Canadians in Vancouver Say No to Tankers & Enbridge Pipeline

Greenpeace Canada and other environmental groups and citizens gathered outside the regional office of Enbridge in downtown Vancouver to say no to the company's proposal to pump bitumen from the Tar Sands across BC and into coastal supertankers in the Great Bear Rainforest. The demonstration was staged in conjunction with a similar one in Calgary outside Enbridge's Annual General Meeting today. Concerns over the company's BC proposal have been heightened by the recent environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico that has seen millions of gallons of oil pollute the marine environment and threaten coastal communities, fish, and wildlife.

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[moist182]

a rig in the middle of the gulf of mexico isnt the same as a pipeline on land

[CommonSenseCanadian]

The prize for most insightful comment of the day goes to moist182!!! 

[moist182]

@CommonSenseCanadian ive seen your website, you state there will be leaks, thats a pretty bold statement, theres valves spread throughout the line incase of a rupture to control these minor leaks as in comparison to a rig on the gulf of mexico drilling miles deep on the ocean floor. then theres the picture you have of the alaska pipeline all of it on the surface, we bury the pipe these days, and using terrorism as an excuse is also pretty stupid i could think of better targets

[CommonSenseCanadian]

There will be leaks - guaranteed. Look at the past month: 2 more major leaks from Enbridge in Michigan and Illinois - on top of a dozen major ones over the past decade. Then there's tanker traffic - through one of the world's most perilous coastlines. As for burying the lines, how about river crossings - all thousand of them; and what about seismic activity - no risk of a rupture? Sure there's a difference between a pipeline and a rig; but to suggest it's not a worthy comparison is ridiculous

[phuck66]

Any oil touches the BC soil, I'm going to take Extreme action to stop the pipeline, by any means nessesary!!!!!! Theres otheres that share my ideal. Whites want to conquer and destroy everything that has untouched wildlife! I'm talkin about Enbridge and the Governments, especially the government!! Dont believe me, look up "Oka and 270 years of Resistance" and the documentaries on Sitting bull!

[johnathanbotel]

hahahaha, good fucking luck, they have found a sustainable way to create another source of energy, and as stupid as it sounds, its salt water, (the ocean) but no government will go for it, cause they wont be making any money. so it got scrapped.

[Nolocals]

Great work. Thanks to you all for walking the walk.

Why does the oil industry still need subsidies? Brennan was right. Why is this not

redirected to sustainable sources of energy? As David Blume states, the alternatives were developing rapidly until the subsidies ended in 1980.

Some problems take a community to resolve.