This is a compilation in progress of material / developments related to the proposed Enbridge Line 9 pipeline flow reversal between Sarnia, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, to transport toxic ‘dilbit’ crude oil from the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, eastward through the Great Lakes, Ontario and Quebec, enroute to Portland, Maine, on the east coast of New England, and onward overseas.
Watch the brief videos in the playlist at the top of this post for a quick overview. And check out some of the info in the resources below.
Take action
- Pledge – Sign and join the Line 9 pledge of resistance, RTT via LeadNow.ca
- Send letter – Demand an environmental assessment, Environmental Defence
- Website & resources – StopLine9, stopline9-toronto.ca
- Facebook – Like, The People versus Enbridge Line 9
- Facebook – Like, follow, participate with, Rising Tide Toronto
- Twitter – Follow RisingTideTor
- Facebook – Like, Toronto West End Against Line 9
- Twitter hashtags: #NoLine9 #nopipelines #shutdowntarsands
Selected articles, posts, reports, websites
- Report – Not worth the risk: A community report on the Line 9 (pipeline) National Energy Board (NEB) hearings, March 2014 (20-page PDF)
- Article / video – Activists call for env assessment of Enbridge’s Line 9, Global
- Article – Line 9 approval puts millions of people at risk, M. Toledano, VICE
- Article – Enbridge Line 9 pipeline reversal approved by energy board, CBC
- Summary – Ethical Enbridge? The real story of line 9 and the tar sands giga-project, Dave Vasey, Sakura Saunders, Sonia Grant, Rabble.ca
- Post – Stopping line 9: Communities mobilize, Dave Vasey, Rabble.ca
- Post – Tar sands to East Coast a threat of Olympic proportions, NRDC
- Post – What Enbridge doesn’t want Ontarians to know, M. Adrangi, Huffpost
- Post – In through the back door, Danielle Droitsch, NRDC
- Testimony – Meet ‘Dil bit’: The Enbridge testimony Stephen Harper doesn’t want heard, Miranda Holmes, TheCanadian.org
- Fact sheet – Tars sands oil threat to central Canada & New England, NRDC
- Fact sheet – Enbridge’s tar sands pipeline plan: All pain, no gain, Env. Defence
- Report (PDF 8 pgs) – Anatomy of Enbridge’s once & future oil spills, NWF
- Website & resources – StopLine9, stopline9-toronto.ca
- Campaign page – Line 9 – Tar sands, Environmental Defence
- Facebook – Rising Tide Toronto
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