CALGARY - The bosses of Canada's largest pipeline companies are acknowledging more has to be done to win public confidence when it comes to pipeline safety.A spate of high-profile oil spills have vaulted the once largely anonymous pipeline sector to the top of newscasts in recent years."We have experienced incidents and public confidence has been shaken quite considerably — I think quite rightly so, since several of those high profile incidents resulted in very significant [Read more]
BOOM! BC government officially OPPOSES Northern Gateway
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government officially declared its opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline on Friday, telling the federal review panel weighing the project that the multibillion-dollar project should not go ahead as proposed.In a strongly-worded submission to the federal review panel following more than a year of hearings, lawyers for the westernmost province said there remain too many unanswered questions."(Northern Gateway) has presented little evidence about how it will [Read more]
National Energy Board ups safety regulations for pipelines
The National Energy Board says it has strengthened regulations for federally regulated oil and natural gas pipelines to make them safer for people and the environment. The amended regulations that came into effect earlier this month require companies to do more to address safety, pipeline integrity, security, environmental protection and emergency management. Board chairman Gaetan Caron said the new rules can help companies better manage risk and safe pipeline [Read more]