Tar sands supporters suffer setback as British Columbia rejects pipeline

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Tar sands supporters suffer setback as British Columbia rejects pipeline

Canadian province rejects plan for Enbridge Northern Gateway,
saying company failed to demonstrate adequate clean-up plan

Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 1 June 2013 00.55 BST

Efforts to expand production from the Alberta tar sands suffered a significant setback on Friday when the provincial government of British Columbia rejected a pipeline project because of environmental shortcomings.

In a strongly worded statement, the government of the province said it was not satisfied with the pipeline company's oil spill response plans.

The rejection of the pipeline – which was to have given Alberta an outlet to Pacific coast ports and markets in China – further raises the stakes on another controversial tar sands pipeline, Keystone XL.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/01/tar-sands-canada-pipeline-enbridge

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. I hope its legit.

The BC Libs can't be trusted.

[Socialistlemur]

2. I guess they'll beef up their oil spill response plans

They have alternatives. One is to beef up their oil spill response plans until they meet requirements. They can also beef up their tanker designs. And they can upgrade the heavy oil to make a high quality syncrude they can ship by pipeline to California. Canada already produces more oil than any other country in the Western Hemisphere other than the USA. It's not really a critical issue.