The Common Sense Canadian home page: Rail, pipeline and climate disasters are symptoms of fossil fuel addiction

Sadly, industry proponents quickly exploited the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster to argue for expanding pipelines. It’s true that rail accidents can be more devastating to human life than pipeline accidents – although when it comes to oil, pipeline breaks usually spill greater quantities and cause more environmental damage than train derailments.

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The Common Sense Canadian home page: The Ministry of Natural Gas: British Columbians will pay high price for LNG

By electing a party whose principal economic platform is the development of British Columbia’s natural gas resources, BC voters have decided to tempt disaster. The province’s premier, apparently oblivious to the portentous warnings of climate science, has created a new ministry specifically tasked with the responsibility of developing at least

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