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Trudeau ordered ban on north coast oil tankers expected to kill oil pipeline
2015-11-17 08:23:22| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
By Tamsyn Burgmann THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -Conservationists are heralding the federal government's decision to ban crude oil tanker traffic along British Columbia's north coast as the death knell for the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered instructions Friday to the ministers of transport, fisheries, natural resources and environment to formalize a moratorium that experts say blocks the controversial Northern Gateway project from continuing.
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