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We’re into a whole new energy world, and the old one is decidedly cranky as it’s forced to shed all the knobs and barnacles of history.

The Trudeau government’s new and much more complex rules for Canadian pipeline approvals came out Wednesday.

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On Friday, the Alberta NDP will finally release results of its royalty review, which is not expected to make the earth tremble, but will impose some further change.

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean speaks for history. He says energy companies now face much more red tape; pipelines are the safest way to move oil; the U.S. study of the Keystone XL project concluded pipelines have no impact on greenhouse gas emissions; and the National Energy Board is one of the most thorough regulators in the world.

In other words, according to Wildrose, this new policy is complete nonsense.

Up against that are the Trudeau Liberals — with full approval from Notley’s New Democrats — who say the NEB has lost the public’s confidence; there will be much wider consultations, especially with indigenous groups, in the future; and greenhouse gas emissions created by mining bitumen will be fully considered in a pipeline’s regulatory application.