ENVIRONMENTAL PROTESTS ARE FAR FROM DEAD

Last Friday's Waterloo Region Record carried this story "Protesters lock down Enbridge pumping station". The occupation of the Enbridge property began at 6:30 am. last Thursday morning. The pumping station is located near the hamlet of Westover which is in the Flamborough area. Approximately 50 activists are involved and are protesting Enbridge's plans to reverse the flow of oil in Line 9 "...which would send the Alberta oil east along a pipeline built in the 1970's." The Alberta oil is apparently more corrosive and could cause this older pipeline to leak, causing spills into the natural environment.

It is my understanding that part of Line 9 flows through Waterloo Region thus making this a local concern as well. As far as environmental protests go the biggest one locally and recently would have been the 80-90 people who protested against Woolwich Bio-En outside Woolwich Council Chambers possibly in the fall of 2011. There is a picture of this protest on the "Stop The Stink" website of Bob Jonkman.