| Manitoba Energy East Questions Not Answered | 12 April 15 |
Energy East's capacity would be 1.1 million barrels per day – adding a one-third increase in pipeline-network capacity. It is also 30 – 32 million tonnes of annual emissions, more than 1.5 times the emissions Manitoba generates a year. Environment Canada's projections for tar sands climate-pollution growth predict it would cancel out emission reductions made by all other parts of Canada's economy. TransCanada had more pipeline ruptures in the last 10 years than all other Canadian pipeline companies combined. When Energy East spills, the sheer capacity of the pipeline means it could be the largest pipeline oil spill in Canadian history. An oil spill like the one in the Kalamazoo River has the potential to pollute not just one river but the entire Red River Basin and the Hudson’s Bay Basin With energy stations along the way pushing the bitumen through the pipeline there is no answer on how long it would take to stop the pipeline if it ruptured. Manitoba Hydro would be providing transmission lines and energy stations to keep the pipeline operating across Manitoba, and may be counting on this revenue. The 50 year old bitumen pipeline would cross beneath or near critical Manitoba waterways including the Assiniboine River, Red River, Little Saskatchewan River and the Shoal Lake watershed. It would cross two metres below the aqueduct that supplies Winnipeg's drinking water.
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