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Opinion On Clark's Yes-for-a-Price Pipeline Conditions

By Robyn Allan, Yesterday, TheTyee.ca, July 23 201

BC government's five provisos include weak no-brainers and faulty revenue claims.

British Columbia outlines requirements for heavy oil pipeline consideration

BC Ministries of Environment, Aboriginal Relations & Reconciliation, Energy & Mines, July 23 2012

Liberals' own report makes the case for opposing Enbridge pipeline

Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, July 24 201

After months of leaving the heavy lifting on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline to others, the B.C. Liberals finally weighed in Monday with their take on the controversial project.

Pipeline risks exceed rewards, B.C. Premier says

Karen Howlett & Bill Curry, Globe and Mail, Jul 22 2012

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is warning that the environmental risks associated with a plan to sell Canadian oil to Asia through the Northern Gateway pipeline outweigh the economic benefits, leaving her at odds with the federal and Alberta governments.

It's semi-official: The Enbridge Northern Gateway project is kaput!

David J. Climenhaga, Rabble.ca, July 19 2012

If you thought NDP Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair was mistaken -- or, worse, just being "divisive" -- when he said about a week ago that the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline was finished, think again.

Enbridge plans $500-million safety upgrade for Gateway

Nathan VanderKlippe, The Globe and Mail, Jul. 20 2012

Facing widespread concern about the safety of oil pipelines, Enbridge Inc. promised to spend up to $500-million to reinforce its planned Northern Gateway pipeline to the British Columbia coast, while the Alberta government is launching a broad review of industry practices in the province.

Pipeline safety records under scrutiny as B.C. set to get more

Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, July 17, 2012

Kinder Morgan says Trans Mountain project has seen only small leaks in the last decade

Enbridge pipeline doomed to be non-starter

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, July 11, 2012

Opposition leader Adrian Dix was quick to make political hay Tuesday out of a U.S. regulator's finding that Enbridge officials responded like the "Keystone Kops" to a spill from one of their oil pipelines.

Failure of Northern Gateway pipeline could cost taxpayers, former insurance executive warns

By Peter O'Neil, Edmonton Journal, July 5, 2012

OTTAWA - Taxpayers aren’t adequately protected in the event Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline suffers the same kind of catastrophic failure that resulted in a $765 million US spill in Michigan two years ago, says a former Canadian insurance executive.

Province Newspaper Pulled Cartoon Under Pressure from Enbridge

Rafe Mair, Common Sense Canadian, 26 June 2012

Pasted hereon is one of the funniest clips I have ever seen. It’s a spoof of an Enbridge pipeline video ad by Vancouver Province cartoonist, Dan Murphy. It’s brilliant and was on the Province’s website last Friday. It was pulled a few hours later after an enraged call to the Province by Enbridge.

Elk Point pipeline spill releases 230,000 litres of heavy crude: Enbridge

By Mariam Ibrahim and Karen Kleiss, Edmonton Journal, June 19, 2012

EDMONTON - Cleanup is underway after an oil spill Monday along Enbridge’s Athabasca pipeline, southeast of Elk Point, the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board says.

Pipeline leak near Sundre takes toll on Gateway project

By James Wood And Chris Varcoe, Calgary Herald, June 17, 2012

Opponents point to spill, warn of risks

An oil spill in central Alberta flowed into the Red Deer River system, but its ultimate effect may be felt thousands of kilometres away, over the Rocky Mountains.

Alberta oil spill looms large in B.C.

Graham Thomson, Vancouver Sun, June 13, 2012

Plains Midstream accident comes as Northern Gateway makes its way through review process

When Alberta Premier Alison Redford showed up at the site of the Red Deer River oil spill on Friday, she didn't bring a bucket and mop. She didn't help deploy a boom and she didn't go looking for any oil-soaked animals to rescue.

In terms of being helpful, Redford was about as useful to the cleanup efforts as the media horde that descended on the scene.

But Redford showed up and she showed up quickly.

Cash not king when it comes to aboriginals, pipelines

By Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun, June 7, 2012

Native groups dispute Enbridge's claim that 60 per cent of first nations along route support project

Money can't buy you love - that's a message several B.C. aboriginal groups sent on Wednesday to proponents of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.

In B.C., energy policy becomes a political battleground

JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail, Jun. 03 2012

VICTORIA — A 30-page technical report containing the B.C. government’s assessment of the proposed Northern Gateway project sits on Environment Minister Terry Lake’s desk. Still, his government remains silent on the plan to build a pipeline across northern B.C. to get Alberta oil to Asian markets.

Enbridge aims ad campaign at opposition

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun, May 30, 2012

Pipeline protests ramp up as company plans to raise its profile

Canada's oil-sands bonanza could mean disaster for Alaska's coastline

By Michael Byers, Seattle Times, May 17 2012

Canada's disregard for the impacts of selling oil sands to China will lead to the near-inevitability of another Exxon Valdez-type spill in U.S. waters, writes guest columnist Michael Byers.

Over 500 Gather Outside Enbridge AGM to Say No to Proposed Northern Gateway

By Maryam Adrangi, Council of Canadians, May 9th, 2012

Over 500 people gathered in David Pecaut Square in Toronto for a water ceremony that led into a march to the Enbridge AGM. Members of the Yinka Dene Alliance, a group of First Nations which have banned the Enbridge pipeline from their territory, as well as supporters have traveled to Toronto on the Freedom Train to send a clear message to company shareholders: The Northern Gateway Pipeline is not allowed on their land.

Enbridge AGM: Police out in full force at giant energy company’s annual general meeting

Vanessa Lu, The Star, May 9, 2012

Dozens of police and security guards were out in full force outside the King Edward hotel on Wednesday as protesters were marching toward the venue.

Proposed Pipelines and Tanker Spill Risk for BC

Robyn Allan, May 6 2012

British Columbians have been told the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and Marine Terminal represents 220 tankers a year when it could be upwards of 340 per year.

Marine and oil expert's alarming critique of proposed Enbridge pipeline

Alexis Stoymenoff, Vancouver Observer, Apr 23rd, 2012

First let me say that my background is all in the Marine industry, first as a professional Master Mariner with worldwide seagoing experience and secondly ashore in ship management.

Oilsands debate shifts to west coast

Steven Ewart, Calgary Herald, April 20 2012

The focal point of the oilsands debate, which moved from the pastoral U.S. Midwest to the pristine B.C. wilderness, has now shifted to the decidedly troubled waters off Canada's West Coast in response to a plan to ship more oil through the port at Vancouver.

Little in pipeline expansions for B.C.

Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun, April 20 2012

VANCOUVER — As yet another proposal emerges to carry ever-greater volumes of Alberta oil to the West Coast, British Columbians have every good reason to ask: What's in it for us?

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