David Black signs deal with major Chinese bank to help finance Kitimat refinery
Andrew Duffy, Times Colonist, April 19, 2013
Victoria businessman David Black has taken a major step forward in fulfilling his dream of an oil refinery built on B.C.’s west coast after making a deal that could be worth billions of dollars with a major bank in China.
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Ottawa tightens tanker safety with $120-million plan
Ian Bailey, Globe and Mail, Mar. 18 2013
VANCOUVER — The federal government pushed back at suggestions it is advancing an energy agenda at the cost of the environment, announcing amendments to the Canada Shipping Act and eight new tanker-safety measures in British Columbia, where there have been deep concerns about pipeline safety and spill control.
Harper government announces first steps towards World-Class Tanker Safety System
News Release, Transport Canada, March 18, 2013
VANCOUVER — The Harper government today announced a number of measures toward the creation of a World-Class Tanker Safety System. The implementation of eight tanker safety measures was announced along with the introduction of the Safeguarding Canada's Seas and Skies Act, and the creation of a Tanker Safety Expert Panel to review Canada's current tanker safety system and propose further measures to strengthen it. The announcement was made by the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources.
Financial Liability for Kinder Morgan
News Release, Wilderness Committee, January 24, 2013
This new report, Financial Liability for Kinder Morgan, analyses the insurance available to pay for oil spill response costs and damages caused by a potential marine-based oil spill resulting from the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.The report was co-authored by the Living Oceans Society, Georgia Strait Alliance, West Coast Environmental Law and the Wilderness Committee, and addresses the fact that Kinder Morgan’s new Trans Mountain Pipeline proposal represents an exponential increase in the risk of a major marine-based oil spill affecting the Salish Sea’s most populous region—including the Cities of Vancouver and Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands.
Opposition to Enbridge Grows as First Nations and Mayor of Vancouver Stand Together Against Threat of Oil Tankers and Pipelines
News Release, Yinka Dene Alliance, December 13, 2012
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson proclaims "Save the Fraser Declaration Day" recognizing need to protect rivers and coast from tar sands threat
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 13, 2012) - (Coast Salish Territories) - Opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker project continued to gain momentum today as the Tahltan Central Council, the Tahltan Band Council and the BC Metis Federation signed the Save the Fraser Declaration, an indigenous law declaration banning tar sands pipelines and tankers from crossing British Columbia, signed by over 130 First Nations.
You heard it here: Northern Gateway’s dead
Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail, Oct. 05 2012
The Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge proposes to build from Alberta’s bitumen oil to the Pacific coast of British Columbia is, for all intents and purposes, dead.
Tankers too risky for B.C. coastal environment: independent engineering report
Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun, September 1 2012
The Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal to ship oilsands bitumen from Kitimat along the B.C. coast carries an unacceptable risk of a significant spill, according to an independent analysis by three professional engineers.
U.S. destroyer, oil tanker collide
CNN, August 12 2012
(CNN) -- A U.S. guided missile destroyer was involved in a collision with an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy announced.
Coastal First Nation Pans Provincial Pipeline Stance
By Kai Nagata, TheTyee.ca, July 23 2012
Heiltsuk leaders say BC government's announcement today changes nothing.
British Columbia outlines requirements for heavy oil pipeline consideration
BC Ministries of Environment, Aboriginal Relations & Reconciliation, Energy & Mines, July 23 2012
Liberals' own report makes the case for opposing Enbridge pipeline
Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, July 24 201
After months of leaving the heavy lifting on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline to others, the B.C. Liberals finally weighed in Monday with their take on the controversial project.
Failure of Northern Gateway pipeline could cost taxpayers, former insurance executive warns
By Peter O'Neil, Edmonton Journal, July 5, 2012
OTTAWA - Taxpayers aren’t adequately protected in the event Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline suffers the same kind of catastrophic failure that resulted in a $765 million US spill in Michigan two years ago, says a former Canadian insurance executive.
Feds flagged Enbridge project for inadequate oil spill response plan: document
By Mike De Souza, Postmedia News, June 17, 2012
Cash not king when it comes to aboriginals, pipelines
By Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun, June 7, 2012
Native groups dispute Enbridge's claim that 60 per cent of first nations along route support project
Money can't buy you love - that's a message several B.C. aboriginal groups sent on Wednesday to proponents of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.
In B.C., energy policy becomes a political battleground
JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail, Jun. 03 2012
VICTORIA — A 30-page technical report containing the B.C. government’s assessment of the proposed Northern Gateway project sits on Environment Minister Terry Lake’s desk. Still, his government remains silent on the plan to build a pipeline across northern B.C. to get Alberta oil to Asian markets.
Lions Gate Bridge traffic slowed as Greenpeace protesters hang banner
Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun, May 29 2012
METRO VANCOUVER - A Greenpeace protest in Vancouver aimed at an oil pipeline expansion project was blown slightly off course Tuesday morning.
Canada's oil-sands bonanza could mean disaster for Alaska's coastline
By Michael Byers, Seattle Times, May 17 2012
Canada's disregard for the impacts of selling oil sands to China will lead to the near-inevitability of another Exxon Valdez-type spill in U.S. waters, writes guest columnist Michael Byers.
Enbridge AGM: Police out in full force at giant energy company’s annual general meeting
Vanessa Lu, The Star, May 9, 2012
Dozens of police and security guards were out in full force outside the King Edward hotel on Wednesday as protesters were marching toward the venue.
Proposed Pipelines and Tanker Spill Risk for BC
Robyn Allan, May 6 2012
British Columbians have been told the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and Marine Terminal represents 220 tankers a year when it could be upwards of 340 per year.
Is Canada prepared for an oil disaster?
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist, May 06, 2012
As risks rise, so do concerns about our readiness
Trans Mountain: Same pipeline, new realities
By Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post, April 27, 2012
Pushback to expansion has already begun
Marine and oil expert's alarming critique of proposed Enbridge pipeline
Alexis Stoymenoff, Vancouver Observer, Apr 23rd, 2012
First let me say that my background is all in the Marine industry, first as a professional Master Mariner with worldwide seagoing experience and secondly ashore in ship management.
Pipeline plan triggers scramble for Vancouver bylaw
CBC News, 26 Apr 2012
City council and Park Board gird for battle over Kinder Morgan twinning project
The City of Vancouver is ramping up efforts to oppose the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion from Alberta to the Burnaby end of Vancouver Harbour.
