Enbridge said in a filing ahead of Friday’s hearing that the record continues to show the project is needed.
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Jason Kenney’s Other Pipeline War Is with Michigan | The Tyee
“The premier ought to take care of things that are directly impacting the citizens of Canada and let the people of Michigan take care of things that directly impact the citizens of Michigan,” said David Holtz, a spokesperson for the environmental group Oil & Water Don’t Mix, based in northern Michigan’s Traverse City.
Last June, Kenney notified his 173,000 Facebook followers that Michigan’s leaders are trying to decommission Enbridge’s Line 5, a nearly 70-year-old pipeline traversing the state. Line 5 serves as a shortcut for moving Alberta crude oil to refineries in Sarnia, Ontario, accounting for about 70 per cent of the oil it carries.
Canada to Enact Single-Use Plastics Ban in 2021 – The Energy Mix
“We will be moving towards a ban on harmful single-use plastics and
we will be doing that in 2021,” Environment and Climate Change Minister
Jonathan Wilkinson said
Thursday, after releasing a draft of the assessment that will be open
for public comment until April 1. While businesses will be given time to
adapt to the new rules, “I think the Canadian public wants to see
action quickly, so certainly if there is a phase-in period, it won’t be
an extensive one.”
Why Is It Always Someone Else’s Fault?
that our economy will be driven by nothing but energy for a long time
to come and that energy investment is driven by government policy and
not global markets. Therefore, when his energy-centric government
policies fail to produce the desired result because multi-national
players would rather invest elsewhere, Kenney needs someone (other than
himself) to blame for Alberta’s faltering economy.
Trot out Trudeau (again).
‘We’re not really prepared’: Scientists say N.L. blizzard a sign of what’s to come
on St. John’s amid winds gusting over 150 kilometres per hour, breaking a
record for single-day snowfall in the city. The provincial capital was
under a state of emergency for eight days as crews worked to clear
roads, and other municipalities responded to infrastructure damage and
similarly deep snowfalls.
Researchers who spoke with The Canadian Press said more intense storms
are likely on the horizon for Atlantic Canada, and the region should
prepare accordingly.