New pipeline review not going far enough out to sea, environment group says

The back-to-the-drawing board environmental review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will assess the impact of increased oil tanker traffic out to about 12 nautical miles from the B.C. coastline.
The National Energy Board released the decision Friday as it laid out the schedule for reconsidering its approval of the project by the Feb. 22 federal government deadline.
Dr. Robert Steedman, chief environment officer of the NEB, said the decision to limit the area of the assessment to