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Canada: Kinder Morgan takes its case for a pipeline to the people

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

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...