Sentences with phrase «tanker traffic»

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.

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 oil tankers are part and parcel with Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project, which would deliver bitumen from Alberta to an expanded Kitimat port, and on to Asia, and would end a long - standing moratorium on oil tanker traffic on the B.C. coast.

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.

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

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.

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.

The TMEX proposal would result in a seven-fold increase in oil tanker traffic from Westridge Marine terminal, located in the heart of Tsleil - Waututhâ $ ™ s traditional territory and visible from the community of Tsleil - Waututh.

Anybody who knows anything about coastal navigation can see that heavy tanker traffic is going to produce bad odds.

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.»

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.»

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

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.

The West Ridge Marine terminal would be expanded to allow Burrard Inlet tanker traffic to increase from 5 to 34 vessels per month not a small increase in capacity.

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.

The announced ban on tanker traffic carrying crude oil on the north coast represents an opportunity for the government to make it impossible for all practical purposes for the Northern Gateway project to operate.

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 NEB's report on the Kinder Morgan pipeline failed to mitigate harm from the increased tanker traffic noise to Southern Resident killer whales, and also failed to consider other oil tanker impacts that could affect the whales» critical habitat and prey availability, such as oil spills, routine pollution and accidents.

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.

WASHINGTON (November 13, 2015)-- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government is following through on an election promise to ban crude oil tanker traffic off the coast of northern British Columbia.

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.

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.

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

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.

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».

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.

This would result in a fourfold increase in tanker traffic through Burrard Inlet to 444 vessels per year.

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.

The B.C. government specifically declined to be involved in the decision that would greatly scale up tanker traffic off our coast, through our largest city.

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.

Still, at least four - in - five British Columbians are worried about increases in oil tanker traffic (88 %), the risk of an oil spill (85 %) and the impact of construction on the environment (also 85 %).

Victoria's Dogwood Initiative is planning a Sept. 20 rally outside Lunn's office to highlight his support of oil tanker traffic, and all three of his main opponents will be doing their best to show the minister's record is a very dark brown.

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.

British Columbia argues that the pipeline would increase tanker traffic in Vancouver seven-fold — seriously increasing the risk of an oil spill along the B.C. coast — and that it therefore should be delayed, to further study the potential impact of a spill, or scrapped entirely.

Twinning the pipeline would triple the pipeline's capacity and result in increased oil tanker traffic.

But back to that pipeline from Alberta, the agreement states: «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.»

«There is a reason why First Nations oppose the pipeline and associated 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.

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 illness.

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.

It is threatened by offshore oil drilling and tanker traffic.