House Vote in Favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline an Act of War

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18. The fight against that route is as fierce as the fight against Keystone...

and is being led by First Nations as it is their land that is needed for the pipeline.

Northern Gateway pipeline's next battle is in the courts

"This fight here in British Columbia is transitioning from the fundamentally flawed Joint Review Panel process into the courts," said Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip.

There are already five lawsuits challenging the findings of the joint National Energy Board and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency body that looked into the feasibility of the project.

Two of those cases were launched by environmental groups that allege scientific and legal errors made in the decision.

"If these legal challenges are successful, then they will in effect overturn the entire process and it would have to start again," said Tzeporah Berman of Forest Ethics Advocacy, a group involved in one of the lawsuits. And, in the meantime, she warns, the Federal Court of Appeal could put a moratorium on the Northern Gateway project, essentially delaying it.

The other three cases were brought by B.C. First Nations that didn't feel adequately consulted. And they are the ones that worry Ottawa the most.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/northern-gateway-pipeline-s-next-battle-is-in-the-courts-1.2678741