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British Columbia Government Rejects Plans for Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline

2013-05-31 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: News broke today that the British Columbia government in Canada has rejected a proposal from Enbridge to build the Northern Gateway pipeline which would pump tar sands through the province for export. Government officials cited a lack of evidence that the company has the ability to transport the heavy crude safely, nor could Enbridge prove that they would have a sufficient response to a spill should one occur. According to Environment Minister Terry Lake, British Columbia thoroughly reviewed...

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British Columbia resource champions backing questioned

2013-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: The kid with the YouTube rant is young and approachable. He's an actor sporting a black leather jacket, strolling through a West Coast forest and talking about pipelines. "The environment. The economy," he intones. "People think you have to have one or the other. But do you? So many things to think about." And then, he tells us how we might want to think about those things. How we don't have to worry about pipeline spills, since pipelines are monitored 24/7 "by trained experts." Tankers,...

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