KM PIPELINE PROJECT

IS A 1200 MILE LONG CRUDE OIL PIPELINE FROM FORT MACMURRY ALBERTA TO BURNABY   B.C. ...PIPELINE IF COMPLETED WOULD CARRY 890,000 BARRELS OF TAR SANDS BITUMEN PER DAY AND WILL NEED 400 TOXIC OIL TANKERS TO TRAVERSE THE WATERS OF VANCOUVER CARRYING SAID CONTENT TO FAR AWAY DESTINATIONS...A RECIPE FOR DISASTER....IMO....
I HAVE LIVED IN BC...AND CAN VERIFY THE HUGE RISKS THIS PIPELINE GIVE TO LOCALS ALONG THE ROUTE.....ROCK SLIDES,SNOW SLIDES HAPPEN ON REGULAR BASIS....AND WEATHER,FLOODING ,FOREST FIRES ,ETC...REMEMBER,KALAMAZOO,AND EXXON VALDEZ....?....SAME COULD AND WILL HAPPEN AGAIN...

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