April 15, 2021 | What Happens if Canada Loses an Oil Pipeline?
Stewart Muir Stewart Muir is founder and executive director of the Resource Works Society, a Vancouver-based group open to participation by British Columbians from all walks of life who are concerned about their future economic opportunities. He is an author, journalist and historian with experience on three continents including a financial editor of The Vancouver Sun responsible for mining and markets coverage. Since Resource Works was established in 2014, the group has gained international recognition for its practical approach to the public challenges of responsible natural resource development and use.
A Parliamentary committee has looked at what would happen if the United States goes through with Michigan’s threat to cripple the Canadian economy by unilaterally shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.
Parliamentarians affirm importance of Line 5 pipeline for Canada and U S ; call for urgent executive action to keep Line 5 operating newswire.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newswire.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
April 15, 2021, by Nadja Skopljak
Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource are establishing a manufacturing facility for offshore wind foundation components at ProvPort in Rhode Island, United States.
The new 228-foot long facility will be used for advanced fabrication and assembly of foundation platforms for the companies’ offshore wind projects in Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.
Ørsted and Eversource also reached a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council and general contractor Dimeo Construction to make sure that the site upgrades and facility construction at ProvPort will be completed by local union labor.
The work is expected to create approximately 40 union jobs, while Dimeo Construction engaged a number of local construction firms to support the facility construction.
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CALGARY, AB, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - A multi-party Canadian House of Commons Special Committee report released today affirms the economic importance of the Line 5 pipeline to both Canada and the U.S. and recommends urgent, bi-national executive action to resolve the dispute between the State of Michigan and Enbridge over the Straits of Mackinac crossing.
Canadian House of Commons Special Committee affirms the economic importance of the Line 5 pipeline to both Canada and the U.S. Line 5 crosses the Straits of Mackinac pictured here. (CNW Group/Enbridge Inc.) Line 5 is a significant aspect of Canada s economic relationship with the United States and contributes to secure energy supplies in both countries, the report states. Its shutdown could have many implications, including reduced safety, shortages of various energy products on both sides of the Canada–U.S. border, transportation bottlenecks for Alberta s crude oil, and job losses
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