Energy East Pipe Dream is new target for anti-Keystone XL group

Financial Post’s Claudia Cattaneo; NGP file photo by Dave Harbour

Jul 26 2016, 10:58 ET | By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor Contact this editor with comments or a news tip

Climate change plans from Alberta’s and Canada’s governments are failing to moderate anti-pipeline campaigns, as the Natural Resources Defense Council – which led the assault against Keystone XL – now is firing its guns against TransCanada’s (TRP -0.6%) proposed Energy East pipeline.

The NRDC is launching a new focus that calls on Pres. Obama to ban tar sands tankers associated with Energy East as a way to secure his environmental legacy; in its campaign against Keystone, the group played up the climate change impacts of oil sands production, and it was on that basis that Obama rejected the project last November.

“With climate change policy under its belt, it’s obvious the group needed to conquer and make money off a new dragon,” writes Financial Post‘s Claudia Cattaneo.

Speaker: Dave Harbour
Publisher

Northern Gas Pipelines

Topic: Alaska’s Pipe Dreams

Date: August 24, 2016 (Wednesday)

Time: 12:00 – 1:00PM

Location: WTC Conference Room

Cost: $30 members / $35 non-members (includes lunch)

About Dave Harbour: Dave Harbour is publisher of the Northern Gas Pipelines blog, created 15 years ago. He has served as director or vice president of public, governmental or external affairs for the 26 member Arctic Gas Consortium, Northern Natural Gas of Omaha, Atlantic Richfield Company, the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) and Alaska Pacific University.

Note to investors deciding on whether to risk money on oil and gas projects now, thinking prices have bottomed:

Our anonymous, Mid Atlantic energy analyst friend observes today that, “Energy consumption is directly correlated to GDP expansion/contraction, and the picture going forward is restrained, at best.” (See our 7-22-16 Commentary). -dh

Note: Alaska’s Democrats voted to support a socialist for president.

Note: Alaska’s Governor is left leaning and was elected with Democrat party support.

Note: anyone who thinks a Democrat is simply for being ‘liberal’ needs to understand that the socialists’ primary focus is on controlling the means, transportation and distribution of energy production, among other things. The assault on free enterprise continues through this election cycle.

Critically thinking citizens have no choice but to choose sides; for never have the differences between those sides been more clear. -dh

About the Author: wpnorthern

Dave Harbour, publisher of Northern Gas Pipelines, is a former Chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, a Commissioner Emeritus of NARUC, NARUC's Official Representative to IOGCC and Vice Chairman of NARUC's Gas Committee. He served as Gas Committee Chairman of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners. He also served as commissioner of the Anchorage Bicentennial Commission and the Anchorage Heritage Land Bank Commission. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree: English, at Colorado State University, a Master of Science Degree: Communications-Journalism at Murray State University and graduated from Utility Regulatory School for Commissioners at Michigan State University. He served as a Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs at Alaska Pacific University, taught bank marketing classes at the University of Alaska and was an English teacher at Los Alamos High School. Harbour served in ranks of Private - Captain during a 4-year assignment with the Army in Korea, Idaho, Georgia and Fort Meade and received the Meritorious Service Medal among other commendations. Harbour is also a past Chairman of the Alaska Council on Economic Education, the Alaska Oil & Gas Association Government Affairs Committee, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the Export Council of Alaska and the Department of Commerce's District Export Council. He is a past President of the Alaska Press Club, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska and Common Sense for Alaska. Harbour was instrumental in founding the American Bald Eagle Research Institute (UAS), the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, the Downtown Anchorage Business Partnership, and Arctic Power. He also served as CEO of several small Alaska organizations, including the Anchorage Parking Authority and Action Security, Inc. Harbour is also Chairman Emeritus of the Alaska Oil & Gas Congress. Harbour's wife, Nancy, is a professional, performing arts administrator and his three boys, Todd, Benjamin and William work in the fields of environmental management, energy marketing and medicine.