| BC Oil Tanker Disaster A Matter Of Time | 22 October 14 |
The memory of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill has yet to fade in the minds of Canadians. A current proposal to the Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline that would carry oil from the Alberta oilsands to a terminal in Kitimat for shipment to Asia is doing nothing to ease the memory of the Exxon Valdez spill. The proposed pipeline would bring about 220 large oil tankers a year to the province's coast, something few want to see other than the owners of the oil companies. Canada's inability to rescue the drifting Russian freighter highlights the dangers of oil tanker traffic on B.C.'s coast, said Living Oceans Society executive director Karen Wristen. "The failure (for Canada) to provide tug capacity on the North Coast puts these incredibly sensitive marine ecosystems at unacceptable risk from shipping," said Wristen. "The Simushir was following the same course intended for oil tankers leaving the proposed Kitimat terminal of the Northern Gateway project."
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