Environmentalists Plan Mass Mobilization Against Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/09/14-2


Enbridge Inc. is proposing the pipeline to run from the oil sands to Kitimat, B.C. (CBC)

Environmental activists in Canada have announced plans for a mass sit in at the British Columbia legislature, to protest the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. Greenpeace Canada has claimed that the organizers's goal is to create the "biggest act of civil disobedience" on the tarsands issue in Canada to date.

The action is backed by over 80 community, union, business and First Nation leaders, including Stephen Lewis, David Suzuki, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Tom Goldtooth, David Coles, Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, John O’Connor, and Tony Clarke. You can view the full list at defendourcoast.ca.

The action, organized under the title Defend Our Coast, seeks to highlight the B.C. and Federal government's compliance with the oil industry, through gutting environmental protection laws and cancelling more than 3,000 safety assessments of industrial projects such as the pipeline.