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  "We are creating an environmental catastrophe that will take centuries to recover from…if we recover at all"
  -- David Suzuki
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  "The great economic boom is going to be the great economic disaster and devastation to our land and people"
  -- Chief Allan Adam, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
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  "There are a number of us who feel this is the biggest unsustainable development on the planet right now."
  -- Dr. David Schindler
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  2-5 barrels of fresh water are used to produce one barrel of oil. Tar sands operations are draining the Peace-Athabasca Delta, which is the collector of more than 1/6 of Canada's fresh watersheds.
  

BC’s ‘gateway’ for Alberta oil

By Colleen Kimmett

The Hook - The Tyee

January 22, 2009

Conservation groups celebrated news this week that Enbridge Inc. shelved a pipeline expansion in Ontario — and attention has now shifted to the Northern Gateway Pipelines project in British Columbia. It consists of two pipes, 1,170 kilometers long, linking Alberta to the northern B.C. coast.

The proposed Enbridge Gateway pipeline will support further expansion of the Alberta Tar Sands.

Conservation groups celebrated news this week that Enbridge Inc. shelved a pipeline expansion in Ontario — and attention has now shifted to a project still in the works for British Columbia.

The Northern Gateway Pipelines project consists of two pipes, 1,170 kilometers long, linking Alberta to the northern B.C. coast.

One pipe would carry tar sands-produced petroleum from Edmonton to Kitimat, where it would then be transported to tankers. The other would carry condensate, a compound used to thin petroleum, from Kitimat back to Edmonton.

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1. I can’t wait to watch this again! Thank you for assisting us in advancing the issues and concerns of our community that is directly affected by this environmental armageddon.

   Comment by Melody
   March 27, 2009 @ 5:27 pm

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