Court decision affects South Portland-Montreal pipeline

A Canadian court decision handed down in mid-February will delay plans for the potential delivery of controversial tar sands oil to South Portland. A judge with the Court of Quebec denied a request from Montreal Pipe Line Ltd., owned partially by Canadian giant Suncor Energy, to construct a pumping station in a designated agricultural zone in Dunham, QC, a town near the Quebec-Vermont border. The decision delays any prospect of reversing the flow of oil, which currently runs from Sou ...