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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 Calgary-based company’s announcement this month comes with the Keystone XL still needing approval of its proposed route through Nebraska and with the Dakota Access, which was designed to […]
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 movement a success might be a stretch. It doesn’t appear to be hurting the ability of energy companies to get financing and it doesn’t […]
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 before it becomes a reality. Routing the line through Nebraska and renewing shipper support are just two potential pitfalls for the […]
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 backing landowners. Just three days before the crucial New Hampshire presidential primary last year, the Union Leader reported that 627 of 836 property owners in the Granite […]
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 the oil project amid a major divestment campaign by Native Americans and activists that was pushed for after the revival of the […]
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 pipeline that will move natural gas from Alabama to Florida; the Trans-Pecos natural gas pipeline in Texas; the Diamond pipeline that will carry oil […]
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 promising a fresh round of legal challenges and public protests, getting the Keystone XL from Canada up and running is […]
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 Nicole Ducheneaux said in court documents that the pipeline “will desecrate the waters” that the Cheyenne River Sioux rely on. Energy Transfer […]
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 tempering the industry’s excitement over President Donald Trump’s moves to revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects. Even as they cheer the […]
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 prices and concerns about the climate risks of expanding production from massive oil-sands deposits. Behind the politics and pushback looms this question: Is […]
