Surfer’s documentary speaks for sea life
Raincoast film highlights world class surfers speaking for BC’s marine mammals and the threats they would face from oil tankers if the Enbridge Northern Gateway project was approved…
Tankers and Tar Sands Oil Threaten the Salish Sea
San Juan Islander
Wednesday, 14 December 2011By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
The NEB approved the latest request by Kinder Morgan, which will consequently increase tanker traffic in the Salish Sea. Despite requests by Raincoast and other NGOs, this was done without a full public process…
Canada’s tar sands: bringing pipelines, tankers and climate disruption to an ecosystem near you
Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project invites the world’s largest supertankers and dirtiest oil to the unspoiled waters of coastal British Columbia. Similarly, Kinder Morgan’s Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion would dramatically raise the level of tanker traffic traversing through Vancouver, the Fraser estuary and the Gulf Islands. For more on Kinder Morgan proposal click here. Read below for a…
Tankers and oil spills could reverse years of recovery efforts
By Chris Genovali Lessons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska have shown that even after two decades, some species and fisheries still have not recovered. This includes killer whale populations, some seabird populations, shellfish harvesting and the commercial herring fishery. If the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline is constructed from Alberta’s tar sands…
