How would an oil spill in the Great Bear Rainforest affect marine life?
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Inquiry Question: How would an oil spill in the Great Bear Rainforest affect the marine life?
-How many gallons of oil is in the supertankers?
"Supertankers" are generally defined as those greater than 250,000 tonnes deadweight (meaning the maximum weight they can carry when fully loaded). Today's supertankers, on average, can carry about 2 million barrels or 84 million gallons of crude oil and petroleum product.
-How does oil react to water?
If oil is spilled in the ocean, it tends to form slicks on the surface, such as in the case of the Exxon Valdez. This is a major problem for the nearby wildlife.
-What are the benefits for the pipeline?
While Enbridge is building the pipeline there will be jobs for 3000 people. After that in the long term employment 560 people will also get jobs. Enbridge will also give the Aboriginal People 10% of their $5.5 Billion profit.
-How many oil tankers will be going through the Great Bear Rainforest each year?
There will be 220 supertankers going through the Great Bear Rainforest each year.
-Why shouldn't the pipeline go through the Great Bear Rainforest?
Why shouldn't the pipeline go through the Great Bear Rainforest? The Aboriginal get 10% of the profit and there's going to be jobs for 3000 people while its getting built. Then why not? The Northern Gateway Project proposes to build twin pipelines from the Alberta tar sands through the Great Bear, to the BC coast. The 1,170-kilometre route would bisect the rainforest. The pipelines would transport toxic oil sands bitumen across hundreds of salmon streams. The pipeline would bring as many as 220 supersized oil tankers into B.C’s sensitive coastal waters every year. Also the marine life can get badly injured if there is an oil spill.
-What does the B.C. Goverment have to say?
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said on Friday she does not support the construction of Enbridge Inc’s $6 billion Northern Gateway pipeline plan unless five conditions are met, but did not rule out eventually approving the project. World-leading oil-spill response and clean-up systems were among the five conditions Clark demanded last year before the province would approve any heavy oil pipelines across its territory. The province does not believe that bar has been met and last month said the line should not be built.
Inquiry Question: How would an oil spill in the Great Bear Rainforest affect the marine life?
-How many gallons of oil is in the supertankers?
"Supertankers" are generally defined as those greater than 250,000 tonnes deadweight (meaning the maximum weight they can carry when fully loaded). Today's supertankers, on average, can carry about 2 million barrels or 84 million gallons of crude oil and petroleum product.
-How does oil react to water?
If oil is spilled in the ocean, it tends to form slicks on the surface, such as in the case of the Exxon Valdez. This is a major problem for the nearby wildlife.
-What are the benefits for the pipeline?
While Enbridge is building the pipeline there will be jobs for 3000 people. After that in the long term employment 560 people will also get jobs. Enbridge will also give the Aboriginal People 10% of their $5.5 Billion profit.
-How many oil tankers will be going through the Great Bear Rainforest each year?
There will be 220 supertankers going through the Great Bear Rainforest each year.
-Why shouldn't the pipeline go through the Great Bear Rainforest?
Why shouldn't the pipeline go through the Great Bear Rainforest? The Aboriginal get 10% of the profit and there's going to be jobs for 3000 people while its getting built. Then why not? The Northern Gateway Project proposes to build twin pipelines from the Alberta tar sands through the Great Bear, to the BC coast. The 1,170-kilometre route would bisect the rainforest. The pipelines would transport toxic oil sands bitumen across hundreds of salmon streams. The pipeline would bring as many as 220 supersized oil tankers into B.C’s sensitive coastal waters every year. Also the marine life can get badly injured if there is an oil spill.
-What does the B.C. Goverment have to say?
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said on Friday she does not support the construction of Enbridge Inc’s $6 billion Northern Gateway pipeline plan unless five conditions are met, but did not rule out eventually approving the project. World-leading oil-spill response and clean-up systems were among the five conditions Clark demanded last year before the province would approve any heavy oil pipelines across its territory. The province does not believe that bar has been met and last month said the line should not be built.