[Ost-news] Call for Moratorium on Mackenzie Gas Project

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Green Groups Seek Freeze on Canada Arctic Pipelines  
[http://www.cnbc.com/id/20516662][1]  
30 Aug 2007 | 03:33 PM ET

Regulators should slap a moratorium on pipelines in Canada's North because governments and oil companies have not planned for long-term environmental impacts, a green-group representative said Thursday.

Several environmental and social activists began submissions Thursday to the regulatory panel probing the C$16.2 billion ($15.3 billion) Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline on the proposed development's cumulative effects.

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    [1]: http://www.cnbc.com/id/20516662 (http://www.cnbc.com/id/20516662)
    [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/call-moratorium-mackenzie-gas-project

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