Line 3/Transmountain/Northern Gateway

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So 2/3 Approved with conditions.

Was a pretty painful speech to listen to and media questions are too funny.

"Approving the pipeline is siding with Alberta, why are you picking Alberta" lol

[Xtrema]

It went down how everyone guessed.

No new lines, expanding old route is ok.

So does that mean we now have to pay $50/ton in carbon tax instead of $20/ton?

[suntan]

#1 priority should be to invent cheap carbon sequestration technology.

Not just for this, but if Earth decides to belch out a volcano or three soon.

[01RedDX]

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[soloracer]

Originally posted by Xtrema
It went down how everyone guessed.

No new lines, expanding old route is ok.

So does that mean we now have to pay $50/ton in carbon tax instead of $20/ton?

That would be a legit concern. As if their climate change policies had anything to do with approval of the pipelines. Fact is, oil is still being used and we will not reach peak demand until 2040. The pipelines would need to go through regardless of how much you cater to enviro weenies. End of the day the environmentalists won't agree to more oil production. Instead they will use the pipeline approvals as a means to generate more focus/revenue for their cause. The so called "social license" is a myth.

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by soloracer


That would be a legit concern. As if their climate change policies had anything to do with approval of the pipelines. Fact is, oil is still being used and we will not reach peak demand until 2040. The pipelines would need to go through regardless of how much you cater to enviro weenies. End of the day the environmentalists won't agree to more oil production. Instead they will use the pipeline approvals as a means to generate more focus/revenue for their cause. The so called "social license" is a myth.

On top of that, you can't dig a trench for a pipeline if there are eco-terrorists standing on top of the land. Good luck getting these built. Win-win for the liberals "Oh, well we approved the projects, but we can't do anything about these protestors"

[The Cosworth]

Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal of Trans Mountain pipeline approval

OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a new appeal from British Columbia First Nations over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The court on Thursday dismissed the appeal from the Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Ts'elxweyeqw Tribes and Coldwater Indian Band, effectively ending the years-long legal battle over the project.

As is customary, the court did not give reasons for its decision.

The Trans Mountain project was first approved in 2016, but stopped by the Federal Court of Appeal two years later after First Nations and environmental groups successfully argued the approval process was flawed.

Ottawa approved the project a second time in June 2019 after undergoing additional consultation with the affected communities, but the bands still felt the government did not fulfil its duty to consult and again appealed the decision.

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled in February the approval would stand, saying the government had made a genuine effort to hear and accommodate concerns raised. But the First Nations disagreed and asked the Supreme Court to hear the case.

The bands still have outstanding concerns about the impact the pipeline could have on drinking water as well as ongoing concerns about the effect on marine life -- particularly the highly endangered Southern Resident killer whales -- off the B.C. coast.

Thursday's decision would appear to be the end of the road for legal arguments aimed at stopping construction on the pipeline.

In January, the Supreme Court said the B.C. government had no authority to try and regulate what could flow through the pipeline, which as an interprovincial project sits in federal jurisdiction.

The court also declined in March to hear a challenge from environmental groups who had been denied the right to appeal the second approval.

The expanded pipeline will nearly triple the amount of diluted bitumen flowing between Alberta's oilsands and a marine port in Burnaby, B.C.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/supr...oval-1.5007953

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The pipeline will be finished just in time for China's economic collapse, lol. Still good to have more export ability though.

[ExtraSlow]

Good news is once it's on a boat, you can get to customers around the world reasonably flexibly. Unlike a pipeline to Cushing. Or a train....

[vengie]

I'll believe its going to be completely finished once its completely finished.

[Xtrema]

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The pipeline will be finished just in time for China's economic collapse, lol. Still good to have more export ability though.

Even without collapse, Iran charges them in yuan for oil thanks to Trump backed out and Iranians have almost no use for USD under sanction. Iran will probably run out of oil first before China need ours.