The government’s oil spill plans are a bit too slick
As we have learned from previous oil spills, no response is possible in rough weather, high seas and dangerous conditions…
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2013 Salish Sea calendars!
Raincoast’s 2013 Salish Sea calendar is available at our Art for an Oil-Free Coast exhibition in Nanaimo, as well as at Hemp & Co stores in Victoria and Sidney…
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BC government conditions on pipelines
Island Tides August 9 – 22, 2012
By Patrick Brown
Premier Christy Clark’s government has given birth to a conditional policy for Enbridge… -
An oil spill off B.C. won’t be able to control itself
The government of British Columbia has announced five requirements that must be met before it approves any new heavy-oil pipeline from the Alberta oil sands, such as the Enbridge Northern Gateway project.
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Gateway is bad news
Edmonton Journal
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
Another one of the B.C. government’s dead on arrival requirements calls for “world-leading marine oil spill response… -
Pipeline risks need a closer look
Vancouver Sun
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
The B.C. government has announced five requirements that must be met before it approves any new heavy-oil pipeline.. -
Oops, I spilled it again: why Exxon history is repeating
As Saturday March 24th marked the 23rd anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the question arises whether the Canadian government has learned any lessons…
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Tankers and tar sands oil threaten seas
Gulf Islands Driftwood
December 13, 2011By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
Kinder Morgan wants to triple the amount of crude oil being shipped from Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet through Georgia Strait, the Fraser estuary, the Gulf Islands, the San Juan Islands, Haro Strait and Juan de Fuca Strait…
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Energy giant applies for massive potential liability
While British Columbians are focused on the threat of oil tankers to B.C.’s north coast, Kinder Morgan wants to quadruple the amount of crude oil going from Burrard Inlet through Georgia Strait, the Gulf Islands, Haro Strait and the Juan de Fuca…
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Tankers and orcas cannot co-exist
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Island Tides July 28, 2011
According to Kinder Morgan, an estimated 288 tankers (576 transits) will leave Westridge Terminal by 2016, up from 71 tankers (142 transits) in 2010. This translates to more than one tanker per day transiting our region’s front yard…
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B.C. coast at risk if crude oil delivery rises substantially
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Edmonton Journal July 23, 2011
Earlier this year, energy giant Kinder Morgan submitted an application proposing to increase the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline that is delivering oilsands crude to the Westridge Marine Terminal in British Columbia’s Burrard Inlet…
