An eco-hornet’s nest of environmental protests is stirring as TransCanada Corp. works to gain industry support to advance its Energy East Pipeline proposal to convert part of its natural gas Mainline to oil service. Rival Enbridge Inc. stirred up the buzz in an area that straddles the border between central Canada and the northeastern United States with a smaller project across the same region that TransCanada would extend.
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Mackenzie Gas Project Backers Unfazed by Edmonton Environmental Protest
Canada’s northern natural gas pipeline project stirred up a hornet’s nest of environmental protest when roving regulatory hearings made their sole foray into a big southern city, but project sponsors didn’t shrink from the swarm.
March 2, 2007
27 Large Consumer, Environmental Groups Blast FERC’s PURPA Rule
FERC stirred up a hornets nest when it finalized a rule in October allowing utilities in five organized power markets to file for relief from the mandatory purchase obligation under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). Twenty-seven industrial associations, consumer groups and environmental organizations, released a joint statement last week blasting the new rule for its potential impact on power supply and the environment.
December 11, 2006
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