Demise of Energy East Pipeline Draws Cheers in Quebec
- Energy East would have shipped western oil to Atlantic coast
- Premier said line posed major risk to freshwater resources
The proposed site of the Energy East pipeline in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, on Dec. 6, 2013.
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Politicians and environmental campaigners in Quebec are shedding few tears over TransCanada Corp.’s decision to pull the plug on its Energy East pipeline project.
“Very proud” of the outcome, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, who is running for re-election next month, said Thursday in a tweet. Patrick Bonin, head of climate and energy campaigning at Greenpeace Canada, was even more ebullient: “Victory!!!! Energy East is dead!!!” he tweeted in French.