The death of the Energy East pipeline project is a victory for the Council of Canadians, which is self-described as Canada’s largest social action organization.
Robin Tress is an organizer with the Council of Canadians in the Atlantic Region and tells us that they have been working a very long time to make sure this pipeline didn’t come to fruition.
“We know that if we would like to live in a climate that is predictable and safe then we can’t keep developing fossil fuels here or globally, and so that’s why we want to stop tars sands infrastructure from being built in Canada,” says Tress.
“Another major concern we had with this particular pipeline is that it was a very big threat to a lot of waterways in Canada that people depend on for drinking water and sanitation…so we were very worried about the water impacts this could have.”
1.1 million barrel per day #EnergyEast pipeline stopped! Now on to #StopKM #StopLine3 #StopKXL #StopLine10 pic.twitter.com/bIEvjIFR3m
— Council of Canadians (@CouncilofCDNs) October 5, 2017
Honourary chairperson with the Council of Canadians Maude Barlow says in a statement that the end of the Energy East project shows that extreme energy projects are part of our past, not our future.
