#Energy East #environment #Oil Sands #Pipeline #tar sands #transcanadaProtesters Interrupt Pipeline President’s Speech in OttawaTransCanada’s Energy East pipeline president, Francois Poirier, came to Ottawa today, expecting to be the star attraction for a crowd of over 200 who paid to listen to his speech at the Chateau Laurier. Instead, his talk was interrupted by Ottawa residents upset with TransCanada’s plans to ship 175 million litres of tar sands bitumen through Ottawa every day. ...
#Energy East Pipeline #environment #greenhouse gas #nature #oil #pollution #tar sands #transcanadaPremiers’ Meeting Greeted by 10-Foot Inflatable Elephant, Reminder of Energy East’s Climate PollutionLocal groups deployed a large inflatable elephant outside the hotel where premiers met today in Ottawa. The groups were calling attention to the premiers' refusal to evaluate the controversial Energy East pipeline’s climate pollution footprint. Transporting 1.1 million barrels per day, TransCanada’s 4,400-kilometre Energy East pipeline from Alberta to ports in Quebec and New Brunswick would be the largest tar sands pipeline in North America. ...