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Environment commissioner Scott Vaughan warns that as pipelines get older, the risk of an accident only increases. Photograph by: Chris Wattie, Reuters, Calgary Herald With Files From Mark Kennedy, Lee Berthiaume And Tobi Cohen, Postmedia News |
Bow River Shuttles writes: It's information like this that is going to make the building of pipelines like the Northern Gateway that much more difficult. Can you blame the folks in B.C. for not wanting to risk the creeks, rivers and land through which that pipeline would run?
'Gaps' found in pipeline safety
Watchdog points to lack of oversight
By Jason Fekete,
Calgary Herald With Files From Mark Kennedy, Lee Berthiaume And Tobi Cohen,
Postmedia News
December 14, 2011
The public safety of Canadians is increasingly at risk because the federal government is failing to monitor and enforce its regulations on dangerous goods and decades-old oil and gas pipelines, Canada's environment watchdog warns in a new report.
In his annual report released Tuesday, the federal commissioner of the environment and sustainable development says the Conservative government is refusing to accept its en-vironmental enforcement is inadequate and poorly managed.
Scott Vaughan also says in his report that Environment Canada is dragging its heels on improving scientific research in the department and adopting a long-term science plan.
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