Tar-sands pipeline protesters take on British Columbia legislature

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Tar-sands pipeline protesters take on British Columbia legislature

Upwards of 4,500 protesters of the coalition group Defend Our Coast convened on the British Columbia legislature yesterday to advocate against further development of oil-sands pipelines. Greenpeace Canada From Environmental News Service : The demonstrators are objecting to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline that would carry diluted bitumen from the tar sands of northern Alberta to a proposed tanker port at Kitimat on the central British Columbia coast. Kinder Morgan has proposed a $4.1-billion Trans Mountain project that would expand an existing pipeline from Alberta to Vancouver and bring tankers at the rate of about one a day through the already busy Vancouver Harbour. Greenpeace Canada The Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline would export tar sands to a marine terminal, where they would then be shipped to Asian markets. It’s currently in an ongoing phase of p...

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