Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
The petroleum car explosion that set Lac Mégantic aflame and killed at least five people has also thrust oil transport into the spotlight.
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Interview: Natural Resources Minister talks pipeline safety
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
Joe Oliver says relax.
Canadians should rest assured the country’s 800,00-kilometre pipeline network is safe, he says, and Ottawa’s making it safer. The Natural Resources Ministerannounced measures Wednesday to keep energy companies on the hook for their environmental damage.
Feds aim to calm public fears over pipeline safety
Anna Mehler Paperny and Leslie Young – Global News
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says new rules for pipeline companies make a safe system safer and the companies more accountable.
But even as he touted tougher penalties and expectations of corporate transparency, he said there’s no need for the National Energy Board to beef up enforcement or publish its own investigation and inspection reports.
Alberta sour gas leak continues as extreme flooding prevents shutdown
Anna Mehler Paperny and Leslie Young, Global News
A gas pipeline ruptured by flood-driven debris continued to leak sour gas Thursday evening as a record-setting deluge in southern Alberta prevented workers from shutting it off.
Facing Northern Gateway setback, Enbridge launches charm offensive elsewhere
Anna Mehler Paperny and Leslie Young, Global News
British Columbia’s rejection Friday of the Northern Gateway project (or its current incarnation, anyway) is a victory for grassroots opposition and a cautionary tale for the pipeline giant behind it.
Watching the pipelines: How good are Alberta’s energy regulators?
Anna Mehler Paperny and Leslie Young, Global News
Pipeline cleanup after a break northeast of Peace River, Alta., on May 4, 2011.
CALGARY AND TORONTO – The cracked pipe sleeve behind the second-biggest oil spill in Alberta’s history had been flagged as a hazard more than two decades earlier by the national regulator responsible for pipeline safety.
Oil by rail: Pipeline delays mean more oil trekked by train – how safe is it?
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
What happens if you stop a pipeline?
Economic catastrophe, say some. Environmental salvation, others argue.
But so far, one of the most immediate impacts of delayed or stymied pipelines is more oil transported by other methods.
Crude Awakening: Anatomy of an oil spill
Anna Mehler Paperny and Leslie Young, Global News
In theory, stringent rules mean even the tiniest spill or pipeline damage is reported and dealt with immediately, with checks built in to ensure compliance. In practice, it doesn’t always work that way.
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