Sentences with phrase «in increased oil tanker traffic»

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Four - in - five British Columbians are concerned about the expected increase in oil tanker traffic at Kitimat and through the passage (83 %) and the risk of an oil spill (80 %) if the Enbridge Northern Gateway is authorized.

VANCOUVER — The Christy Clark government has asked Ottawa to lift a ban on burning oil to deal with spills, proof that Christy Clark is prepared to do anything to allow a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic on B.C.'s coast, say the...

The projected threefold increase in tanker traffic through Vancouver's harbour that will be required to accommodate the increased oil volume poses environmental and health risks that no amount of marine response money or preparation can mitigate.

In previous research he found that Vibrio became the dominant type of marine bacteria off the south - eastern US as oil tanker traffic increased after the 1970s.

In December 2013, the Associated Press reported that a planned pipeline transporting Alberta oil sands to Vancouver, British Columbia would increase local tanker traffic «nearly sevenfold.»

Kinder Morgan has been granted permission to expand its pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast with a resulting increase in oil tanker traffic in coastal waters.

Lummi Nation Member and commercial fisherman, on increased oil tanker ship traffic that will come with a proposed tar sands pipeline in the Pacific Northwest.

With the approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, we expect an increase in tanker traffic by 700 % through the Salish Sea, meaning more oil moving through pipelines and more export terminals, making Washington State a target for dangerous spills and explosions.

Firstly, I'm guessing that there are exaggerations about some of the effects of increased oil tanker traffic in the Salish Sea.

In the Pacific Northwest, where oil refineries are seeking to increase their exports, tanker traffic could increase from 28,000 barrels per day to 535,000 barrels per day in Oregon and Washington, and up to a staggering 1.2 million barrels through British Columbian waterIn the Pacific Northwest, where oil refineries are seeking to increase their exports, tanker traffic could increase from 28,000 barrels per day to 535,000 barrels per day in Oregon and Washington, and up to a staggering 1.2 million barrels through British Columbian waterin Oregon and Washington, and up to a staggering 1.2 million barrels through British Columbian waters.

Kinder Morgan's proposal to twin its existing Trans Mountain Pipeline would increase the amount of oil transported from Edmonton to Burnaby's Westbridge Terminal from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day, and increase tanker traffic through part of the Southern Resident killer whales» critical habitat in the Salish Sea by nearly seven times, from 60 tankers per year to over 420.

If built, the Trans Mountain project would dramatically increase shipments of bitumen to a maximum of about 890,000 barrels per day from Alberta to a terminal in Burnaby, a city in Metro Vancouver.The project is also estimated to increase oil tanker traffic by seven times above current levels in the traditional territory of the Tsleil - Waututh Nation.