date:Jun 04, 2014
rthern Gateway pipeline would mean an additional 525,000 barrels per day of crude piped from Alberta to the coast of British Columbia, while the Trans Mountain expansion would mean a tripling to 900,000 barrels per day of oil sands crude from Alberta to Vancouver.
According to the Tar Sands Solution Network, tar sands oil is more corrosive and transported at higher pressures, while spills of tar sands crude are significantly more toxic and harder to clean up.
In fact, according to the organiza