British Columbia hypocrisy on pipeline issues is a case of BC vs. PC, the latter being political correctness on environmental morality that ignores facts.

Those of us involved in the energy industry in the United States have watched as states like New York and Massachusetts try to usurp the Federal government’s power to approve and permit interstate pipelines. Our issues seem like child’s play, however, compared to the goings on in the Canadian West.

In 2013, Texas-based Kinder Morgan sought to expand a pipeline system called Trans Mountain transporting bitumen from Edmonton, Alberta to the Canadian West Coast north of Vancouver, British Columbia. The project went through the Canadian federal process, receiving approval in 2016.

Enter the British Columbia Provincial government, now controlled by New Democrat Party Premier John Horgan (the equivalent of an American State Governor). Like New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Horgan vowed that the Trans Mountain Pipeline would not be built until BC environmental concerns were studied further. Outraged, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley responded first by halting imports of wine from British Columbia, and later by introducing a new law in Alberta that would give the provincial government a veto on whether or not it will allow oil and gas shipments to other Canadian provinces. In effect, Alberta is threatening to embargo energy shipments to BC.

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http://naturalgasnow.org/facts-not-overstated-claims-environmental-morality-decide/