NEB Gives Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Its Endorsement

NEB Gives Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Its Endorsement
Kilometre 0 of the Trans Mountain pipeline system at the Kinder Morgan terminal in Edmonton on June 5, 2018. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
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CALGARY—The National Energy Board has endorsed an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline following a reconsideration of its impact on marine life off the B.C. coast.

The energy regulator says an increase in tanker traffic resulting from the pipeline would hurt southern resident killer whales and increase greenhouse gas emissions.