Kinder Morgan

I’ve taken quite a few exams in my life and one thing’s always been the same: having the answer isn’t enough — to pass the test, I had to show that I did my work.

Our national interest is served by making decisions based on science and respect for Indigenous rights — not through crass political compromises and back room deals, writes environmental activist Tzeporah Berman.

B.C. Premier John Horgan has announced new legal action to defend his province's rights to introduce environmental regulations that could stop Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion project. His announcement was interpreted as a concession that prompted Alberta to end its ban on B.C. wines.

Ottawa and Alberta are steaming over so-called pipeline “delays,” but documents filed with the National Energy Board (NEB) reveal their anger should be directed at Kinder Morgan itself, not the City of Burnaby or British Columbia. The Trudeau and Notley governments are in an uproar over what amounts to a missed deadline that was fabricated by the company.

One respondent said they had seen no change in restrictions to sharing the government's science findings. "There is still a cadre of managers who were very comfortable with the tight rules under the Harper government and are clinging to them," said that respondent.

This see no evil, hear no evil approach to climate change isn't working anymore, writes celebrated Canadian scientist David Suzuki.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has admitted what many Canadians believed for some time—the approval of Trans Mountain’s expansion was always a foregone conclusion.

Trade Minister Bruce Ralston said Alberta's actions threaten the livelihood of the families that have worked to build B.C.'s wine industry.

Yet even if Kinder Morgan clears the hurdle of a First Nations court challenge and First Nations activism, it must then confront formidable opposition from BC environmental activists. For better or worse, not every goal a government sets is politically achievable.

As New Democrats closed their policy convention in Ottawa on Sunday, Jagmeet Singh said the $7.4-billion Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion needs a more thorough environmental assessment before construction.

Jagmeet Singh didn’t touch on oil, pipelines, or energy development when he addressed hundreds of NDP delegates at a national convention in Ottawa on Saturday. Rather, in a speech punctuated often by delegates standing to applaud and cheer “NDP” or “Jagmeet Singh,” the federal NDP leader focused first his policies for taking on economic inequality, then racism and intolerance.

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath said Saturday it makes no difference who leads the province's Progressive Conservative party, even if former leader Patrick Brown is back in the race.

The City of Burnaby is appealing the National Energy Board’s decision that Kinder Morgan did not have to abide by two Burnaby bylaws in the process of building the Trans Mountain pipeline.

The National Energy Board announced three decisions on Thursday that allow Kinder Morgan to start construction on the Burnaby Mountain tunnel entrance for its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

In an exclusive interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, National Observer learned that the Liberal leader had Kinder Morgan approval on his mind as early as December 2015. This is what he had to say.