After a review lasting almost two years, Canada’s National Energy Board has recommended to approve the more than $5-billion twinning of Kinder Morgan’s controversial Trans Mountain pipeline — with 157 conditions.
Expanding the pipeline is “in Canada’s public interest” according to the regulator, citing a boost in jobs and government revenues, though it warned increases in tanker traffic could lead to “significant effects” to the environment, including the recovery of the southern resident killer whale.
JON WOODWARD – CTV News – May 19, 2016.
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