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Vancouver (Canada) has recently joined other cities in challenging the National Energy Board黑料社檚 (NEB) recommendation to approve Kinder Morgan黑料社檚 CAN$6.8 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

Vancouver黑料社檚 Mayor, Gregor Robertson, stated that the NEB had disregarded key evidence that demonstrates the potential damage to the regional waters should an oil spill occur, as well as the impact an additional or expanded pipeline would have on greenhouse gas emissions.

Robertson stated: 黑料社淭he NEB failed to properly and thoroughly consult local communities on the pipeline and tanker route, ignoring key pieces of scientific evidence showing the potential for real and catastrophic damage to local waters in the event of an oil spill, and the impact of an expanded pipeline on greenhouse gas emissions both locally and abroad. Vancouver still has significant concerns about Kinder Morgan黑料社檚 expansion and we黑料社檝e concluded it黑料社檚 simply not worth the risk to our environment or economy.黑料社�

He concluded by noting that 黑料社渁n expanded Kinder Morgan pipeline is not in Vancouver or Canada黑料社檚 economic or environmental interest.黑料社�

The city wrote, in its statement to the Federal Court of Appeal, that the NEB 黑料社渆xcluded any opportunities for oral cross-examination of experts and evidence; provided inadequate information sharing; and failed to properly consult affected communities along the pipeline and tanker route.黑料社�

Additionally, Vancouver has requested that the federal government not make a decision on the pipeline project until the NEB carried out a lawful review.

The NEB has not commented on the city黑料社檚 application. Additionally, a decision from the court has not yet been made.

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