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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: 1) by dwilson on Thursday December 01 2016, @03:26PM

    by dwilson (2599) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 01 2016, @03:26PM (#435458) Journal

    Overall, unfortunately, I think this was pretty much a no-win situation for Trudeau. No matter what the decisions were, there would be very unhappy people and protests.

    Yeah, but those very unhappy people will all be 'out west' regardless of which way the decision goes. For years, the Liberal's modus operandi has been to court Ontario and Quebec, and to hell with the rest of the country. Lip service when required, otherwise fuck 'em. So I very much doubt he's going to lose sleep over it.

    Disclaimer: Also from Alberta.

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