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CANADA CLIMATE CHANGE
Canada Plans to Factor In Greenhouse Gas Emissions
When Considering New Oil Pipelines or LNG Terminals
Potential Rules and Major Oil and LNG Projects They Impact
Project
Project Details
TransCanada Energy
East Pipeline
• Plans to transport 1.1 millions
barrels per day from Alberta to
Saskatchewan
• Would link oil fields in Western
Canada to eastern markets
Trans-Mountain
Pipeline Project
• Upgrade and extension to existing
pipeline network
• Potential increase in oil
transportation from 300,000 to
890,000 barrels per day
• $5.4 billion total project
Pacific Northwest LNG
Export Terminal
• Liquefies and exports natural gas
from British Columbia-based
Progress Energy
• Project would connect Canadian
natural gas to Pacific Rim markets
Proposed Review Changes
• Consider how much greenhouse
gas emissions are produced from
new oil pipelines and liquefied
natural gas (LNG) export terminals
• Greenhouse gas emissions
calculations would also include
“upstream” effects of pipeline.
• This means the review would not
just factor the greenhouse gas
emissions from the project itself,
but also the emissions from oil
and gas production the project
promotes
• Prime Minister Trudeau also
stated local governments and
indigenous tribes would have
more input on pipeline
construction
Source: Allison Lampert, “Canada To Set Climate Change Tests in Pipeline Reviews: Trudeau,” Reuters, January 26, 2016; Timothy Cama, “Canada to Consider Climate Change in Future Pipeline
Approvals,” The Hill, January 26, 2016; “Trans-Mountain Expansion Project Submits Project Description,” TransMountain, May 24, 2013; Pacific Northwest LNG, January 2016.
January 27, 2016 | Ben Booker