The Council of Canadians and Greenpeace aren’t the only opponents against the proposed 12 billion dollar pipeline from Alberta to Saint John.
Provincial Green Party Leader David Coon is also opposed and he tells CHSJ News most of the crude coming from Alberta, much of which will resemble cold molasses, won’t be processed at the Irving Oil refinery because an upgrader is so expensive.
Coon says the pipeline project will increase carbon pollution and, as such, make extreme weather like the recent flooding in St. Stephen more likely.
On the other hand, provincial NDP leader Dominic Cardy is supporting the proposed pipeline.
