Canada’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...
View ArticleHow 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...
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