Lest you get too caught up in Keystone XL and forget that tar-
sands oil is super-destructive in general, NRDC has a new report
about how a completely different pipeline will also lead to
ecological disaster. The Northern Gateway pipeline, which would
run from Alberta to British Columbia, has the potential to be
just as destructive to Canada as Keystone XL would be to the
U.S., if not more. Northern Gateway would threaten people and
animals along its 2,200-mile length — First Nations communities,
people who depend on fisheries and forests, salmon, bears,
whales, rainforests. You know, just most of the flora and fauna
and humanity over a 2,200-mile stretch, no biggie. And according
to NRDC, it's not even clear the pipeline is necessary.
Enbridge, the company building Northern Gateway, has failed to
show that there's adequate demand justifying the pipeline, or to
explore alternatives. One of the reasons tar-sands pipelines are
such a nightmare is that tar-sands oil, or bitumen, can actually
weaken the pipeline i