The Keystone XL verdict highlights the importance of protecting governments and public bodies from financial liabilities while they work to keep oil and gas in the ground.
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New relationships between energy, geopolitical security and climate change policy flowing from the invasion of Ukraine are beginning to emerge, and the implications could be enormous.
Most Americans support clean energy in principle, but what will they do when wind turbines or high-voltage transmission lines come to town?
Proposals for new oil and gas pipelines can generate intense debate today, but during World War II the US built an oil pipeline more than 1,300 miles long in less than a year.
President Joe Biden’s executive order could be fatal to the Keystone XL pipeline. The Canadian oil sector now has no choice but to innovate to survive.
Biden’s strong climate change position doesn’t appear to have hurt him in the key swing state of Pennsylvania or in the general election more broadly. Here’s what it means for Canada.
Canadian companies depend on the international marketplace, which is demanding cleaner energy products. Without significant change, Canada’s energy sector risks being left behind.
The behaviour of TC Energy, the company formerly known as TransCanada, in Wet'suwet'en resulted in a nationwide crisis in Canada. It should not be repeated in Mexico.
The Liberal government’s contradictory stances on the environment and economic development may result in Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives winning in October.
Canada’s proposed new environmental assessment law is facing heated, if not necessarily well-informed, opposition. The real question is whether it goes far enough.
Whether they aim to stop pipelines in Virginia or block Pacific Northwest export terminals, organizers are trying to ‘keep it in the ground’ to save the climate.
An anthropologist of the American West argues that protecting nature and our cultural heritage are good for business but few recognize how they are threatened by ‘jobs-creating’ oil pipelines.
Environmental economists have long argued a carbon price is the best way to factor in the social cost of climate change. Did Obama effectively use a carbon price to nix the Keystone XL pipeline?
Activists can rightfully claim some credit for the Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. How did they do it?
Climate advocates are cheering rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, but both our fossil fuel and renewable energy infrastructure badly needs upgrading to tackle climate change.
Obama will decide on the Keystone pipeline before he leaves office, but despite marginal voter interest, it’s an issue politicians on all sides will not let die.
Hillary Clinton’s opposition to construction of the Keystone pipeline has little effect in the short term but reflects building “supply side” strategy of environmentalists to limit fossil fuel development.
Public opinion poll on Keystone pipeline shows more people are concerned with local issues – including the impact of spills on environment and aquifers – than with global warming.
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Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Lynton K. Caldwell Professor, Indiana University
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Digital Communication, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
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Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Political Science, McMaster University
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Associate Professor in Environment and Global Geography, York University, Canada
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Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Humanities and Chair of the Department of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia
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Canada Research Chair in Economy and Environment, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies; Executive Director Environmental Law Centre, University of Victoria
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Associate Research Scientist, Michigan State University
