By Felicity Bradstock – oilprice.com
Canada could approve the development of a new oil pipeline, four years after plans for the cross-border Keystone XL Pipeline were scrapped over environmental and human rights concerns. While Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province is highly supportive of the plan, environmentalists and Indigenous leaders are concerned about what impact the development of a new pipeline might have on both land and communities. This marks a significant shift away from the national energy policy of recent years, which was increasingly focused on decarbonisation.