Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government has downgraded protection for the endangered Pacific Humpback Whale in order to remove environmental obstacles from the proposed project to ship oil from the Northern Gateway pipeline
A massive road construction project in Iceland was halted as locals protested that it was disrupting an important elf church. Meanwhile in Canada, Harper seems determined to push through approval of the Enbridge Pipeline despite many real environmental concerns.
As Canadians debate the various dangers of transporting oil-sands bitumen by rail or tanker or pipeline; the best course of action for the environment and our future health remains unstated: leave it in the ground!
“Sorry, you can’t go in” Environmental groups mount legal challenge to Canadian Government’s legislation limiting participation into the Kinder Morgan Pipeline project hearings.
BCIMC, public pension manager for Police, Teachers, Health-care workers, and Firefighters has $405 million invested in Enbridge, 1.8 billion in other oil companies, $395 million in Tobacco, $43 million in weapons manufacturing.
Canadian Federal Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver says it isn’t “Ol-over” for Enbridge Northern Gateway. He believes it can be built, despite huge opposition.