tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post41404059075391876..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: It can`t happen again can it? (Updated)Grant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-31827466613802557322010-01-24T15:08:20.562-08:002010-01-24T15:08:20.562-08:00Grant, here'sa good thing,from a reader of min...Grant, here'sa good thing,from a reader of mine: <br />http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/15244/1/opposition+to+enbridge++pipeline++grows?<br /><br />And few backgrounders for those not in the know- and yes, there still are far too many down here on the coast that haven't a clue about this, PAB exempt of course. These links contain more links to sites and tons of information.Watch for Enbridge in your stats as well, they troll frequently on their own PAB type employees. <br /><br />http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/support-divided-for-enbridge-northern-pipeline-and-the-resulting-oil-tanker-traffic-along-sensitive-bc-coastlines/<br /><br />http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/close-call-on-bc-coast-should-be-wake-up-call-for-british-columbians/<br /><br />And this one is really important: <br /><br />http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/the-column-enbridge-responded-to-but-wouldnt-post-on-the-northern-gateway-site/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-3939687637896850292010-01-24T13:38:14.029-08:002010-01-24T13:38:14.029-08:00Here is an article I saved from March 2008. I didn...Here is an article I saved from March 2008. I didn't save the author, but It is a brief history of the Exxon Valdez.<br /><br />March 24: General Interest<br />1989 : Exxon Valdez runs aground<br /><br />The worst oil spill in U.S. territory begins when the supertanker<br />Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs<br />aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. An<br />estimated 11 million gallons of oil eventually spilled into the water.<br />Attempts to contain the massive spill were unsuccessful, and wind and<br />currents spread the oil more than 100 miles from its source,<br />eventually polluting more than 700 miles of coastline. Hundreds of<br />thousands of birds and animals were adversely affected by the<br />environmental disaster.<br /><br />It was later revealed that Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the<br />Valdez, was drinking at the time of the accident and allowed an<br />uncertified officer to steer the massive vessel. In March 1990,<br />Hazelwood was convicted of misdemeanor negligence, fined $50,000, and<br />ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service. In July 1992, an<br />Alaska court overturned Hazelwood's conviction, citing a federal<br />statute that grants freedom from prosecution to those who report an<br />oil spill.<br /><br />Exxon itself was condemned by the National Transportation Safety Board<br />and in early 1991 agreed under pressure from environmental groups to<br />pay a penalty of $100 million and provide $1 billion over a 10-year<br />period for the cost of the cleanup. However, later in the year, both<br />Alaska and Exxon rejected the agreement, and in October 1991 the oil<br />giant settled the matter by paying $25 million, less than 4 percent of<br />the cleanup aid promised by Exxon earlier that year.astronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-8126084662537549642009-11-24T14:25:18.234-08:002009-11-24T14:25:18.234-08:00Good job Grant- I'm re-posting up a blog post ...Good job Grant- I'm re-posting up a blog post that I did in July about the Enbridge pipeline,using your post here, and Paul Willcocks post, as openers. A great way to bring this issue back into the public light.Laila Yuilehttp://www.lailayuile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-35016876599046478572009-11-24T09:53:42.452-08:002009-11-24T09:53:42.452-08:00What a great piece Grant. My memory is pretty good...What a great piece Grant. My memory is pretty good. Or was before the onset of senior years.<br />But you have helped me remember quite a bit here.<br />As far as lifting the tanker moratorium goes:<br /><br />Lekstrom said "if Ottawa sees fit to lift the moratorium they were prepared to safely operate"<br />It has been the practice of the Campbell Cabal that when they make statements like this they lie. Show me the safety legislation Blair. Show me where we don't allow single hulled ships on our waters.Gary Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640964040603349900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-28745781718671479762009-11-24T09:32:06.884-08:002009-11-24T09:32:06.884-08:00"Will an oil terminal at Kitimat make a diffe..."Will an oil terminal at Kitimat make a difference?", you've never been to the Queen Charlottes have you? That magical place, with it's heritage villages (Ninstints) that were so beloved by Emily Carr has the most violent waters in the world. Tide changes in Hecate straight alone put the fear of God (or at least mortality) into the hearts of local sailors, add the many huge storms that blast directly into the region, fueled along the Aluetians and I will guarantee disaster.<br /><br />Great article Grant G., I share your fear.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049617811090781174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-40412801481193198182009-11-24T08:55:15.265-08:002009-11-24T08:55:15.265-08:00Anon 8.45 am....I not quite sure what your comment...Anon 8.45 am....I not quite sure what your comment means,is more not more? Just like planes and jets,not if but when, the safest tranport in the world and they keep crashing.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, I`m not ready to capitulate.Grant Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-47281882105682780362009-11-24T08:45:04.734-08:002009-11-24T08:45:04.734-08:00Kinder Morgan's Westridge Oil Terminal in Burr...Kinder Morgan's Westridge Oil Terminal in Burrard Inlet has tankers unloading crude oil and jet fuel all the time.<br /><br />The oil hauled by supertankers from Alaska traverses BC's west coast and lands at Cherry Point, WA. just a relative skip, hop, and jump from the BC border.<br /><br />Will an oil terminal at Kitimat make any difference? Nope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-17072724741583026962009-11-24T07:39:58.087-08:002009-11-24T07:39:58.087-08:00I'm glad you wrote this story, Grant. It's...I'm glad you wrote this story, Grant. It's been bothering me a lot, that I couldn't find a way to stop on rushing events to pause, and give thanks, for our lucky escape from oil-spill disaster. <br /><br />It's certainly B.C.'s wake-up call, and if the B.C. government isn't willing to share this critical information with the public, it's proof that Gordo's Gang values profits above every other consideration. <br /><br />I'll share one of my personal nightmares, which has to do with oil spills. I once did a 7-year study on one aspect of WWII, the Dieppe Raid. Somewhere along the way, I came across a graph showing the types and sizes of ships which were SUNK in one year. Yes, we were correct in our horror of what the Exxon Valdez unleashed upon the environment ... but WAR had unleashed about 1,000 times worse upon the oceans ... as big ships (including oil tankers) were sunk by the dozens. <br /><br />I made a copy of that graph and taped it up in my living room on Pender Island, because I simply couldn't wrap my head around the enormity of that disaster (which is also never mentioned in Ecology talks) ... neither could anybody else who saw that clear image ... and y'know what, Grant?<br /><br />That awesome chart was for only the ALLIED ships sunk; it didn't include the big Nazi ships which we had triumphantly sunk, too. That means it was only about HALF of the total disaster. <br /><br />So, for me, it's a comfort to read your story.BC Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16597928683019021273noreply@blogger.com