Ottawa Metro News' headline read Loonie Campaign Sticking it to Energy East Pipeline
Readers learned that Ecology Ottawa has as many as 100,000 stickered loonies in circulation with a URL that will inform them about objections to TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline, which, if approved, will take 1.1 million barrels of crude oil across the Rideau River daily.
Executive Director Graham Saul is quoted saying “We want an informed and engaged population in the city of Ottawa, talking about this issue, understanding it and understanding the threats there are a lot of people in Ottawa who still don’t even know.”
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Ecology Ottawa delegates to the Environment and Climate Change Committee on the Rain Ready Ottawa program.
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