Alaska LNG developer says late-2019 EIS for project is fast enough to stay on schedule.  Platts .  “Achieving clarity on the permitting time line is another critical step forward for the project,” said Keith Meyer, president of the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp., in a statement. “A draft EIS in March 2019, with availability of a final EIS in December 2019, will allow us to keep Alaska’s gas …

Green leader Elizabeth May on Notley, Kinder Morgan and pipeline ‘propaganda’.   CBC.ca.  Is it not a fair tradeoff if you have this array of pipeline projects [including the unapproved Energy East and Northern Gateway] — and the Prime Minister says it’s in the national interest to get that oil from Alberta to tide water — to approve at least one of them? It’s a fair point, if it was in the national interest.

Alton natural gas storage project’s in-service date is pushed backCBC.ca.  Alton Gas spokesperson Lori Maclean said the new in-service date is because of construction and operation timelines. “When you start the brining process, you have to count two to three years out to complete the brining process….

UCP Leader Jason Kenney wants referendums to decide carbon tax hikes.  CBC.ca.  The federal government is requiring all provinces to raise the price of carbon to $50 a tonne by 2022. Premier Rachel Notley is making the start of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion a condition for Alberta to follow suit. On natural gas, the most common fuel used for home heating in Alberta, the tax is …y East and Northern Gateway] — and the Prime Minister says it’s in the national interest to get that oil from Alberta to tide water — to approve at least one of them? It’s a fair point, if it was in the national interest.