2.5-billion Dakota Access Pipeline loan, becoming the third bank of the 17 involved to cut ties to...
View ArticleOn the Blogs: Pipeline Opponents Find Common Cause in Property Rights
Ozy.com: Property rights, rather than environmental ones, are increasingly forming the brunt of arguments against pipelines — and not just in Georgia and South Carolina, which have recently passed laws...
View ArticleKeystone Exec See Less Demand for Long-Delayed Project
SNL: Even with the presidential permit he worked almost eight years to secure in hand, TransCanada Corp. CEO Russ Girling said his company’s Keystone XL pipeline still has to clear a number of hurdles...
View ArticleFor U.S. Pipeline Companies, Finance Risk in Public Opposition
Associated Press: Opposition to the Dakota Access oil pipeline has persuaded some banks to stop supporting projects that might harm the environment or tread on indigenous rights, but calling the divest...
View ArticleKeystone Backers ‘Reassess’ Market for Pipeline
Associated Press: TransCanada Corp. is reassessing whether oil producers in North Dakota and Montana are still interested in shipping crude through its long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. The...
View ArticleOil Producers Aren’t Interested in Keystone XL Anymore
Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires: Keystone XL is facing a new challenge: The oil producers and refiners the pipeline was originally meant to serve aren’t interested in it anymore. Delayed for...
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