A pipeline that would move heavy bitumen to the northern British Columbia coast from Alberta’s oilsands carries unacceptable risks, Canadian and American environmental groups say.
The proposed route for Enbridge Inc.’s $5.5-billion pipeline passes through rivers and sensitive habitat, and a spill of heavy bitumen of the type it would carry would be devastating to the region, groups including Canada’s Pembina Institute and the Natural Resources Defence Council in the United States say in a new report.
