[Ost-news] Offshore oil a no-go for B.C. despite the value

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Offshore oil a no-go for B.C. despite the value  
Barbara Yaffe  
Vancouver Sun  
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Early this month Ottawa invited bids from oil companies for further exploration of the environmentally sensitive Beaufort Sea in the Arctic.

And, of course, everyone knows development of Alberta's oilsands is going gangbusters. This, despite the fact environmental groups are sounding serious alarm bells about the devastation the project north of Edmonton is generating in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, use of valuable natural gas and water pollution.

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