A pipeline to bring oil from Alberta’s tar sands to B.C.’s North Coast is a threat to the environment, Greenpeace’s B.C. director said at a rally in Vancouver yesterday.
“We need the federal government to stand up for our best interest,” said Stephanie Goodwin, as she also called for a ban on oil tankers off B.C.’s coast.
About 100 people marched through downtown in pounding rain to protest the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, a proposed multi-billion dollar twin pipeline from Edmonton to Kitimat.
In addition to the risk of a burst pipeline or tanker accident, Goodwin said the proposed pipeline is opposed by First Nations. Its path would cross thousands of streams, many of them salmon-bearing and could lead to the fragmentation of animal habitat.
Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh and New Democrat MPs Fin Donnelly and Don Davies echoed Goodwin’s call for a legislated ban on oil tankers.
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The Raging Grannies sing outside the Enbridge office downtown yesterday.
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