Media Coverage of Oil Sands Pipelines: A Chronological Record of Headlines from 2010 to 2014 Oil Sands Research and Information Network School of Energy and the Environment University of Alberta December 2014 Oil Sands Research and Information Network The Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN) is a university-based, independent organization that compiles, interprets and analyses available knowledge about managing the environmental impacts to landscapes and water affected by oil sands mining and gets that knowledge into the hands of those who can use it to drive breakthrough improvements in regulations and practices. OSRIN is a project of the University of Alberta’s School of Energy and the Environment (SEE). OSRIN was launched with a start-up grant of $4.5 million from Alberta Environment and a $250,000 grant from the Canada School of Energy and Environment Ltd. OSRIN provides: Governments with the independent, objective, and credible information and analysis required to put appropriate regulatory and policy frameworks in place Media, opinion leaders and the general public with the facts about oil sands development, its environmental and social impacts, and landscape/water reclamation activities – so that public dialogue and policy is informed by solid evidence Industry with ready access to an integrated view of research that will help them make and execute environmental management plans – a view that crosses disciplines and organizational boundaries OSRIN recognizes that much research has been done in these areas by a variety of players over 40 years of oil sands development. OSRIN synthesizes this collective knowledge and presents it in a form that allows others to use it to solve pressing problems. Citation This report may be cited as: OSRIN, 2014. Media Coverage of Oil Sands Pipelines: A Chronological Record of Headlines from 2010 to 2014. Oil Sands Research and Information Network, University of Alberta, School of Energy and the Environment, Edmonton, Alberta. OSRIN Report No. SR-12. 140 pp. Copies of this report may be obtained from OSRIN at [email protected] or through the OSRIN website at http://www.osrin.ualberta.ca/en/OSRINPublications.aspx or directly from the University of Alberta’s Education & Research Archive at http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.17507. i Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... xvii REPORT SUMMARY............................................................................................................... xviii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... xix 1 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................1 1.1 Structure of this Report ............................................................................................2 1.2 Some Observations on the Content ..........................................................................2 1.3 Links ........................................................................................................................3 2 PIPELINES GENERAL ......................................................................................................3 2.1 2011 News – General ...............................................................................................4 2.1.1 January .........................................................................................................4 2.1.2 March ...........................................................................................................4 2.1.3 August ..........................................................................................................4 2.1.4 September ....................................................................................................4 2.1.5 October .........................................................................................................4 2.1.6 November .....................................................................................................4 2.1.7 December .....................................................................................................5 2.2 2012 News – General ...............................................................................................5 2.2.1 January .........................................................................................................5 2.2.2 February .......................................................................................................6 2.2.3 March ...........................................................................................................6 2.2.4 April .............................................................................................................6 2.2.5 May ..............................................................................................................6 2.2.6 June ..............................................................................................................6 2.2.7 August ..........................................................................................................6 2.2.8 September ....................................................................................................7 2.2.9 October .........................................................................................................7 2.2.10 November ...................................................................................................7 2.2.11 December ...................................................................................................7 ii 2.3 2013 News – General ...............................................................................................7 2.3.1 January .........................................................................................................7 2.3.2 February .......................................................................................................8 2.3.3 March ...........................................................................................................8 2.3.4 April .............................................................................................................8 2.3.5 May ..............................................................................................................8 2.3.6 June ..............................................................................................................9 2.3.7 July ...............................................................................................................9 2.3.8 August ..........................................................................................................9 2.3.9 October .........................................................................................................9 2.3.10 November ...................................................................................................9 2.3.11 December .................................................................................................10 2.4 2014 News – General .............................................................................................10 2.4.1 January .......................................................................................................10 2.4.2 April ...........................................................................................................10 2.4.3 May ............................................................................................................10 2.4.4 June ............................................................................................................10 2.4.5 August ........................................................................................................11 2.4.6 October .......................................................................................................11 2.4.7 November ...................................................................................................11 2.4.8 December ...................................................................................................11 3 ALBERTA PIPELINES.....................................................................................................11 3.1 2011 News – Alberta Pipelines ..............................................................................11 3.1.1 September ..................................................................................................11 3.2 2012 News – Alberta Pipelines ..............................................................................11 3.2.1 January .......................................................................................................11 3.2.2 April ...........................................................................................................12 3.2.3 July .............................................................................................................12 3.2.4 August ........................................................................................................12 3.2.5 September ..................................................................................................12 iii 3.2.6 October .......................................................................................................12 3.2.7 November ...................................................................................................12