Tar sand, Canada. Photo source: ©© Elias Schewel
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Canada’s government on Tuesday approved a controversial proposed pipeline to the Pacific Coast that would allow oil to be shipped to Asia
The fear of oil spills is especially acute in the pristine corner of northwest British Columbia, with its snowcapped mountains and deep ocean inlets.
Environmentalists and First Nations, a Canadian synonym for native tribes, could delay approval all the way to the Supreme Court…