Keystone XL pipeline News

Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Is Terminated After Years of Climate Activism

TC Energy Corp. has ended its 16-year quest to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a controversial cross-border project that became a litmus test for climate activism and was blocked by President Joe Biden. Calgary-based TC Energy said in a …

Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Wants to Keep Insurers Secret from Project Protestors

Trans Mountain Pipeline LP is petitioning to keep the insurers of its controversial Canadian oil sands pipeline confidential as environmental groups urge insurance companies to drop their coverage. The pipeline company normally discloses the insurance companies in a so-called Financial …

Texas Governor Vows to Fight President Biden’s Energy, Climate Agenda

Gov. Greg Abbott, looking to show an early contrast with President Joe Biden, visited the Permian Basin on Jan. 28 and announced a series of steps the state would be taking to push back against the new Democratic administration when …

Biden Revokes Keystone XL Pipeline Permit; Construction Halted

Construction on the long disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline halted on Jan. 21 as incoming U.S. President Joe Biden revoked its permit on his first day in office. The 1,700-mile (2,735-kilometer) pipeline was planned to carry roughly 800,000 barrels of …

Five Dead, 40 Missing After Crude Oil Freight Train Explosion in Canada

At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raised fresh questions about shipping oil by …