Sentences with phrase «in tanker traffic»

Wednesday's fuel spill ignited fears of greater catastrophe with a potential increase in tanker traffic on the West Coast.

Throughout the campaign, Clark has painted the NDP as being against development and business, a case helped by leader Adrian Dix's Earth Day announcement of opposition to the expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline to Burnaby and the resulting increase in tanker traffic.

Climate change and a projected seven-fold increase in tanker traffic from the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion make immediate action more urgent than ever.

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.

According to ForestEthics, if the Northern Gateway pipeline is completed, the waterways around Vancouver could see a 700 % increase in tanker traffic.

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.

Of the three approved export pipelines, the Trans Mountain expansion project is the least desirable because it must cross rugged, environmentally sensitive terrain and would result in a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic to BC's Lower Mainland, imposing unnecessary risks on sensitive marine environments.

«Immediately employ every tool available to the new government to stop the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, the seven-fold increase in tanker traffic on our coast, and the transportation of raw bitumen through our province.»

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...

He says critics who say it will mean a 700 per cent increase in tanker traffic off the coast out of Burnaby, B.C., have their math right, but this makes the increase look bigger than it really it is.

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He insists the refinery could still compete were there no such bitumen tanker ban in place, but that «we think there should be a ban on tanker traffic because it's the right thing to do.»

But even in the remote Kyuquot Sound region, off the grid and far away from the news, it's hard to get away from conversations about the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline that would bring a never - ending stream of tanker traffic to the region.

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.

Add in stolid First Nations resistance to a proposed pipeline from the tar sands to Kitimat, and all these powerful pressures converge on the aptly named Second Narrows, which already has seen its oil tanker traffic rise precipitously in the past decade.

At the same time, we draw inspiration and lessons from the victory against Enbridge for the ongoing fight against Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which would see a sevenfold increase in tar sands tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet and the Salish Sea.

Governor Ambode also took time to speak on the traffic situation in Apapa axis of the state, attributed the gridlock to the situation of tank farms and daily activities of petrol tankers in the area.

Omeje appealed to the tanker drivers to imbibe the culture of obeying the traffic rules and regulations and consider other road users in the course of their journey.

In New York state government news, a new law aims to protect the Hudson River amid a rise in oil tanker traffic and a legislative report calls for greater action on tick - borne illnesIn New York state government news, a new law aims to protect the Hudson River amid a rise in oil tanker traffic and a legislative report calls for greater action on tick - borne illnesin oil tanker traffic and a legislative report calls for greater action on tick - borne illness.

SALT LAKE CITY — A double tanker vehicle hauling gasoline exploded on Interstate 15 temporarily shutting down traffic in both directions in Salt Lake City on Thursday.

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.

Even in the absence of oil and gas exploration, the Arctic's rapidly intensifying traffic — whether from barges, research ships, oil tankers, or passenger cruises — makes oil spills increasingly likely.

Scotland's offshore oil platforms in the North Sea generate significant wealth for the nation — especially for the Shetland Islands, where oil tanker traffic boosts the local economy.

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.

Perhaps, as May says, overturning «the current moratorium on oil tanker traffic on the B.C. coastline», and allowing huge Chinese tankers to use the «300 km of perilous navigation in highly energetic tidal conditions is a bad choice».

It's unclear how fast cargo traffic along these routes, such as this tanker ship providing winter fuel for a gold mine in Nunavut, Canada, will grow, however.

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.

Rachel Notley in her CBC radio interview pointed that the extra tankers would add about 6 % to the overall regional traffic volumes.

Some opponents may also exaggerate the potential for a public health catastrophe resulting from a spill in Vancouver harbour, as well as the effect of increased tanker traffic on the health of struggling Salish Sea orca populations.

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.

And one key issue that will be — and must be — at the centre of all of this is that the decision to go ahead, in the face of widespread opposition from numerous First Nations who are impacted by the pipeline and / or the tanker traffic associated with the pipeline, violates international human rights law.

Cars vs. Large Trucks When a car is involved in a traffic accident with a large truck, such as a tractor - trailer or tanker truck, the consequences may be catastrophic.

In a province where there is a long tradition of opposition to clear - cutting forestry practices, pollution from mines, the construction of pipelines and the licensing of coastal marine tanker traffic, the Act came as a godsend to environmentalists and anathema to the resource companies that dominate the economy and contribute heavily to the right - of - centre provincial Liberal party.

Anyway, this polite and well - spoken fellow was vehemently opposed to all tanker traffic in the Arctic.

In particular, Gitxaala is concerned that the tanker traffic and spill risks associated with the project would threaten the well - being of its communities and members, including their ability to harvest food in their traditional territory and their ability to pass on their culture to their children and grandchildreIn particular, Gitxaala is concerned that the tanker traffic and spill risks associated with the project would threaten the well - being of its communities and members, including their ability to harvest food in their traditional territory and their ability to pass on their culture to their children and grandchildrein their traditional territory and their ability to pass on their culture to their children and grandchildren.

The Trans Mountain expansion proposes a 700 per cent increase in ocean tanker traffic through the port of Vancouver and an expanded diluted bitumen (dilbit) storage facility (tank farm) in the city of Burnaby, both in Tsleil - Waututh territory at Burrard Inlet.

The menace of an oil spill from new Texas - bound tankers has nature - loving British Columbians rising up in opposition to expanded ocean traffic along the coast, that, amongst other environmental threats, endangers the killer whale population, the iconic Orcas.

This, for example, allows the B.C. government to exercise its authority over oil tanker traffic in the coastal waters dear to Aboriginal Peoples.

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.