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Category Archives: Pipelines
Once again a group of health professionals gets the science wrong on diluted bitumen and the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project
By now, my opinion of physicians and health care professionals wandering into the field of environmental policy are well known. As I have written previously: While I trust MDs on matters relating to my health and wellness, I will stick … Continue reading
Posted in Oil Sands, Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized
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More on the Southern Resident Killer Whales – this time on truthiness about acoustic threats and survivorship bias
Well it has been a busy week on the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) Project file with the NEB initiating their review of tanker traffic. In all the news surrounding the plan to update the marine assessment one topic that caught … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Oil Sands, Pipelines, Uncategorized
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On the environmental and social consequences if the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project fails
I have spent a lot of time in the last few years researching the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) project. Throughout I have always felt confident that good environmental and fiscal sense would prevail, and the pipeline would be built. … Continue reading
On Southern Resident Killer Whales and the Trans Mountain Expansion Project
By now we all know about the Federal Court Decision on the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) project. The two grounds for quashing the Order in Council’s approval of the project were on First Nations consultation and on the assessment of … Continue reading
Posted in Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized
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No, Kinder Morgan did not say that the Trans Mountain would cost $9.3 Billion to complete
By now I should really be used to the bad reporting associated with the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP). Daily, I see reporters simply repeating talking points presented by Dogwood and Greenpeace employees who are paid to produce a constant … Continue reading
Let’s be clear, the actions of the self-styled “water protectors” will place the Pacific Northwest at greater risk of a major oil spill
My Twitter feed erupted this week with the news that protesters, led by Mike Hudema of Greenpeace, had rappelled beneath the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to block the movement of an oil tanker from the Westridge Marine Terminal. Looking at Mike’s … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized
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On the CCPA’s ridiculous suggestion that price gouging explains BC gasoline prices
There has been a lot of misinformation about gasoline prices in the lower mainland but few recent pieces have got the story quite as wrong as the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives‘ (CCPA) take by their economist Marc Lee. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Politics, Pipelines, Uncategorized
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