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National Energy Board

Directly Affected: a new film with everything you need to know about B.C.’s pipeline battle

Justin Trudeau faced hecklers in Nanaimo. Rachel Notley and John Horgan are flinging indignant words, threats even, back and forth between Edmonton and Victoria.  A national columnist demands...
Kinder Morgan, Trans Mountain expansion, pipeline protest, Vancouver, Break Free

PHOTOS: Vancouver's Kinder Morgan expansion protest

More than 300 people piped up against the pipelines at a Trans Mountain expansion rally in Vancouver, B.C. on Wednesday afternoon.

Unbowed by Supreme Court defeat, plaintiffs demand full overhaul of National Energy Board

Defiant in the face of defeat, plaintiffs slam the National Energy Board as rigged in favour of oil companies - and vow to take their fight to Parliament after Oct. 19.
Pipeline expansion plan. Image from Trans Mountain

Trans Mountain tells NEB pipeline expansion is 'safe and viable option'

The company says it has reached 28 mutual benefits agreements with First Nations groups.
Trans Mountain pipeline being installed (image from transmountain.com); Vancouve

Supreme Court to rule on Charter right to raise climate change in NEB hearings

The proposed $5.4-billion Trans Mountain expansion would twin the pipeline and triple the capacity for Alberta oil intended for Asian markets.
Premier Christy Clark tours the Spectra Energy plant in Fort Nelson in 2013

National Energy Board slaps Spectra Energy over safety infractions

One of the biggest issues was Spectra did not have the right trained staff on site.
Federal minister Greg Rickford

Harper government appoints another oil and mining executive to NEB

The game is "rigged," critics say, and the National Energy Board is now a "pipeline approval" machine. This week, the Harper government appointed a Calgary resource development executive Murray Lytle...
BC pipeline, Kinder Morgan, National Energy Board

Environment lawyers challenge B.C.'s Kinder Morgan pipeline conditions

Lawyers from Ecojustice say the province has signed away its responsibility to assess the impacts of the proposed expansion project by harmonizing the approval process with the NEB,
oil spill, Georgia Strait Alliance, National Energy Board, SPARC, Kinder Morgan

Praying for marine safety, lobbying for better oil response

Vancouver is hamstrung by a lack of communication from senior response agencies, according to new report

Economist Robyn Allan calls NEB process "rigged" and withdraws from Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain review

Economist Robyn Allan has publicly withdrawn from the National Energy Board review of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, saying the process is "rigged."