The Sea to Sands Conservation Alliance and the Tankers? No Thanks! campaign are hosting an evening of presentations about the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline this week.
Set for UNBC's Canfor Theatre on Wednesday, 7 p.m. start, the event will begin with an overview of the proposed project and then a presentation on the federal government's recent activities in light of the unprecedented number of Canadians who have registered to participate in joint review panel process.
Following this, a presentation will be given on the energy return on investment of the project by local businessman and engineer Chris Peters.
"The proposed pipeline would require the transport of tar sands oil to the coast of Kitimat, tanker shipping to Asian ports using and also the extraction and shipment of huge amounts of condensate to dilute the tar sands heavy oil or bitumen," organizers said in a press release.
"This process requires a considerable amount of energy inputs and it is important to investigate how much energy we are actually getting out of it."
The main presentation of the evening will be given by Sam Harrison and Nathan Leenders of Tankers? No Thanks!, who will tell their story of subsisting from the bounty of Haida Gwaii while hiking more than 300 kilometres of pristine coastline.
Harrison and Leenders undertook the hike to highlight the extreme bio-productivity of this coast and show, at least in part, what the Northern Gateway pipeline is putting at risk.
"To that end they succeeded, the richness of Haida Gwaii is virtually incomparable to anywhere else on earth and deserves protection," organizers said.
