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Enbridge pipeline record not worth the risk

Special to the Vancouver Province by Raincoast Executive Director

Enbridge Northern Gateway is proposing a pipeline and oil tankers through BC

By Chris Genovali,

September 10, 2010

With the preliminary hearings having commenced for the federal Joint Review Panel on Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta’s tarsands to the B.C. coast, it would be illustrative to look south of the border.

The company’s operations in the U.S. should be of particular interest to British Columbians in relation to the Northern Gateway project.

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