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TC Energy
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)
General TransCanada News
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Comment |
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2019-11-04 |
3newsnow.com (USA) |
Jake Wasikowski |
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2019-01-09 |
City News |
The Canadian Press |
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2019-01-02 |
CBC News |
TransCanada Gas Pipeline Blocked in Maryland Over Fracking Concerns |
The Associated Press |
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2016-10-31 |
Financial Post |
Reuters |
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2016-08-28 |
Desmog |
Texas Ranch Owner Battles TransCanada to Restore Her Pipeline-Scarred Land |
Julie Dermansky
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2016-07-05 |
Blog.TransCanada.com |
Dennis Lanthier |
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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
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Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2017-10-06 |
BNN.ca |
Video: Rubin: Energy East Wasn’t Going To Solve The Low Energy Price Problem (9 mins) |
Jeff Rubin
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2017-10-05 |
CBC News |
Pete Evans |
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2017-02-01 |
Council of Canadians |
TransCanada tells Senate it will proceed with Energy East tar sands pipeline |
Brent Patterson |
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2016-11-24 |
Ontario Rivers Alliance |
- the pipeline corridor intersects 1,852 streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands across Ontario (shown as red rays in the video) |
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2016-11-23 |
National Observer |
Energy East opponents want inquiry of pipeline regulator after invitation from Irving Oil employee |
Mike De Souza |
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2016-09-09 |
CBC News |
Analysis: 'Innovative' NEB pipeline review runs into big trouble, but government is silent |
Chris Hall |
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2016-09-01 |
CBC News |
Weaknesses in TransCanada pipeline could pose risk to North Bay's drinking water source |
Marina von Stackelberg |
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2016-08-11 |
National Observer |
Lawyer demands public inquiry, reassignment of NEB management over Charest affair |
Mike De Souza |
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2016-05-26 |
Reportca.net |
Energy East pipeline spill could affect drinking water, experts warn |
Montreal Gazette |
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2016-02-22 |
MetroNews.ca |
Emma Jackson - clever protest |
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2016-01-30 |
CBC |
Energy East pipeline would cross 828 bodies of water in Quebec |
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2016-01-28 |
Youtube / Toronto Star |
Toronto Star - Scott Vrooman |
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2016-01-26 |
Youtube / Rick Mercer |
Rick Mercer |
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2015-08-27 |
Council of Canadians |
TransCanada drilling boreholes in Bay of Fundy before project is approved |
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2015-07-09 |
Youtube / Council of Canadians |
Council of Canadians |
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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 |
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2015-04-02 |
CTV News |
No Energy East terminal at Cacouna, Que., TransCanada confirms |
Alexandra Posadzki |
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2015-03-05 |
Nugget |
Gord Young |
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2014-12-03 |
Globe and Mail |
Wynne drops main climate change requirement in considering Energy East pipeline |
Adrian Morrow |
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2014-12-01 |
580 CFRA News Talk Radio |
Energy East: TransCanada standing down on further work in Quebec |
The Canadian Press - endangered beluga whales |
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2014-11-18 |
CBC News |
Energy East pipeline 'advocates' targeted in TransCanada PR move |
Margo McDiarmid |
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2014-11-04 |
Youtube / Environmental Defense |
Video: Energy East Mega-Pipeline: Risks to Canadians (2 mins) |
RejectEnergyEast.ca
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2014-10-30 |
TransCanada |
Press event introducing project |
Press event was by invitation only |
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2014-10-29 |
Financial Post |
Lauren Krugel, Canadian Press |
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2014-10-21 |
Metro News |
The Canadian Press - the purpose of Premier Brian Gallant’s trip to Alberta is too promote the energy east pipeline |
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2014-09-23 |
CBC |
TransCanada work on St. Lawrence port suspended by Quebec court order |
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2014-09-15 |
Council of Canadians |
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2014-09-11 |
CBC News |
Energy East pipeline exploratory drilling to begin in Cacouna, Que. |
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2014-09-03 |
Greenpeace |
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2014-07-07 |
TransCanada |
Alex Pourbaix, President, Development |
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2014-07-07 |
Globe and Mail |
If Alberta oil heads east, benefits for Ontario are hard to see |
Jeff Rubin |
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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 |
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2014-06-19 |
The Council of Canadians |
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2014-04-08 |
Globe and Mail |
Shawn McCarthy |
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2014-03-18 |
EcoWatch / Environmental Defense |
Report Confirms TransCanada’s Proposed Energy East Pipeline Will Export Tar Sands Unrefined |
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2014-03-18 |
Business News Network |
Energy Watch: Is TransCanada's Energy East really necessary? |
Jameson Berkow |
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2014-03-04 |
Global Post |
TransCanada makes initial filing for $12-billion Energy East oil pipeline |
The Canadian Press |
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2014-02-06 |
Toronto Star |
Energy East pipeline will boost gas emissions, think tank says |
John Spears |
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2014-02-04 |
CBC |
Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspections |
Amber Hildebrandt |
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2013-11-13 |
Globe and Mail |
Shawn McCarthy |
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2013-10-30 |
CBC News New Brunswick |
- Jammin Dowd Land Services |
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2013-09-29 |
Climate Ark |
Action Alert: Stop Tar Sands Ecocide, Block Canada’s Energy East Pipeline |
Ecological Internet project |
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2013-09-11 |
Maclean’s |
Andrew Leach |
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2013-08-30 |
Council of Canadians |
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2013-08-16 |
EcoWatch / ThinkProgress |
Kiley Kroh |
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2013-08-04 |
Toronto Star |
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2013-08-02 |
EcoWatch / DeSmog Canada |
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) |
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2013-06-03 |
Inside Climate News |
Lisa Song |
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2013-04-08 |
It’s Getting Hot in Here |
Maryam Adrangi |
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2013-02-08 |
Council of Canadians |
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