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Mackenzie pipeline report online December 30, 2009

by Jessica Tucker | December 30, 2009 at 12:01 pm

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As another pipeline proposal comes to the headlines in Canada, aboriginal groups and communities in the Northwest Territories of Canada continue to ponder the idea and possible outcomes of this environmentally destructive opportunity.

CBC News released that a report by the Joint Review Panel is set to be released later today which provides analysis of all sides of this proposed venture by the Makenzie Gas Project including "the socio-economic and environmental impacts" of the project.

The report has been anxiously awaited by the proponents of the proposed pipeline, which would run more than 1,200 kilometres through the Northwest Territories' Mackenzie Valley to the Alberta boundary.

With names such as Conoco, Shell and Exxon attached to this massive pipeline project Canada need only wait for September and the final decision to be made by the National Energy Board. However, a review that "was only expected to take 10 months" ended up taking almost six years to complete due to heavy environmental stress this project will put on the already sensitive Canadian north.

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Amy Judd

at 13:51 on December 30th, 2009

This scares me quite a bit...

Jessica Tucker

at 17:21 on December 30th, 2009

I hate to say...We should be scared.

PIM of SPAIN

at 23:35 on December 30th, 2009

And it wouldn't be necessary at all, if authorities will adopt the use of nuclear energy that is more economical than oil and able to transform the abundant resources of coal into environmental friendly diesel fuel to be used for transportation and power generation without pipelines that destroy pristine natural areas. Read more details.