First Nations, Enbridge seek 'new' rapport on pipeline

摘要

Vancouver–Canadian-based pipeline company Enbridge is engaged in an eleventh-hour bid to overcome 18 months of growing aboriginal opposition to its Northern Gateway project, which spearheads Canada's hopes of shipping oil sands crude from Alberta to Asia. In the final countdown to January 10, when a Joint Review Panel (JRP) of the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is scheduled to start a crucial round of public hearings, Enbridge and a coalition of First Nations are exploring ways to end a prolonged deadlock over the proposed 525,000 b/d, 700-mile pipeline.