Enbridge

UBCIC Fully Supports Yinka Dene Opposition to Proposed Enbridge Pipeline

whit — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:23:50 +0100

Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C – Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs stated “By formal resolution in accordance to our Constitution and Bylaws, the UBCIC is steadfastly opposed to the Enbridge Pipeline Project and we will forever proudly stand with the Yinka Dene Alliance, Coastal First Nations, Heiltsuk Nation, Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council and the many other Indigenous Peoples who are standing as a unified wall of solidarity up and down the coast and heartland of British Columbia in their unbreakable opposition to this proposed Enbridg

Enbridge faces AGM challenge

whit — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:12:11 +0100

Vancouver – Groups opposed to the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline, shown protesting outside Enbridge’s Vancouver offices last year

NEI Investments’ Ethical Funds has filed a motion to be voted on at Enbridge’s annual general meeting in Toronto Wednesday, asking the company to address the risks associated with first nations’ opposition to their proposed pipeline.

The $5-billion Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline project would transport oil from Alberta’s oilsands to Kitimat, where it would be loaded on tankers and shipped around the world.

A "Yes" to Enbridge's Pipeline is a "No" to Ethics in Canada

whit — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:32:18 +0100

As the battle over Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline plays out, two key questions about the moral make-up of Canada will be answered. First, will we as a nation respond to climate change with a renewed commitment to conventional energy and conventional economic growth?

Second, will large companies be allowed to bulldoze through unceded Aboriginal territory without local consent?

If built, the $5.6-billion pipeline would carry bitumen from the Alberta oil sands through the territory of dozens of First Nations to the B.C.

Questions raised over whether First Nations could stop Enbridge pipeline

Kailash — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:16:28 +0100

The world received two blunt messages this week on Enbridge Inc.’s proposed $5.5-billion oilsands pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s northern coast.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the government will “make it a national priority to ensure we have the capacity to export our energy products beyond the United States, and specifically to Asia.”

But that pitch for the pipeline megaproject, which would open up the largely land-locked oilsands resource to non-U.S.

B.C. natives willing to 'go to the wall' against Enbridge pipeline

whit — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:28:05 +0100

The proposed Enbridge pipeline is the largest issue ever faced by B.C.’s aboriginal community, native leader Stewart Phillip declared Monday, as he vowed a long, protracted fight, including blockades and mass protests, against the project, if it is allowed to proceed.

“Our people are prepared to go to the wall against this. There is no doubt about that,” warned Grand Chief Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.

Time to pull the plug on the Enbridge Northern Gateway fiasco

whit — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:34:47 +0100

Days after the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board issued a scathing report on the company’s incompetent response to a Michigan oil spill, Enbridge issued a statement saying that it is willing to spend a further $500 million — yes, a half a billion dollars — on further safety measures on the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.

The company’s spokesperson seemed tone deaf to the irony of the announcement.

Canada revs up for fight over second tar sands oil pipeline

Kailash — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:43:58 +0100

Reporting from Fort St. James, Canada – The prime minister is talking about being “held hostage” by U.S. interests. Radio ads blare, “Stand up to this foreign bully.” A Twitter account tells of a “secret plan to target Canada: exposed!”
Could this be Canada? The cheerful northern neighbor: supplier of troops to unpleasant U.S.-led foreign conflicts, reliable trade partner, ally in holding terrorism back from North America’s shores, not to mention the No.

You heard it here: Northern Gateway’s dead

whit — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:18:32 +0100

The Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge proposes to build from Alberta’s bitumen oil to the Pacific coast of British Columbia is, for all intents and purposes, dead.

Yes, regulatory hearings before the National Energy Board will continue until the NEB approves the project. And yes, Enbridge will keep pushing for it. And yes, the Harper government, which is so publicly committed to the project, will continue to extol its virtues as part of the need to get Canadian resources to Asia.

But the project is dead.

Breaking Ground: Women, Oil & Climate Change: Delegation to Highlight Tar Sands Impact on Women

whit — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:19:53 +0100

To highlight the consequences of the tar sands’ impacts on women and their communities, a delegation led by 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams begins Tuesday, touring the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline route through Alberta and British Colombia.

The Breaking Ground: Women, Oil & Climate Change delegation from the Nobel Women’s Initiative aims to show the “perspectives rarely taken into account by decision makers” by gathering and amplyifying the voices of women who will suffer from tar sands and climate change impacts.

“As peacebuilders and community leaders, women aroun

3,500 protest against Northern Gateway; company still to go ahead

whit — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:54:12 +0100

Thousands of people jammed the front lawn of Canada’s British Columbian parliament on Monday to oppose Enbridge’s controversial $5.5-billion pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the country’s West Coast.

But the company behind the projected Northern Gateway duct had its own message for the crowd.

Enbridge vice president, Janet Holder, told CKNW News the company would go ahead with its plans despite opposition, taking every precaution to prevent an oil spill from happening.

The company estimates that opening up Asian markets to Canadian oil would boost Canada’s GDP by $270 billion