Pipelines, energy and natural resources

[daftandbarmy]

The useful idiots of BC…

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[Czech_pivo]

Some potential good news for the EC, specifically NLD.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/shell-newfoundland-exploration-9.7410166

Shell drives spike in oil exploration bids off the coast of Newfoundland​

Licenses are for 6 parcels of offshore area encompassing more than 15,000 square kilometre​

 

[Kirkhill]

Some potential good news for the EC, specifically NLD.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/shell-newfoundland-exploration-9.7410166

Shell drives spike in oil exploration bids off the coast of Newfoundland​

Licenses are for 6 parcels of offshore area encompassing more than 15,000 square kilometre​

I had to read the article to discover that Shell had not driven a spike in oil exploration but had, instead, driven a spike in oil exploration.

 

[daftandbarmy]

More BC mills closing. This time in Quesnel.

The new government gets sworn in on Nov. 20th. Hopefully they can turn this around...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2119949932476190993

 

[lenaitch]

More BC mills closing. This time in Quesnel.

The new government gets sworn in on Nov. 20th. Hopefully they can turn this around...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2119949932476190993

Is there much a government - any government - can do? I think part of the export market of wood pulp is subject to tariff but, generally, the market for wood pulp products; paper, newsprint, etc. has been drying up for years. The list of pulp mills that have closed in Ontario is long.