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- Canadians Choose a Clean Start: Bury the Tar Sands Along With Harper's Tenure
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
The ousting of the Conservative Government from Ottawa by the Canadian public in Monday's election is also a repudiation of the continued, unrestrained development of the Athabasca tar sands.
- Communities and Organizations Respond to National Energy Board Decision on Line 9
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
Communities and Organizations Respond to National Energy Board Decision on Line 9. WHO: Sarah Harmer, NEB intervener and musician, Vanessa Gray, Aamjiwnaang First Nations and Sarnia Against Pipelines, Marilyn Eriksen, Resident of Toronto Ward 24
- Community groups and First Nations demand the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 9
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
More than 80 organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted indigenous communities, as well as national organizations have released a statement letter to the Prime Minister condemning the recent National Energy Board (NEB) approval of Line 9
- EnvironmentSources.com
Resource Type: Website
Published: 2017
Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
- Keystone Cops
TransCanada Cultivates Close Ties With Nebraska Police Agencies
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
Since August 2011, the Nebraska Information Analysis Center (NIAC) – one of more than 70 Department of Homeland Security “fusion centers” – and TransCanada Corporation, the company behind the Keystone XL Pipeline, have shared information about anti-pipeline protesters, Nebraska landowners, and opposition to the project.
- Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding Line 9
Climate Change and the Line 9B Reversal Project
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
A letter from community organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted Indigenous communities, and national organizations that would like to express adamant opposition to the recent 'Leave to Open' status granted to the Enbridge Line 9B reversal project by the National Energy Board (NEB) of Canada.
- Line 9 pipeline is a risky business
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2016
Article for the Toronto Field Naturalist newsletter on the risks to our natural environment posed by Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline project.
- Line 9 pipeline needs review
Re: Pipelines face new environmental rules
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2016
Line 9 is a disaster waiting to happen and the climate crisis disaster is already unfolding. Indeed no tar sands pipeline can pass a serious climate test if Canada is to keep its commitment to a limited warming to 1.5 degrees C.
- NEB Hearings start in Toronto today, here's what they won't be hearing
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
A banner drop and a series of gagged protestors demonstrated what is being left out of the National Energy Board (NEB) hearings that are taking place this week in Toronto. The subject of the hearings is Enbridge's Line 9 reversal and expansion propos
- NEB's green light for Line 9 sacrifices waterways, public health and the climate
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
The National Energy Board (NEB) gave the green light to Enbridge Inc.'s contentious Line 9B pipeline on Feb 6, 2015, despite the company's failure to make necessary safety improvements. The decision means that critical safety measures will not be implement.
- Pipeline follies
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2011
There are many of us Canadians who are totally outraged by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's policies on the environment - and particularly the tar sands devastation of the indigenous peoples.
- Reversing Enbridge & Big Oil's Pipeline Plans
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
The National Academy of Sciences is skewering the industry's 'oil is oil' talking point -- making it clear that diluted bitumen is a different beast altogether and needs to be treated as such. The agonizingly slow and costly Kalamazoo River spill cleanup in Michigan made many of these points clear. Yet, the tar sands industry has continued to insist that diluted bitumen creates no deeper environmental threat as they push for unsustainable growth. While Keystone XL is off the table, there are numerous other projects being considered that extend the unique pipeline problems of dilbit into communities across North America.
- Rising Tide Toronto launches "Line 9 Pledge of Resistance"
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
Rising Tide Toronto launches Line 9 Pledge of Resistance. Group encourages civil disobedience to stop pipeline approved by NEB.
- Toronto Council Moves to Protect City's Water from Pipeline Spills
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
Toronto City Council's motion asking for emergency shut-off values on either side of the City of Toronto's major watercourses reflects increased resident pressure on the city to defend us all against environmental hazards.
- TransCanada Keystone 1 Pipeline Suffered Major Corrosion Only Two Years In Operation, 95% Worn In One Spot
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
Documents obtained by DeSmogBlog reveal an alarming rate of corrosion to parts of TransCanada's Keystone 1 pipeline. A mandatory inspection test revealed a section of the pipeline's wall had corroded 95%, leaving it paper-thin in one area (one-third the thickness of a dime) and dangerously thin in three other places, leading TransCanada to immediately shut it down.
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