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Federal panel met in Kitimat by protest against Enbridge pipeline, tankers

For Immediate Release – August 31, 2010

(Kitimat, B.C.) Hundreds of northern B.C. residents rallied today outside the Riverlodge Recreation Centre in Kitimat, where the federal panel reviewing the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline conducted its first public meeting.

The crowd of local residents, including many First Nations from the region, say Enbridge’s plan to transport tar sands oil through B.C. by pipeline and oil tanker is the wrong choice and should not be allowed to proceed.

“The opposition to this project is massive and growing every day,” the event’s MC Gerald Amos from Kitamaat Village told the crowd.…

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