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Tuesday
Mar312009

Proposed Pipeline Sparks B.C. Oil Spill Fears 

More news on the proposed pipeline project that the Dogwood Initiative is fighting with their No Tankers Campaign.

Pipeline megaproject would result in heavy tanker traffic on B.C.'s north coast

Concerns are mounting over a proposed twin pipeline megaproject running from Alberta to British Columbia that would cross hundreds of kilometres of untouched wilderness.

Friends of Wild Salmon (FWS), a citizens’ coalition based in northern B.C., is calling for a public enquiry into the project. FWS coordinator Pat Moss says that aside from tanker traffic, the location of the pipelines, which will cross hundreds of salmon streams and two major rivers, is a worry.

“Certainly the biggest single concern would be a major oil spill from a tanker on the coast as there’d be so much oil spilled at one time. But the pipeline also crosses over a 1,000 kilometres on its way to the coast, which includes numerous crossings of the Fraser and Skeena rivers.”

LINK (Via: Epoch Times)

Previously on MC. LINK


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