Sentences with phrase «of tanker traffic»

Gitxaala has filed evidence with the JRP to suggest that for them, the risks and effects of tanker traffic and a marine oil spill outweigh any potential economic benefits.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

A quiet application to the National Energy Board (NEB) may soon vastly expand oil tanker traffic through the waters of Burrard Inlet, making Vancouver the major conduit of oils sands crude and bitumen to China.

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.

Climate change director Merran Smith said northern communities need to understand the risks of oil pipelines and tanker traffic to ocean and salmon stream eco-systems.

This would require beefing up the northern B.C. ports of Kitimat and Prince Rupert to handle tanker traffic.

«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.»

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.

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.

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.

The New York State Department of Transportation has employed 75 excavators, four bulldozers, 20 graders, 17 vacuum trucks with sewer jets, 12 water pumps, 1,441 large dump trucks, 318 large loaders, 15 tree crew bucket trucks, 79 chippers, 57 traffic signal trucks, and 13 water tankers to assist with worker's efforts, Cuomo said.

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.

The Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, noted that despite legislations and concerted efforts by government agencies, road traffic unions and associations to halt such accidents, tankers and trailers contributed a good number of deaths recorded on the roads.

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.

At times it's spookily free of traffic, at others it's thick with cars and dumb tanker drivers attempting to overtake another lorry just as you reach an eight - mile uphill climb.

We absorb all the risk of pipeline leaks and tanker traffic for precious little return, equating to a few long term facility jobs...

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».

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.

For one, the departure / arrival point became Halifax versus New York or the gulf of Mexico (tanker traffic).

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.

This would, among other things, spare the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area from the environmental damage of heavy LNG tanker traffic.

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

We the signatories draw your attention to proposals by Enbridge, Kinder Morgan and CN Rail to expand crude oil tanker traffic through B.C.'s coast to ship oil to Asia, which would put B.C.'s abundant salmon rivers and coast at risk of oil spills.

I oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline for a number of reasons, beginning with the fact that the project requires over-turning the current moratorium on oil tanker traffic on the British Columbia coastline.

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.

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.

Liberals: Trudeau has promised a Liberal government would reject the Enbridge Northern Gateway project approval because of threat increased tanker traffic poses to the ocean economy and clear opposition from First Nations and B.C. residents.

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.

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 grandchildren.

For those following the Northern Gateway project, one direction from the PM stands out: that the Ministers of Fisheries and Transportation are to formalize a moratorium on crude oil tanker traffic on British Columbia's North Coast.

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.

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.

West Coast Environmental Law applauds two of Vancouver's elected bodies — Vancouver City Council and the Vancouver Parks Board — for passing resolutions to take a formal position on the proposed Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion project, and associated oil tanker traffic.

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.

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

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