Category Archives: Pipelines

The Texas power failure and what to do about it

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Other News Sources

Unpacking the Texas power outage and how to avoid similar in future. Legal expert Andrew Roman breaks down what happened and how to increase reliability.

Posted in Costs, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Utility Reform | Tagged Andrew Roman, electricity, power failure, reliability, Texas | 2 Comments

That pipeline again

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Other News Sources

(February 7, 2020) What’s the difference between the 2018 Federal Court of Appeal decision to quash federal approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion and the FCA’s 2020 decision to uphold cabinet’s approval of the project? The heroes and villains have changed places. Read between the lines with legal expert Andrew Roman. Continue reading →

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The last straw and the pipeline

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Other News Sources

Governments have often made decisions based on impulse rather than reason. A classic example is the fallacy of “the last straw”. Legal expert Andrew Roman looks at pipeline-related issues and environmental decision-making. Continue reading →

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Bill C-69: Why retain the worst mistake of the 2012 Act?

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Other News Sources

“Good ideas that are badly implemented don’t make good laws. Without major amendments it is unlikely that there will be any new pipeline or electricity transmission proposals under C-69.” Read legal expert Andrew Roman’s hard-hitting and thoughtful presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources conducting hearings on the Trudeau government’s Bill C-69, which proposes to fundamentally change the way resource projects are reviewed and approved. Continue reading →

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Pipelines, the environment and the economy: Canada’s new impact assessment law

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Other News Sources

(December 11, 2018) Political speeches and media coverage of Canada’s new Impact Assessment Act in Bill C-69 has so far been largely based on government media releases, not analysis. Where are the journalists who have properly read the Act and … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Pipelines | Tagged Andrew Roman, Bill C-69, FCA, Supreme Court of Canada, Trans Mountain pipeline | Leave a comment

Appealing the Trans Mountain decision: The National Energy Board issues (Part 1)

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Other News Sources

The government cannot buy every proposed project faced with approval uncertainty, which is why it should appeal the Trans Mountain pipeline decision. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Oil, Pipelines | Tagged Andrew Roman, Bill C-69, FCA, Supreme Court of Canada, Trans Mountain pipeline | 2 Comments

The Kinder Morgan pipeline: permits or permission?

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Other News Sources

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline has raised a storm of protest about its predicted impacts on the orcas, climate change, First Nations’ rights, as well as concerns about the project’s “flawed” approval process and lack of “social licence”. Lawyer Andrew Roman contextualizes some of the hot-button issues raised by critics. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Pipelines | Tagged Andrew Roman, First Nations, Justin Trudeau, Kinder Morgan pipeline, orcas, power of veto, Protests, social licence | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: The natives’ tools

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Lawrence Solomon

Environmentalists serve native interests well, by extracting maximum profits out of resource developments. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Liquified Natural Gas, Pipelines, Tar Sands | Tagged Eagle Spirit Energy, First Nations, Lawrence Solomon, LNG, pipeline, tar sands oil | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: How global warming policies have led to global insecurity

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

(September 4, 2014) Limits on energy production in the West enabled conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Pipelines, Shale Oil | Tagged Keystone Pipeline, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Russia | Leave a comment

Parker Gallant: Environmental Defence, hypocrites or hypochondriacs

Posted on February 12, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(February 11, 2014) Riddle me this! What do the Cement Association of Canada, United Steelworkers, Xerox and Middlefields Resource Funds (investors in oil and gas exploration and development) and Environmental Defence have in common?