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Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline

BC government's sneaky non-rejection of Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline

Don't be relieved just yet: the written submission reveals that Enbridge Northern Gateway is still Premier Christy Clark's baby.

Using her body to stop Keystone XL

Grace Cagle, 22, was alone, 80 feet up in the southern corner of the tree block, when the company brought the bulldozers in. “They drove this giant machine that cuts trees right up to the base of my...

Enbridge tankers and pipelines: Pledge for “Made In B.C.” decision welcomed by pipeline and tanker critics

Critics of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker proposal welcomed today’s announcement by BC’s Official Opposition that there must be a “made in BC” decision on this project. The...

BC woman files complaint against Enbridge for misleading promotional videos

A BC woman filed a complaint against Enbridge Inc. for Northern Gateway promo videos, which erased more than 1000 sq km of islands along the proposed Northern Gateway tanker route.

Harper shameless: Elizabeth May

PM Stephen Harper says decision on Northern Gateway will be based on science, not politics, but Green Party MP Elizabeth May calls such rhetoric shameless pretending given Budget Bill C-38 impacts.

Premiers' national energy strategy draft "positively disingenuous", says professor of Canadian environmental policy

Christy Clark stole the headlines when she walked out of the Council of the Federation meeting in Halifax last week, but what actually came of the national energy strategy on the agenda?

Kinder Morgan: Vancouver not ready for a major oil spill, experts warn

Vancouver would be woefully unprepared to face an oil sands tanker spill, federal regulators and experts say.

In light of U.S. report, Canada must abandon proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project

An opinion piece by the Vancouver Observer editorial board.

Southern Gateway: An American pipeline giant's plans for Vancouver

On a hot afternoon in July 2007, a worker started digging a new sewer line for the municipality of Burnaby, following instructions crafted from a chain of wrong assumptions. Before long, he punctured...

Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline could cost $15 billion?

Enbridge may be understating the true costs of the Northern Gateway oil pipeline, according to an APTN report based on WikiLeaks emails from Texas-based global intelligence firm Stratfor. The...