Sentences with phrase «of increased oil tanker traffic»

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

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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.

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.

The local air district and Phillips 66 still refuse to provide any information regarding the details of the cause of the Sept. 2016 Yamuna Spirit spill, nor as to the source of oil intended to be delivered with the increased oil tanker traffic to the Phillips 66 SF Bay refinery.

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.

A number of First Nations have expressed serious concerns to the JRP about potential impacts to their rights from the project due to the pipeline, increased tanker traffic, and the risk of an oil spill that could devastate their traditional territories, waters and resources.

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.

If built, the Trans Mountain expansion would dramatically increase oil tanker traffic off of the coast of British Columbia.