Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline simply poses too great a risk to the environment for the project to go ahead, environmental groups are arguing in releasing a report Tuesday outlining their concerns.
The diluted bitumen Enbridge proposes to carry 1,177 kilometres from the Alberta oilsands to Kitimat "may weaken pipelines at a faster rate than lighter, conventional oil," said Anthony Swift of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in a teleconference with media.
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