EXTRACTED: Daily News Clips 10/15/21
PIPELINE NEWS
People Vs. Fossil Fuels: 130 More Arrested At the White House; 50+ Indigenous Leaders Occupy Bureau of Indian Affairs; Demonstrators Will March to the Capitol on Friday
Mic: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DESCENDING ON THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A WEEKLONG CLIMATE PROTEST
People Vs. Fossil Fuels: Frontline Indigenous Leaders Occupy the Bureau of Indian Affairs in D.C. for the First Time Since the 1970’s
WLUC: The Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority discusses Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Tunnel
Peninsula Press: Indigenous groups demand shut down of Michigan pipeline
MPR: For towns along Line 3, pipeline workers brought welcome boom — while it lasted
Iowa Public Radio: Proposed carbon dioxide pipeline generates landowner questions
Reuters: Pipeline companies agree to $8.7 mln deal to settle spill claims
WASHINGTON UPDATES
Associated Press: Kerry says world short of climate goal
Politico Morning Energy: REEXAMINE THIS
Politico Morning Energy: FOSSIL FUEL EXECS TO FACE THE MISINFORMATION MUSIC
EXTRACTION
Capital and Main: California’s Dirty Little Secret: Oil Wells in the Backyard
JWN Energy: Oilsands majors accrue $7.8 billion in free cash flow
Press release: Treaty Six First Nations and Partners Submit Application to Build Indigenous-Led Carbon Hub in Alberta
Reuters: EU to seek ban on oil and gas exploration in the Arctic
New York Times: As Western Oil Giants Cut Production, State-Owned Companies Step Up
CLIMATE FINANCE
Politico Morning Energy: ESG ON THE MENU
OPINION
Park Rapids Enterprise: LaDuke: A water protector comes home to reflect
Star Tribune: Counterpoint: Line 3 is needed, vetted and done
Bashaw Star: MLA Jackie Lovely excited about Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline
Edmonton Sun: Alternative energy fairy tale gaining traction in North America and Europe
PIPELINE NEWS
People Vs. Fossil Fuels: 130 More Arrested At the White House; 50+ Indigenous Leaders Occupy Bureau of Indian Affairs; Demonstrators Will March to the Capitol on Friday
10/14/21
“130 people were arrested for committing civil disobedience at the White House on Thursday, the fourth day of the “People vs. Fossil Fuels” mobilization, which is pressuring President Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop approving fossil fuel projects. Just minutes after demonstrations ended at the White House, over 50 Indigenous activists launched an occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Department of Interior for the first time since a similar action took place in 1972. “We will no longer allow the U.S. government to separate us from our relationship to the sacred knowledge of Mother Earth and all who depend on her,” reads a statement released by the Indigenous leaders at the occupation. “Her songs have no end, so we must continue the unfinished work of our ancestors who have walked on before us.” The total arrests for the “People vs. Fossil Fuels” week now totals 530 people, with hundreds of more taking part in marches and rallies each day. After checking with Park Police, organizers have updated numbers for each day for arrests this week: 155 on Monday, 155 on Tuesday, 90 on Wednesday and 130 on Thursday… “Today, demonstrators marched to the White House under the banner “Biden: Real Solutions, No Bullshit” to push back against the “false solutions” promoted by the fossil fuel industry and their political allies. These include promoting the idea of methane gas as a “bridge fuel,” and advocating for technologies, like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and carbon pipelines, that allow the industry to continue with business as usual.”
Mic: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DESCENDING ON THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A WEEKLONG CLIMATE PROTEST
BY AJ DELLINGER, 10/13/21
“Tuesday was the 89th birthday of author and activist Rabbi Arthur Waskow. He spent part of it in handcuffs. He had plenty of company, though: He and hundreds of others were protesting outside the White House as part of a climate change demonstration. The protesters, Rabbi Waskow among them, made their way to Washington, D.C. to tell the Biden administration that its Build Back Better agenda cannot include fossil fuels,” Mic reports. “The arrests were a stark visual at the end of the second day of sustained climate activism outside the Capitol, part of a week-long mobilization effort dubbed People vs. Fossil Fuels. Thousands of people are expected to participate in the week-long protest movement, which started Monday with a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day and will end on Friday with a rally led by youth activists. A coalition of groups, organized under the banner of Build Back Fossil Free, is leading the ongoing demonstrations. Among them are Indigenous, Black, environmental, climate justice, youth, and social justice organizations — all come together to deliver a unified message that it’s time to ditch fossil fuels for good. The activists have some ideas about how to achieve that goal, too. They are asking President Biden to act swiftly and use executive authority to declare a climate emergency — a move that is supported by a number of progressive politicians, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Thirty-five other countries and more than 2,000 cities, counties, and other jurisdictions around the world have already declared a climate emergency. In joining them, the White House would have much more power to combat climate change, including the ability to mobilize American manufacturers to ramp up the production of clean energy infrastructures like solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles.”
People Vs. Fossil Fuels: Frontline Indigenous Leaders Occupy the Bureau of Indian Affairs in D.C. for the First Time Since the 1970’s
10/14/21
“Frontline Indigenous leaders from various fossil fuel fights from across Turtle Island occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C. for the first time since the 1970’s on Thursday with a list of demands for President Biden. Police acted aggressively with the water protectors and Indigenous leaders, tasing at least two people and hitting others with batons. An independent Indigenous media person was assaulted by the police and had his equipment broken. 55 people were arrested and taken away to DC Metro police stations. This is the first occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs by Indigenous peoples since the 1970s. On March 16th, 1970, the first occupation of a Bureau of Indian Affairs office happened in Littleton, Colorado and led to the Indian Hiring Preference and set off a chain of occupations that ended in Washington D.C. in 1972. The Indigenous leaders who led today’s occupation issued the following statement: “We will no longer allow the U.S. government to separate us from our relationship to the sacred knowledge of Mother Earth and all who depend on her. Her songs have no end, so we must continue the unfinished work of our ancestors who have walked on before us. Because of colonization, our mission has been passed on generation after generation- to protect the sacred. Just as those who walked before us, we continue their song and rise for our youth, for the land, and for the water. Politicians do not take care of us. Presidents will break their promises but Mother Earth has always given us what we need to thrive. We will not back down until our natural balance is restored.”
WLUC: The Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority discusses Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Tunnel
Vinny La Via, 10/13/21
“Today, the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority met with consultants and Michigan residents to consider the Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Tunnel,” WLUC reports. “If approved, the tunnel will enclose a replacement petroleum pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac. The authority discussed a proposed tribal consultation policy, responded to a request for an internal investigation and touched on their achieved project milestones. M.S.C.A. and Enbridge officials are pushing forward even though some residents are disappointed with the project. “You cannot dispute these failures and faults in your whole plan,” John Paul, a Michigan resident opposed to the Line 5 Pipeline Tunnel, said. “Educate yourself to the whole story. Minnesota’s being polluted right this very moment, yet they’ll sit there and lie to you about how they’re going to produce documents. You can burn your documents. Actions speak, words lie. Paul is one of many Michigan residents who are unhappy with Enbridge’s plan. One attendee questioned Enbridge’s validity in light of recent misconduct claims. “You have a partner in Enbridge that I don’t think you can trust, and that you need to consider changing the paradigm,” Pat Egan, another Michigan resident unhappy with the Line 5 Tunnel project, said. “They were just fined $3.3 million in a project that they perverted in Northern Minnesota.”
Peninsula Press: Indigenous groups demand shut down of Michigan pipeline
Sarah Raza, 10/14/21
“Like many other creation stories, the Anishinaabe’s tale begins with a great flood. In the telling, all the animals rested on a turtle’s back. A muskrat brings soil from below, that the Creator puts on the turtle’s back to make Turtle Island, or North America. Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac—the passage connecting Lake Michigan to Lake Huron—is where the turtle was thought to reside. Mackinac means “turtle” in a language spoken by Indigienous tribes,” the Peninsula Press reports. “The story highlights the sacredness of the Great Lakes to Indigenous people in the northern-Midwest and Canada regions. But an oil pipeline running through the Straits poses a threat to the environment, according to indigenous groups. The pipeline, commonly referred to as Line 5, has been thrust back into the spotlight after Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered a shutdown of the line that the oil company refused, resulting in a high-profile legal dispute between the state and the oil company… “Whitney Gravelle is the current council president of the Bay Mills Indian Community, a federally recognized sovereign tribal nation located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Gravelle herself has been heavily involved in the fight against Line 5, participating and speaking at local protests. “The Straits of Mackinac are more than just a waterway — they are a place of ongoing spiritual significance to the Bay Mills community,” she explained. In May, the Bay Mills Council passed a resolution to banish Enbridge from their land, a serious action that is only taken after egregious acts have posed harm to their people, treaty rights, and resources.”
MPR: For towns along Line 3, pipeline workers brought welcome boom — while it lasted
Kirsti Marohn, 10/15/21
“After a quite extraordinary year, life in the small town of Backus is back to mostly ordinary. On a recent weekday, the town's main street was quiet. A few cars were parked in front of the post office and around the corner by the meat market. In the kitchen of the Corner Store and Restaurant on Highway 371, cooks loaded plates with fried eggs and hash browns for a handful of diners. It's a much different scene from earlier this year, during the peak of construction on the Line 3 oil pipeline, when hundreds of pipeline workers were living and working in the area,” MPR reports. “...Now that Line 3 is operating and most of the pipeline workers have moved on, Sheley said he has scaled back staffing and food orders — and expectations for the future… “That short-term burst of activity is normal for a pipeline project, Louis Johnston, an economics professor at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, told MPR. During construction, local communities see a wide variety of benefits, Johnston said, including work crews spending their money in town and buying supplies they need. "Once it's built, it's basically just carrying crude oil through an area,” he told MPR. “Unless there's some maintenance that needs to be done, the local area isn't going to notice its effects." Enbridge has stressed that communities along the Line 3 corridor will benefit from millions of dollars in increased property tax revenue.”
Iowa Public Radio: Proposed carbon dioxide pipeline generates landowner questions
Kate Payne, 10/14/21
“A proposal to build what’s called the world’s largest carbon dioxide pipeline is drawing opposition from Iowa farmers and environmentalists,” Iowa Public Radio reports. “Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build 700 miles of pipeline across Iowa to capture carbon from ethanol plants and bury it deep underground in North Dakota. Beth Richards’ family farms in Hardin County, which is in the proposed path, and she questions how landowners would benefit from the project. “Why should landowners welcome encroachment on their land for a project that doesn’t pay direct dividends to them other than a vague promise that ethanol is good for corn prices,” Richards says. “And why isn’t rent going to be paid for the land or profits shared with farmers?” Summit officials say they see the project as a way to keep ethanol viable and secure a market for Iowa corn. In a public meeting Tuesday, Iowa resident John Norris said the project is a false solution to climate change. “As much as the ethanol industry is important to Iowa, it is an industry that’s on the decline,” Norris says. “The next two decades we will see a continued decrease in the demand for ethanol. We need to start planning for what’s next.”
Reuters: Pipeline companies agree to $8.7 mln deal to settle spill claims
By Sebastien Malo, 10/14/21
“Buckeye Pipe Line Co and West Shore Pipeline Co have agreed to pay nearly $9 million to settle allegations they violated the Oil Pollution Act and the Clean Water Act in connection with a 2010 oil spill near the city,” Reuters reports. “The companies and state and federal officials on Wednesday agreed to a proposed consent decree in Chicago federal court to resolve claims arising from the December 2010 spill of more than 1,800 barrels of oil into wetlands near Lockport, a suburb of Chicago. The companies were accused of allowing injury to the Hine's emerald dragonfly, an endangered species, among other claims… “Line 257, a 3.5-mile crude-oil pipeline owned by West Shore and operated by Buckeye, leaked oil from an underground breach as it was being pumped from a terminal to a refinery, according to a complaint the Justice Department and the Illinois attorney general filed along with the consent decree. The spill resulted in the loss of more than 100 acres of wetland, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement… “The settlement agreement includes a $1.5 million fine and $7.2 million in damages, including for injuries to the imperiled dragonfly, the wetlands and other natural resources.”
WASHINGTON UPDATES
Associated Press: Kerry says world short of climate goal
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, 10/14/21
“Crucial U.N. climate talks next month are likely to fall short of the global target for cutting coal, gas and oil emissions, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says, after nearly a year of climate diplomacy that helped win deeper cuts from allies but has so far failed to move some of the world’s biggest polluters to act fast enough,” the Associated Press reports. “In an interview with The Associated Press, Kerry credited the United States, the European Union, Japan and others that over the past year have pledged bigger, faster cuts in climate-wrecking fossil fuel emissions ahead of the talks in Glasgow, Scotland, under nudging from Kerry and the Biden administration. He expressed hope enough nations would join in over the next couple of years. “By the time Glasgow’s over, we’re going to know who is doing their fair share, and who isn’t,” he said. Kerry also spoke of the impact if the U.S. Congress — under a slim Democratic majority — fails to pass legislation for significant action on climate by the United States itself, as the Biden administration aims to regain leadership on climate action. “It would be like President Trump pulling out of the Paris agreement, again,” Kerry told AP.
Politico Morning Energy: REEXAMINE THIS
Matthew Choi, 10/14/21
“House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Oreg.) is pressing the Biden administration to review the 57 nationwide permits allowing oil and gas pipelines and other development projects to damage streams and wetlands that were issued under a lenient version of the program that was rushed out the door in the waning days of the Trump administration,” Politico Morning Energy reports. “In a letter to President Biden Wednesday, DeFazio and Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen also leaned on the administration to speed up its review of the Army Corps of Engineers permitting program – something Biden committed to in a sweeping executive order on his first day in office, but has so far made no public progress.”
Politico Morning Energy: FOSSIL FUEL EXECS TO FACE THE MISINFORMATION MUSIC
Matthew Choi, 10/14/21
“Top executives of several fossil fuel majors will go before the House Oversight Committee in two weeks, where they face a grilling on whether they engaged in misinformation to downplay their role in climate change,” Politico Morning Energy reports. “BP, Shell, Chevron, the American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce all confirmed they’ll be sending some of their top brass to the hearing, scheduled for Oct. 28. But Exxon Mobil — one of the committee’s key targets — has not yet confirmed it will send anyone, Ben reports for Pros. Rep. Ro Khanna , who chairs the committee’s subpanel on the environment, had previously floated subpoenaing the companies if they decline to show. Exxon is keeping its cards close to its chest, with a spokesperson telling Ben: “We continue to communicate with committee staff.” One of its top lobbyists, Keith McCoy went viral earlier this year when caught in a sting operation saying that the company’s support for carbon pricing was largely driven by optics, garnering fierce backlash against the company and a public rebuke from its chief executive, Darren Woods. Republicans, however, are decrying the whole thing as a performative song and dance. Top Republicans on the committee wrote to House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney that the majority’s insistence on having in-person testimony reveals it’s end goal is to “turn it into a spectacle,” particularly after witnesses were allowed to testify virtually during the pandemic.”
EXTRACTION
Capital and Main: California’s Dirty Little Secret: Oil Wells in the Backyard
Alexandria Herr, 10/13/21
“As a child, Ashley Hernandez remembers pretending that the oil pumpjacks that loomed over her neighborhood were dinosaurs,” Capital and Main reports. “Other children in her community called them giraffes, or horses. The strange metal animals pecked rhythmically at the earth, sandwiched between homes, next to playgrounds, in the parking lots of grocery stores, sucking the oil from the sediments beneath her neighborhood of Wilmington in southern Los Angeles. Hernandez also remembers the nosebleeds. She would get them at night, and they were intense — not a trickle of blood, but so heavy that her mom would often tell her to try not to bleed through her pillows. The nosebleeds weren’t the only thing. Kids and teachers at her school would get cancer diagnoses — a lot. She remembers being scared of the noise that was made by the strange device that her mom would use at night — a nebulizer, to treat her asthma. Adults would tell her not to drink the tap water. And there were periodic warnings to stay inside because of explosions at nearby refineries. It wasn’t until she was in high school that Hernandez started to learn about the possible connections between the nosebleeds, the cancer, the asthma, the undrinkable water, and the oil… “Hernandez is one of millions of Californians affected by neighborhood drilling — the practice of exploring for oil right in the middle of communities, next to the places where people live, study, and seek medical care. The phenomenon disproportionately impacts low-income communities and communities of color, and creates an environmental health nightmare for those living in its shadow.”
JWN Energy: Oilsands majors accrue $7.8 billion in free cash flow
10/13/21
“Canada’s oilsands majors continue to generate huge amounts of free cash flow in 2021,” JWN Energy reports. “Higher commodity prices in the first half of 2021, coupled with a slow return to pre-pandemic levels of capital spending, have resulted in operating cash flow significantly outweighing capital budgets for many producers across the U.S. and Canadian upstream sectors this year. “This is especially true in the Canadian oilsands, with Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Cenovus Energy Inc., Imperial Oil Limited, MEG Energy Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc. recording a combined free cash flow of $7.8 billion in the first half of the year,” Mark Young, senior analyst at Evaluate Energy, told JWN… “Despite this recent high in free cash flow, the data also shows that capital spending has now recovered to pre-pandemic levels for the five producers.”
Press release: Treaty Six First Nations and Partners Submit Application to Build Indigenous-Led Carbon Hub in Alberta
10/14/21
“Kanata Clean Power & Climate Technologies Corp (“KANATA”) is pleased to announce that participating Treaty Six First Nations, KANATA and Vault 44.01 Ltd. (“Vault”) have submitted a joint response to the expression of interest (“REOI”) solicited by the Government of Alberta for industry partners to develop, build, own and manage a carbon sequestration hub to be situated on the traditional territory of Treaty Six First Nations (the “KANATA CarbonHub”)... “KANATA anticipates that the KANATA CarbonHub will be the only Indigenous-led and owned response to the Government of Alberta’s REOI for carbon sequestration and represents an important step for both Alberta’s emissions reduction and economic reconciliation. Participating Treaty Six First Nations, conditionally represented by Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc. (“TCVI”), and individual Treaty Six First Nations, including, Frog Lake First Nations #121 & #122, and Kehewin Cree Nation; KANATA (development partner); and Vault (technical partner). The proponents anticipate that other TCVI member nations may join the KANATA CarbonHub as internal approval processes within member nations are completed, and TCVI anticipates opening its members’ majority-ownership stake to other Treaty Six First Nations as the development progresses.”
Reuters: EU to seek ban on oil and gas exploration in the Arctic
10/13/21
“The European Union will seek a ban on tapping new oil, coal and gas deposits in the Arctic to protect a region severely affected by climate change, according to a proposal for the bloc's new Arctic strategy published on Wednesday,” Reuters reports. “The European Commission proposal reflects the EU's efforts to boost its role on the global stage, though it has limited influence in the Arctic. It is not a member of the Arctic Council, the regional coordinating body, though three of its member states - Denmark, Finland and Sweden - are. "The EU is committed to ensuring that oil, coal and gas stay in the ground, including in Arctic regions," the EU executive's proposal said, while acknowledging that the bloc itself still imports oil and gas extracted in the region. "To this end, the Commission shall work with partners towards a multilateral legal obligation not to allow any further hydrocarbon reserve development in the Arctic or contiguous regions, nor to purchase such hydrocarbons if they were to be produced." Russia's President Vladimir Putin, whose country is one of the world's largest oil and gas exporters and excavates fossil fuels in the Arctic, said Moscow would eventually benefit from such a ban due to rising prices.”
New York Times: As Western Oil Giants Cut Production, State-Owned Companies Step Up
Clifford Krauss, 10/4/21
“After years of pumping more oil and gas, Western energy giants like BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and Chevron are slowing down production as they switch to renewable energy or cut costs after being bruised by the pandemic,” the New York Times reports. “But that doesn’t mean the world will have less oil. That’s because state-owned oil companies in the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America are taking advantage of the cutbacks by investor-owned oil companies by cranking up their production. This massive shift could reverse a decade-long trend of rising domestic oil and gas production that turned the United States into a net exporter of oil, gasoline, natural gas and other petroleum products, and make America more dependent on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, authoritarian leaders and politically unstable countries. The push by governments to increase oil and gas production means it could take decades for global fossil fuel supplies to decline unless there is a sharp drop in demand for such fuels… “Western oil companies are also under pressure from investors and environmental activists who are demanding a rapid transition to clean energy… “That has created a big opportunity for state-owned oil companies that are not under as much pressure to reduce emissions, though some are also investing in renewable energy. In fact, their political masters often want these oil companies to increase production to help pay down debt, finance government programs and create jobs.”
CLIMATE FINANCE
Politico Morning Energy: ESG ON THE MENU
Matthew Choi, 10/14/21
“Environmental and sustainability factors could soon play a greater role in calculating financial risks for retirement funds. The Labor Department proposed Wednesday rolling back a Trump-era rule that limited ESG considerations for financial advisers, with the Biden administration arguing climate change will create material risks for long-term investments. "The proposed rule announced today will bolster the resilience of workers’ retirement savings and pensions by removing the artificial impediments - and chilling effect on environmental, social and governance investments - caused by the prior administration’s rules," said Ali Khawar, acting assistant secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration.
OPINION
Park Rapids Enterprise: LaDuke: A water protector comes home to reflect
Winona LaDuke is executive director, Honor the Earth, and an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation, 10/13/21
“I feel like a soldier coming home from a bad war. Hanging my head. Failed some rivers, some water and some animals. Had more than a few haters say “you lost,” or “give it up,” Winona LaDuke writes for the Park Rapids Enterprise. “So, it looks like Enbridge may win this round of dirty oil pipelines. Unless someone in the government has integrity. And for all the haters of northern Minnesota who want, one more time, to stick it to the Indians: Nice work, y’all. The price is high. Enbridge secured 5 billion gallons of water during a drought — the largest water allocation in the history of the state, and basically sucked wetlands and rivers dry. No environmental review on that one. The regulatory system appears owned by the Canadian multinational… “At the end of it, the company successfully pitted brother against sister, neighbor against neighbor. Tribe against tribe. I’m not sure what reconciliation looks like. Asking Native people and water protectors like myself to “get over it” is sort of like asking a woman who was raped to forget about it. Someone asked me to let people know if it was worth the fight. To that I say, doing the right thing is always the best path. After all, you can live without oil, but not water. A whole bunch of us stand for what’s right. And we’re not going anywhere: the Water Protector Movement is here to stay. Given what’s at stake with the intense carbon-driven warming of our stressed planet, I think history will treat us like the heroes we are.”
Star Tribune: Counterpoint: Line 3 is needed, vetted and done
Lorraine Little is director, community engagement, Enbridge, in Duluth, 10/13/21
“It's clear Winona LaDuke does not appreciate the successful completion of the Line 3 pipeline. Also clear: Some important facts about the project were misrepresented in her narrative,” Lorraine Little writes for the Star Tribune. “If the Line 3 pipeline was not needed, Enbridge would not have undertaken a $9 billion private investment in a pipeline to replace aging and corroding infrastructure — a $4 billion investment in the U.S. portion of the pipeline alone. Despite LaDuke's arguments to the contrary, we need all forms of energy in order to meet global demand. Crude oil will remain an important part of the energy mix even as we transition to a lower carbon future. LaDuke implies in her rhetoric that government leaders and the courts somehow failed to prevent Line 3 from being built.The truth is that our regulatory system worked as intended… “In terms of environmental justice, Enbridge has spent well over $300 million Line 3 project dollars specifically with tribal nations, citizens, communities and contractors. Native American workers made up 7% of the workforce on Line 3… “It's Enbridge's responsibility to transport the energy people rely on daily — and pipelines like Line 3 are the safest, most efficient means of transporting energy. It is also our responsibility to do what we can to address climate change. That is why we've set a target of net-zero emissions by 2050 and laid a credible path to achieving it. Keeping energy safe and affordable for all our families as we work through this energy transition is perhaps something we can all agree on.”
Bashaw Star: MLA Jackie Lovely excited about Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline
EMILY JAYCOX, 10/13/21
“I was thrilled to hear that Line 3 by Enbridge is ready to send our valuable and ethical energy to the United States,” Jackie Lovely writes for the Bashaw Star. “Energy Minister Sonya Savage shared the great news with us on Sept. 29… “The usual groups, such as the Sierra Club, are opposed to pipelines and expressed their feelings on oil and gas. A major reason our United Conservative government received a strong mandate from Albertans is to stand up for our hydrocarbon industry and get pipelines built. We know that pipelines are the most efficient, and safest way to transport our oil… “The CEC is advertising on billboards in major cities, such as New York and Washington DC. It will direct viewers to www.friendlyenergy.com where the American people can learn the facts about where their oil comes from. Statistics say the United States uses about nine million barrels per-day and they do not have the capacity to fill that need domestically. We want to make our neighbours to the south aware that by getting in touch with their representatives in congress, they can have access to energy from an ally and friend in Canada. Why would the president want to import oil from countries like Saudi Arabia, Russia, or Venezuela who have a fraction of the human rights and environmental standards that we do? I am optimistic this campaign will inform Americans exactly where their oil is coming from.”
Edmonton Sun: Alternative energy fairy tale gaining traction in North America and Europe
Lorne Gunter, 10/15/21
“I thought the foolishness of the “green” hens was going to take longer to come home to roost,” Lorner Gunter writes for the Edmonton Sun. “However, the energy crunch expected this winter is entirely the result of the obsession of environmentalists and “green” politicians with shutting down the energy industry in the name of saving the planet, even before there are viable and reliable alternatives for powering our homes, offices, industries and vehicles. The crunch will likely be worse in Europe than North American. Already in Europe, natural gas prices have risen five-fold this fall. Power bills are expected to go so high that eco-smug governments are talking about upping generation at coal-fired power plants to keep costs low; after telling everyone for decades that coal was destroying the environment.”