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Tag Archives: TransCanada
Alternative to Keystone XL
Update: It turns out the risk assessment on which I’ve based my thinking leaves out pump stations, opening an important question about the legitimacy of the method that produced the numbers I’ve cited below and on many other occasions. It … Continue reading
Another strong statement of the narrow argument against KXL
From a letter to the Lufkin Daily News: Your op-ed reads that pipelines are safe. Typically, sure. But you forget to make an important distinction, here. Tar sands oil pipelines are not safe. Canadian pipelines of this sort fail 16 … Continue reading
Meta-tastic: the spreading reaction to NYT’s Keystone XL editorial
I’m collecting links to organized media’s reactions to the NYT editorial as I see them. If I’m missing something, let me know at andrewottosonblog@gmail.com. (Those in bold analyzed; italics added value; plain regurgitated.) MEDIA: Postmedia/Sheldon Alberts: Keystone XL pipeline proposal … Continue reading
NYT makes the narrow case against Keystone XL
In its April 2 editorial, the New York Times unites a broad case against tar sands development with a narrow case against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project. In doing so, it exposes the absence of a credible argument in … Continue reading
Will President Obama mention Keystone XL in energy speech today?
(Update: Financial Post’s take. I’m with @JoshatNRDC on this one.) The headline question is the first thing I wondered upon seeing the news that Obama will reiterate what has been a national goal going on four decades: to cut oil … Continue reading
Keystone pipeline news and notes 9
The big news in #8 was the State Department’s decision to require a supplemental draft EIS. I’ll be updating this post with the latest at the bottom. You can contact me at andrewottosonblog@gmail.com. A week Canadian energy became supreme – … Continue reading
Perspectives on pipeline safety, II
As part of its ongoing series, The Tyee has another cogent dissection of the Keystone XL debate out today. It distinguishes right off the top between the two main lines of argument environmentalists have brought to bear on TransCanada’s proposed … Continue reading
Keystone pipeline news and notes 8
A week after the fact, Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns’ declaration that Keystone XL “Needs to Be Delayed” still looks like the most important item in #7. (#9 is here.) I’ll be updating this post with the latest at the bottom. … Continue reading
Press Release: DC Lobbying Trip Success
[Note: This release was written by Bold Nebraska and originally posted there. My thoughts here focus on the positions the Nebraska's U.S. congressional delegates are taking.] A diverse contingent returned to Nebraska yesterday after lobbying their Congressional delegation, the EPA … Continue reading
The Middle East oil independence “fairy tale”
It is well said in the old proverb, “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.” —C.H. Spurgeon, April 1, 1855 A report commissioned by the Department of Energy and carried out by consulting … Continue reading