Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2019
South Dakota pipeline-protest legislation
Reference material reported that TC Energy assisted with drafting South Dakota legislation intended to establish funding for policing pipeline protests and impose civil penalties related to encouraging riot participation. The company disputed descriptions of its role, while the Indigenous Environmental Network, Sierra Club and other groups challenged the laws, arguing that they could burden constitutionally protected protest activity.
2019
Keystone spill in North Dakota
A release from the Keystone system in North Dakota prompted emergency response and remediation and added to scrutiny of the company's pipeline-integrity practices.
2017
Keystone spill in South Dakota
A leak on the Keystone crude-oil pipeline in South Dakota caused an oil release and led to shutdown, cleanup, investigation, and wider debate about the safety of oil-sands pipeline transportation.
2010
Controversy surrounding Keystone XL
Keystone XL became the subject of prolonged environmental, political, legal, landowner, and Indigenous-rights controversy before its U.S. presidential permit was revoked and the project was terminated.
Disputed claims about political influence in British Columbia
A former executive reportedly claimed in an internal external-relations meeting that the company had helped exclude pipelines from the scope of provincial legislation in British Columbia. A TC Energy representative characterized those claims as exaggerated and untrue.