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Canada: Kinder Morgan takes its case for a pipeline to the people
Posted by Vancouver Sun: Gordon Hamilton on December 27th, 2012
Vancouver Sun: Five years ago, when Greg Toth was working on a Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project along the Alberta-B.C. border, the terms public engagement and consultation meant talking to a handful of landowners, holding open houses in pipeline-friendly communities and meeting with people who were mostly pleased over the employment that came along with the project. It was a relatively small project to twin the pipeline between Hinton, AB., through Jasper National Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park...
Mackenzie mill suitor blamed for rainforest destruction
Posted by Vancouver Sun: Gordon Hamilton on February 25th, 2011
Vancouver Sun: Mackenzie mill suitor blamed for rainforest destruction
Greenpeace accuses Singapore-based Sinar Mas of logging practices that are killing endangered orangutans in Sumatra
The Asian forest company that's considering buying B.C.'s Mackenzie pulp mill was targeted Wednesday in a graphically disturbing ad campaign by Greenpeace over logging practices the eco-group says is killing endangered orangutans.
Singapore-based Sinar Mas, one of the world's largest forest companies, is being accused...