I am just using the language of the debate.   The Orca's health and safety are often used in the anti-pipeline rhetoric.  

In your answer you actually rationalize the environmental abuse that the people of Vancouver Island indulge in and are okay with it.   This is something that every other North American city takes as a cost of living in an urban area on this planet.    

How can anyone declare themselves Green and not immediately take action to live their lives in a minimal green fashion?