Enbridge
Critics Say Canada Shouldn’t Have Taken Humpback Whales Off the Endangered Species List
Despite Canada's Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife's position that the humpback whale is totally safe, many believe that the decision to downgrade the species' endangered status was a political move to make Enbridge's Northern Gateway...
Corporate Sponsorship of Indigenous Groups: A Necessity or Selling Out?
As the Canadian government slashes the budgets of Indigenous organizations across the country, many are struggling to stay afloat. This has forced Indigenous organizations to accept funds from the most controversial source—oil & gas or resource...
Rob Ford Isn’t Worried about a Cracked Pipe Called Line 9
Enbridge's notoriously cracked Line 9 pipeline runs close to many homes, bodies of water, and subways in Ontario, prompting many citizens, councillors, and activists to demand closer inspection and transparency in its operation. Now, a local group is...
The RCMP and CSIS Are Creeping on Environmentalists
Heavily redacted documents released in November show that Canadian spies ‘monitored’ opponents of the Enbridge Northern Gateway through social media, blogs and a storytelling workshop at a church in Kelowna, B.C.
Enbridge's Line 7 Pipeline Has Been Approved to Up its Capacity By 40,000 Barrels A Day
The National Energy Board has approved a significant increase in the capacity of Enbridge's Line 7 without holding any public hearings or consulting landowners, once again calling into question their level of concern for public interest.
British Columbia’s 'Other' Multi-Billion Dollar Energy Projects
Most Canadians are vaguely aware that Enbridge is planning a massive pipeline expansion through northern British Columbia. But there are two other megaprojects in BC—one more costly, the other more risky—flying under the radar.
Chuck Strahl Oversaw Government Spies While Registered as an Enbridge Lobbyist
Like those underemployed twenty-somethings the internet loves to ridicule, former cabinet minister Chuck Strahl has to hustle a few side jobs to get the bills paid. “I’m not independently wealthy,” he told the National Post earlier this month, when...
A Natural Gas Pipeline Exploded Near Winnipeg and Left Thousands Without Power
The massive explosion of a TransCanada natural gas pipeline Saturday night south of Winnipeg, Manitoba, near the community of Otterburne, has left some 4000 homes, and possibly hundreds of livestock operations, without heat over a brutally cold weekend...
Enbridge's Line 9 is Cracked All Over
Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline has thousands of “crack-like features.” In the coming months, hundreds of sections of the pipe will be dug up for inspection in Ontario and Quebec in a massive sweep of Enbridge “integrity digs.” If Enbridge deems it...
Did Enbridge Use Toxic Chemicals to Clean Up Their Oil Spill in Kalamazoo?
Three and a half years ago, an oil pipeline spilled 843,000 gallons of tar sands bitumen into the Kalamazoo River, the largest spill of its kind in American history. The clean-up effort has cost over a billion dollars, but is it doing more harm than...
Activists Shut Down a Line 9 Construction Site in Toronto
Tensions are running high around Enbridge's Line 9 reversal plan, and it appears as if they've started construction before government approval has been issued.
Which Parts of Toronto Are Being Put at Risk by Enbridge's Line 9?
While the National Energy Board has not issued its final decision about Enbridge's Line 9 Reversal Plan, the energy company seems to be acting like it's a done deal. So we had Michael Toledano bike along the Line 9 route to see exactly what could be...