See conditions 57 to 59, which require Enbridge to conduct a pre-construction assessment of
caribou habitat impacted by the project and conditions 51 and 191, which require Enbridge to prepare a construction phase and operations phase marine mammal protection plan.
Tar Sands and Unconventional Fossil Fuels In a previous post «Silence Is Deadly» I wrote, «The environmental
impacts of tar sands development include: irreversible effects on biodiversity and the natural environment, reduced water quality, destruction of fragile pristine Boreal forest and associated wetlands, aquatic and watershed mismanagement,
habitat fragmentation,
habitat loss, disruption to life cycles of endemic wildlife particularly bird and
caribou migration, fish deformities and negative
impacts on the human health in downstream communities.»