Case Closed: Enbridge failed to prove Northern Gateway pipelines in the national interest
This report compiles evidence highlighting Enbridge’s failure to prove benefits and address adverse environmental effects. Gaps in Enbridge evidence highlighted in the report include outlining an oil spill response plan, defining the pipeline’s proposed route, providing adequate baseline studies, assessing impacts to aboriginal culture and a comprehensive study of the unstable coastal terrain the pipeline would cross. As well, the process did not address climate change or environmental impacts in the tar sands , despite accepting economic evidence based on tar sands expansion.