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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
(Score: 2) by Snow on Thursday December 01 2016, @11:22PM
I agree. Speaking from a purely logical (energy in : energy out) standpoint, it would make more sense to use conventional oil reserves. It's clear that there is more oil available than could be burned without completely screwing up the atmosphere, so it would make sense to use the oil that gives the biggest energy return on investment. It's a tragedy of the commons type of problem.
As for who gets to pay for the final cleanup once it's no longer profitable... The answer, unfortunately, is almost always the taxpayer.