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TC Energy (formerly TransCanada Corporation) is one of the largest natural gas distribution companies in North America.  The company has a leading position in the Western Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) and the Appalachia basin in the U.S. northeast in addition to the Marcellus and Utica basin, and the Montney/Duvernay.  TransCanada has almost 91,000 kms / 56,900 miles of natural gas pipelines in North America – enough to circle the earth twice.  The company transports more than 25% of North Americans’ – Canada, U.S.A. and Mexico – daily natural gas-fueled energy requirements.  (source

 

www.tcenergy.com

 

 

General TransCanada News

 

Date

Source

Title

Comment

2019-11-04

3newsnow.com (USA)

TC Energy suing Nebraska landowners

Jake Wasikowski

2019-01-09

City News

TransCanada changing name to TC Energy

The Canadian Press

2019-01-02

CBC News

TransCanada Gas Pipeline Blocked in Maryland Over Fracking Concerns

The Associated Press

AO Info: Fracking

2016-10-31

Financial Post

Ottawa approves $1.3 billion western gas pipeline expansion

Reuters

2016-08-28

Desmog

Texas Ranch Owner Battles TransCanada to Restore Her Pipeline-Scarred Land

Julie Dermansky

 

2016-07-05

Blog.TransCanada.com

Columbia deal a game changer

Dennis Lanthier

2016-02-05

National Observer

TransCanada dismissed whistleblower. Then their pipeline blew up.

Mike De Souza

 

 

 

TransCanada Pipeline’s Energy East Project

 

Alberta’s major oil players are revenue limited by the lack of access to the world market where oil prices are roughly 30% higher (in 2013).  As a result, the companies are striving to move as much oil to the coast for export as possible and are investigating different transportation alternatives including rail and pipelines, new and existing.

 

TransCanada’s “Energy East” proposal would utilize a mostly existing pipeline from Alberta to the Atlantic seaboard ending where a new deep-water marine terminal would be built to export the crude overseas. The $12 billion development plan calls for converting 1,864 miles (4,600km) of an existing, 55-year-old pipeline currently used for natural gas to carry the oil.  In early August 2013, TransCanada said it received the long-term contracts for about 900,000 barrels of crude per day and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has already indicated his support for the project.  (article)

 

80% of the pipeline (between Saskatchewan and Quebec) already exists and it would need to be extended on either end: in the west to connect the pipe to Hardisty, Alberta; and in the east it would be extended to either Montreal, Quebec City, or St. John (Irving refinery), NB—pending approvals and finalized shipping contracts.

 

Opponents object because:  (i) old pipelines fail, (ii) oil/bitumen is thicker and requires greater pressure than natural gas (for which the pipeline was built), (iii) a 1,864 mile long pipeline jeopardizes key water sources, rivers, lakes and dependents should it leak, (iv) based on industry performance to-date the odds of a leak are good, (v) there is not enough refining capacity in eastern Canada and no plans for an increase refining capacity to warrant the levels of bitumen being transported, which means that bitumen has to be exported/imported to be useful to Eastern Canadians, (vi) Canadians should not undertake excessive risk simply to export product and increase oil company profits.  Many feel that Canada should decrease its dependence on fossil fuels entirely and would like to see the massive subsidies given to the oil industry invested in renewable energy alternatives.

 

Update:  3-Sep-2014

 

Greenpeace objects because “the St. Lawrence River, where TransCanada wants to build a supertanker port to export oil from this pipeline, is a beluga whale calving area. Beluga whales are listed as a “threatened” species and drilling near their calving habitat would be devastating for their dwindling population.”  Link to Petition

 

 

Energy East 101 video (4 mins) - The Council of Canadians

 

Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspections

 

3D Fly-over along the Energy East Pipeline route in Ontario courtesy of Ontario Rivers Alliance (backup link)

 

 

 

News – TransCanada’s Energy East Proposal

 

Date

Source

Title

Comment

2017-10-06

BNN.ca

Video:  Rubin: Energy East Wasn’t Going To Solve The Low Energy Price Problem (9 mins)

Jeff Rubin

 

2017-10-05

CBC News

TransCanada won't proceed with Energy East pipeline

Pete Evans

2017-02-01

Council of Canadians

TransCanada tells Senate it will proceed with Energy East tar sands pipeline

Brent Patterson

2016-11-24

Ontario Rivers Alliance

A Flight along the Energy East Corridor (5 mins)

- the pipeline corridor intersects 1,852 streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands across Ontario (shown as red rays in the video)

2016-11-23

National Observer

Energy East opponents want inquiry of pipeline regulator after invitation from Irving Oil employee

Mike De Souza

2016-09-09

CBC News

Analysis:  'Innovative' NEB pipeline review runs into big trouble, but government is silent

Chris Hall

2016-09-01

CBC News

Weaknesses in TransCanada pipeline could pose risk to North Bay's drinking water source

Marina von Stackelberg

 2016-08-11

National Observer

Lawyer demands public inquiry, reassignment of NEB management over Charest affair

Mike De Souza

2016-05-26

Reportca.net

Energy East pipeline spill could affect drinking water, experts warn

Montreal Gazette

2016-02-22

MetroNews.ca

Loonie campaign sticking it to Energy East pipeline

Emma Jackson

- clever protest

2016-01-30

CBC

Energy East pipeline would cross 828 bodies of water in Quebec

 

2016-01-28

Youtube / Toronto Star

Rick Mercer is wrong on pipelines (2 mins)

Toronto Star

- Scott Vrooman

2016-01-26

Youtube / Rick Mercer

RMR: Rick's Rant - Energy East Pipeline (2 mins)

Rick Mercer

2015-08-27

Council of Canadians

TransCanada drilling boreholes in Bay of Fundy before project is approved

 

2015-07-09

Youtube / Council of Canadians

Whistleblower warns about Energy East (8 mins)

Council of Canadians

2015-06-01

Ricochet

Op-ed:  How do you stop a pipeline when one family owns both the oil and the media?

Lynaya Astephen

- New Brunswick

2015-04-02

CTV News

No Energy East terminal at Cacouna, Que., TransCanada confirms

Alexandra Posadzki

2015-03-05

Nugget

Pipeline designated local drinking water threat

Gord Young

2014-12-03

Globe and Mail

Wynne drops main climate change requirement in considering Energy East pipeline

Adrian Morrow

2014-12-01

580 CFRA News Talk Radio

Energy East: TransCanada standing down on further work in Quebec

The Canadian Press

- endangered beluga whales

2014-11-18

CBC News

Energy East pipeline 'advocates' targeted in TransCanada PR move

Margo McDiarmid

2014-11-04

Youtube / Environmental Defense

Video: Energy East Mega-Pipeline: Risks to Canadians (2 mins)

RejectEnergyEast.ca

 

2014-10-30

TransCanada

Press event introducing project

Press event was by invitation only

2014-10-29

Financial Post

Energy East refinery’s benefits questioned in new report

Lauren Krugel, Canadian Press

2014-10-21

Metro News

Premier should learn about fracking: Tories

The Canadian Press

- the purpose of Premier Brian Gallant’s trip to Alberta is too promote the energy east pipeline

2014-09-23

CBC

TransCanada work on St. Lawrence port suspended by Quebec court order

 

2014-09-15

Council of Canadians

Energy East 101 video (4 mins)

 

2014-09-11

CBC News

Energy East pipeline exploratory drilling to begin in Cacouna, Que.

 

2014-09-03

Greenpeace

Petition:  Tell National Energy Board Chair Peter Watson to include climate impacts and people’s voices in the Energy East review

 

2014-07-07

TransCanada

Energy East Project Benefits Ontario

Alex Pourbaix, President, Development

2014-07-07

Globe and Mail

If Alberta oil heads east, benefits for Ontario are hard to see

Jeff Rubin

2014-07-04

Financial Post

TransCanada Corp donates $30,000 to Ontario town in exchange for silence on Energy East pipeline

Jeremy Van Loon, Bloomberg News

2014-06-19

The Council of Canadians

Petition: No Energy East pipeline through Ontario

 

2014-04-08

Globe and Mail

TransCanada hearings wind down in Ontario

Shawn McCarthy

2014-03-18

EcoWatch / Environmental Defense

Report Confirms TransCanada’s Proposed Energy East Pipeline Will Export Tar Sands Unrefined

 

2014-03-18

Business News Network

Energy Watch: Is TransCanada's Energy East really necessary?

Jameson Berkow

2014-03-04

Global Post

TransCanada makes initial filing for $12-billion Energy East oil pipeline

The Canadian Press

2014-02-06

Toronto Star

Energy East pipeline will boost gas emissions, think tank says

John Spears

2014-02-04

CBC

Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspections

Amber Hildebrandt

2013-11-13

Globe and Mail

Ontario seeks review of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline

Shawn McCarthy

2013-10-30

CBC News

New Brunswick

TransCanada sued by former land agent for pipeline feedback

- Jammin Dowd Land Services

2013-09-29

Climate Ark

Action Alert: Stop Tar Sands Ecocide, Block Canada’s Energy East Pipeline

Ecological Internet project

2013-09-11

Maclean’s

Checking the math on Energy East

Andrew Leach

2013-08-30

Council of Canadians

Petition: Stop the Energy East Pipeline

 

2013-08-16

EcoWatch / ThinkProgress

Beyond Keystone XL: Three Controversial Pipeline Proposals

Kiley Kroh

2013-08-04

Toronto Star

Editorial: West-to-east oil pipeline makes sense

 

2013-08-02

EcoWatch / DeSmog Canada

New TransCanada Pipeline Plan Dwarfs Keystone XL

Derek Leahy

- 1.1 million barrels per day

- Alberta to Quebec & New Brunswick

- “Energy East”

- 4,400 kms making use of 3,000 kms of existing natural gas pipe (55 yrs old)

2013-06-03

Inside Climate News

Map: Another Major Tar Sands Pipeline Seeking U.S. Permit

Lisa Song

2013-04-08

It’s Getting Hot in Here

A Primer on TransCanada’s West-East Pipeline

Maryam Adrangi

2013-02-08

Council of Canadians

Council of Canadians opposes west-to-east oil pipeline plan

 

 

 

 

Corporate Info:

www.energyeastpipeline.com

 

Opposition Info:

http://www.save-canada.com/

 

 

 

 

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