{"id":11638,"date":"2013-10-05T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=11638"},"modified":"2013-10-05T07:18:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T11:18:20","slug":"energy-east-pipeline-debate-comes-to-ontario-and-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/10\/05\/energy-east-pipeline-debate-comes-to-ontario-and-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy East pipeline debate comes to Ontario and Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oil pipeline sections stacked outside Morden, Manitoba. Photo: Loozrboy<\/a>, Creative Commons, some rights reserved<\/p><\/div>\n

Newshounds, the business sector and environmentalists already know many of the arguments swirling around the Keystone XL pipeline project.<\/p>\n

Critics call development of Canada’s oil patch (sometimes called tar sands) an environmental nightmare that could be “game over” for the planet. There are so many opposition sites it’s hard to pick just one, but here’s an example<\/a> from the Natural Resources Defense Council.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, supporters call it a “no-brainer”, a fantastic source of ethical oil, jobs and economic growth. TransCanada explains their perspective here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of the debate has turned decidely snarky.<\/p>\n

Paraphrased, parts of it sound like this: “Canada, a piddling second-string nation like you is not allowed<\/em> to mess up our planet. We wiser types, in a more important country, say so. And that’s that.”<\/p>\n

To which some supporters in Canada seem to retort: “America, you will<\/em> buy this oil – if you know what’s good for you. Because if you don’t we’re still gonna dig it up, ship it out and sell it. Maybe to China, maybe to ourselves. We’ll figure it out. Because that energy resource will<\/em> be developed. So there.”<\/p>\n

The jury is still out on XL approval in the U.S. Which means another proposal to make sure the oil goes somewhere is getting serious funding and attention within Canada: the Energy East Pipeline.<\/a><\/p>\n

Quoting from the TransCanada website<\/a> for that project:<\/p>\n

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Called the Energy East Pipeline, the 4,500-kilometre pipeline will carry 1.1-million barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada.<\/p>\n

Currently, the project has the following major components:<\/p>\n