The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will twin an existing pipeline running from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C. increasing transport capacity from 300,000 barrels of oil per day to 890,000 barrels per day. Trudeau also approved an application to increase capacity of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline from 390,000 to 915,000 barrels per day.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the two pipelines combined represent an increase of 23 to 28 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent released into the atmosphere.
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“If built, these projects would facilitate huge growth in the tar sands,” Adam Scott, analyst with Oil Change International, said, “increasing total greenhouse gas pollution by as much as [27 megatonnes] of CO2 every year — equivalent to the pollution from 58 million cars on the road.”
Trudeau acknowledged the Trans Mountain approval was made in light of increased production in the oilsands.
“We know there will be an increase in the production in oilsands in coming years,” Trudeau said, adding Canada’s pipeline network is operating at capacity, meaning more pipelines are necessary.
But Scott says that position isn’t backed up by the facts.
“There is no need for any additional pipeline capacity,” Scott said, pointing to a recent analysis done by Oil Change International.
Read more at Trudeau Approves Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline as Part of Canada’s ‘Climate Plan’
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