Latest United Church of Canada Lunacy--It's Opposing the Northern Gateway Pipeline

When they aren't busy bashing Israel, kooky UCCers balk at a project that's unpopular in eco-freak circles:

OTTAWA — The United Church of Canada has decided to publicly oppose the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and to communicate that decision to the government, Enbridge Inc. and the public.

The pipeline proposed by Calgary-based energy giant Enbridge would do severe environmental damage, traversing waterways where salmon spawn, said Ray Jones, the chair of the church’s aboriginal ministries council. And the potential for an oil spill in the port of Kitimat, B.C., and for devastation to the coastline is very real, he said.

“It is a strong message when we passed this motion this afternoon that the United Church is and will continue to practice what it says, especially environmentally,” Jones said in Ottawa Tuesday...

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