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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday November 30 2016, @09:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the burn-the-dinosaurs dept.

The CBC Reports:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet colleagues signed off on two major pipelines today, projects that will pump nearly a million more barrels of oil a day from Alberta's oilsands to global markets, if they are constructed.

Ottawa gave the green light to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline and Enbridge's Line 3, while it rejected Northern Gateway.

Trudeau also announced that the government would ban crude oil tankers along B.C.'s North Coast, promising legislation in the new year to implement a moratorium.

[...] The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency estimates that the new capacity will result in roughly 13.5 to 17 megatonnes of additional upstream greenhouse gas emissions each year.

Kinder-Morgan's Trans Mountain project is an expansion of an existing pipeline that runs between Edmonton, Alberta, and Burnaby (part of Greater Vancouver), British Columbia. The expansion will nearly triple the amount of product that can be shipped to just under 900,000 barrels/day.

Line 3 is a 1,660km pipeline that runs between Hardisty, Alberta and Superior, Wisconsin. The proposal by Enbridge is to replace the 34" pipeline with a 36" pipeline. Enbridge expects 760,000 barrels/day of light, medium and heavy crude to flow through the upgraded pipeline


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:45PM (#435175)

    No one will notice because Alberta is severely underpopulated. There are more cows than people.

  • (Score: 2) by Snow on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:50PM

    by Snow (1601) on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:50PM (#435180) Journal

    I don't know about under populated... I feel like there are too many people here!

    There very might well be more cows than people though.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @01:16AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @01:16AM (#435232)

      Self sustaining oil field :)