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Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Gets Approved, Ignores Massive Opposition

2013-12-23 18:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: In a long-awaited announcement, the National Energy Board (NEB) released the final recommendation from the Joint Review Panel (JRP) to approve the contentious Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project--along with a lengthy list of conditions that must be met for the pipeline to go ahead. The panels report, released last week in Calgary, follows years of heated public debate and fierce opposition to the project across British Columbia--opposition that wont be letting up any time soon. This...

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Canada: Northern Gateway Pipeline Opposition Groups Threaten 'Direct Action'

2013-12-23 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBC: Opponents of Northern Gateway said Friday that the war against the pipeline will now be waged against the federal government, which will decide the project's fate after a federal review panel recommended approval. A coalition of environmental groups gathered in Vancouver the day after the National Energy Board released its report and recommendations, to say that Calgary-based Enbridge may have had the support of the panel, but not the public. Gerald Amos, chairman of the Friends of Wild Salmon...

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Hundreds of conditions attached to Northern Gateway route's approval

2013-12-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EnergyWire: In a decision that could shake up the political battle over the Keystone XL pipeline, a joint review panel steered by the Canadian National Energy Board yesterday attached more than 200 conditions to its recommended approval of a 525,000-barrel-per-day oil sands crude route to the nation's West Coast. The joint panel's asterisk-ridden thumbs-up to the $7.4 billion Northern Gateway, a combination of pipelines and tankers aimed at opening new Asian markets for Alberta's emissions-heavy fuel, includes...

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Canadian Panel Approves Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

2013-12-20 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: The Joint Review Panel for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project today recommended that the federal government approve the multi-billion dollar pipeline, subject to 209 required conditions. The Government of Canada is expected to make its final decision on the pipeline by July 2014. Conservation groups condemned the decision, saying that the three-member panel`s recommendation ignores overwhelming scientific evidence against the pipeline and widespread public opposition. The...

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In Northern Gateway Pipeline Decision, Economics Trumped All Else

2013-12-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: An independent Canadian federal panel on Thursday approved Enbridge's proposal to build a new pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to the British Columbia coast, a significant gain in the industry's long campaign to find export markets for the nation's abundant but carbon-heavy form of crude oil. The panel set 209 conditions on the project [3] as a way to overcome environmental and safety concerns. Even that, it said, would not guarantee that there would be no environmental harm. But its central...

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