Northern Gateway provides too few jobs for risk to environment I’m just an average BC citizen who doesn’t want to see our coast along with First Nations and our wilderness become victims of the Tar Sands. Specifically, I’m referring to Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. I am not a member of any environmental organization ie: [...]
Enbridge takes First Nations group on trek along Northern Gateway project corridor By skidoo, snowshoe and even via helicopter, a group of First Nations representatives joined a team of Enbridge engineers on a 17-day winter field trip along the proposed Northern Gateway project corridor in British Columbia and Alberta. “The best way of building trust is to get [...]
Oil tanker safety plan changes nothing in pipeline debate, says environmental group Last summer, B.C. Premier Christy Clark laid out five conditions she said must be met before the provincial government would allow the construction and operation of heavy oil pipelines within its borders. One of the conditions included improved oil tanker safety. Later today, [...]
Federal enhanced oil spill prevention regime will provide Christy Clark the opportunity The Harper Government wants a pipeline built to the Pacific coast to export Alberta’s oil sands output. It would not only help relieve Alberta’s budgetary woes — product could at last be sold for something much closer to the Brent world price — [...]
Three decades ago, approval process for pipelines like Northern Gateway dominated by experts Back in the 1970s and early 1980s when Canada was previously awash with discussion about building pipelines (it was the Mackenzie Valley and Alaska Highway natural gas pipelines back then), the great debate was also about environmental integrity and aboriginal rights, and [...]
Water-drop-themed Enbridge demonstration raised environmental concerns By Ross Armour A demonstration opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline took place this Friday outside of the Sheraton Wall Centre in Downtown Vancouver. The event had a blue water drop theme as participants wore and carried the blue pieces of drop-shaped cardboard to show opposition to the potential [...]
Movement voices environmental concerns with Northern Gateway Pipeline Hundreds of people are expected to gather in downtown Vancouver Friday afternoon for the Uberdrop Blue Drop Demo, voicing and demonstrating their opposition to the proposed Enbridge pipeline. The Blue Drop Movement is behind the demonstration at the Sheraton Wall Centre which will “emphasize the necessary protection [...]
Disrupting Northern Gateway session not way to get concerns considered By Bruce A Stewart Tuesday saw hearings into the Northern Gateway pipeline in Vancouver. Tuesday also saw protesters, having gotten all fired up with a mass rally in Victory Square Monday night, invade the meeting. Forcible ejection followed. Protest spokespersons complained [...]
U.S. self-interest in defeating Northern Gateway Bruce A Stewart Well, that was predictable. Pity no one amongst all the players in the long-running saga of Canadian oil being exported from our shores seemed to see it coming. The United States has decided to get “involved” in the Northern Gateway question (whether the specific [...]
Residents only at Victoria Enbridge Northern Gateway public hearings Demonstrators against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline have said they will strongly state their case at the upcoming public hearings in Victoria. A federal review panel will hear the residents’ concerns over several hearings until Jan. 11. There is a strong distrust of a federally [...]