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Omaha Steve

(99,727 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2015, 08:21 PM Jun 2015

Tell Canada To Protect The Great Bear Rainforest! (E action oil pipeline)

http://therainforestsite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/trs/petition/GreatBearRainforest

An oil company is planning on building a pipeline right near the Great Bear Rainforest, gravely threatening its animal life.

In December of 2013, an independent panel from Canada's National Energy Board recommended the federal government approve the pipeline with conditions. Environmental groups and the First Nations are planning to fight the decision. Stand with them and voice your opposition to the presence of a pipeline in the Great Bear Rainforest! Sign today!



Sponsored by: The Rainforest Site
Enbridge Inc. is a Canada-based oil corporation that specializes in crude oil pipelines. Enbridge plans on building an oil pipeline throughout British Columbia's majestic Great Bear Rainforest. The rainforest is home to many unusual plants and wildlife, including the 1,000-year-old Western Red Cedar, and the white "spirit bear."

Enbridge has a checkered history of oil spills. A report issued by Enbridge itself noted at least 700 pipeline spills from 1999 to 2009. As a supposed expert in the oil industry, it's nothing short of outrageous that Enbridge has allowed so many spills to occur. If they're not monitoring their own pipelines, what exactly is Enbridge doing?

Why would we allow such an irresponsible company to continue building pipelines, knowing its prior history with them? Send a message to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking him to enact legislation that will ban oil pipelines from being built in this pristine rainforest.

SIGN at link. Must do a second click to approve!!!

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