TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project would ship 1.1 million barrels of oil every day, including tar sands crude, from Alberta to export terminals in Eastern Canada, including in Saint John, New Brunswick. It would be the largest oil pipeline in North America.
See here for detailed maps of the proposed pipeline route in New Brunswick.
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Community groups working on the Energy East pipeline
Facebook group for Parole aux Citoyens du Nord-Ouest sur le projet d’Oléoduc Énergie Est
News and resources about the Energy East Pipeline
Throughout 2014, TransCanada traveled across Canada running “open house” community meetings to promote its Energy East pipeline plan to convert a natural gas pipeline to carry 1.1 million barrels of tar sands bitumen a day, from Alberta to Saint John. The Council of Canadians prepared these talking points by the Council of Canadians for people attending the open houses.
NB Media Co-op, Sept. 4, 2013: Hugh Leonard makes the case against the pipeline through paradise
Globe and Mail, August 22, 2013: TransCanada’s eastern path hits roadblock in Ontario
Joan McFarland, August 21, 2013: More job creation potential in clean energy than in oil and gas
CBC, Aug. 19, 2013: TransCanada begins open house on west-east pipeline
Richard Fidler, July 16, 2013: The Tar Sands Come to Ottawa
News and resources about pipelines
The Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowner Association’s 2010 document, When the landman comes calling: Don’t sign anything until are absolute sure, is a useful document for landowners.
Martin Lukacs for The Guardian, August 22, 2013: Canada’s oil pipelines will not build a nation – they are a great swindle
Dan Frosch for the New York Times, August 20, 2013: Amid pipeline debate, two costly cleanups forever change towns
David Sassoon for the New York Times, August 10, 2013: Crude, Dirty and Dangerous
Greenpeace, Dec. 13, 2011: Getting to market: emerging investor risks in the tar sands
Videos
Below are videos produced by Global TV as part of their series called Crude Awakenings.
What it’s like when oil runs through your backyard
Watching the pipelines: how good are Alberta’s energy regulators
Anatomy of an oil spill
Rail alternative pipeline delays mean more oil trekked by train: how safe is it?
Crude Awakenings – Reporter’s notebook: How we covered this story