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Political posturing marks Keystone XL cancellation
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Rail riskier than pipelines
Re Canada’s Keystone Pipeline Wake-up Call (NOW Online, February 11). There are reasons why the shift to green energy has been so slow over the last 20 years and why the liberals are quiet right now. It might be prudent to look at why we haven’t already stopped using oil and gas and address the problem from that perspective. But debates over pipelines are pure political posturing. If the demand exists for oil and gas and it’s not carried by pipelines it will be moved on other higher risk and less efficient transportation networks like rail and truck.
Author of the article: The Whig-Standard
Publishing date: Feb 10, 2021 • February 10, 2021 • 2 minute read
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The Tragically Hip is suing a brewery over its use of the name “100th Meridian” for one of its products and for using images of the band to promote it.
The Kingston-born band filed the lawsuit in federal court, and the band announced it in an email sent to members of its fan club and on the band’s Facebook page.
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“Many of you are probably under the impression that we are associated with Mill Street’s 100th Meridian beer we are not,” the band wrote.