Category Archives: Trans Mountain

My proposed presentation to the Trans Mountain Expansion Ministerial Panel

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Blair

As I wrote in my previous post, on July 27th I will be attending the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) Ministerial Panel Public Open House in Langley. If I get a chance this is what I intend to say. My name is Blair … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

My latest thoughts on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Blair

I have a strong interest in pipelines. I have written a lot about pipelines with a section dedicated to them at this blog and numerous pieces at my blog at the Huffington Post. Most of my blog pipeline pieces address … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain | 3 Comments

On the empty platitudes of the anti-pipeline advocates

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Blair

This week was a busy one in the Energy East pipeline debate with Denis Coderre and his merry band of municipal politicians stepping out of their jurisdictional depth to come out against the pipeline and our Prime Minister saying he … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Energy East, Oil Sands, Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Questions about the City of Vancouver May 27th Trans-Mountain Expansion Proposal Summary of Evidence

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Blair

Yesterday my twitter feed was stuffed with multiple re-tweets of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Proposal (TMEP) Summary of Evidence (SoE) prepared for Vancouver City Council 27 May 2015 (ref). I was first directed to the document by Jeff Lee … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, General Politics, Risk, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

On being labelled “pro-oil” and ”pro-pipeline”

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Blair

The morning I found myself in the very interesting position of being the foil in a thoughtful and well-written piece in the Tyee. The piece recounts a Twitter discussion between myself and the author regarding the Burnaby Mountain protest. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Energy East, Pipelines, Trans Mountain | 3 Comments

Follow-up on Trans-Mountain

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Blair

As a follow-up to my previous post I would like to address some comments about the Trans-Mountain pipeline, oil tankers and oil exports from BC. Most of the following numbers are from Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and Washington State … Continue reading →

Posted in Pipelines, Trans Mountain | 2 Comments

Thoughts on Trans-Mountain

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Blair

There is a tremendous misconception in the media and on the streets of Vancouver about the role of pipelines and hydrocarbons in our daily lives. We live in a society that is absolutely dependent on petroleum hydrocarbons derived from oil. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain | 2 Comments