The Watch
LATITUDE
TRANS MOUNTAIN CLEARS MORE HURDLES—AND ANOTHER HURDLE ARISES
The PEG publishes quarterly, which means we’re not trying to be as current as your favourite online feed. Sections like The Watch have a feature feel to them. Rather than jump at every headline, we present things in a leisurely, contextual stroll through the news. But Trans Mountain. You really do test this approach, don’t you? If you’ll excuse the mixed metaphor, keeping up with this story is a steeplechase in a hamster wheel. What follows, then, was written before the most recent Supreme Court decision to halt construction. For that reason, we’ll put it in italics. The federal government hasn’t secured a buyer yet for the Trans Mountain pipeline, but the expansion project continues to progress in fits and starts. This summer, the National Energy Board gave its approval for a start for construction on four sections between the Edmonton terminal and the Darfield pump station near Kamloops.
Shortly after this announcement, a U.S. national security review greenlit the Canadian government’s purchase of the pipeline project from Kinder Morgan. This is a crucial step in a sale to the Canadian government, since the deal includes the acquisition of the Puget Sound pipeline, a short spur line that transports crude from Abbotsford to refineries in Washington. Well, those were the days.
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CANADA Court Quashes Trans Mountain Approval WORLD Sparkles From the Cosmos Microbreweries of a Sort Monitor Radiation
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