Energy company announces cross-country pipeline project, faces criticism

A Canadian energy company has formally laid out plans for its national pipeline project on Thursday - and critics aren't happy.  
 
According to CBC News, the Trans-Canada corporation has announced it's moving forward with the "Energy East" Pipeline project. 
 
A total of 1.1 million barrels of crude oil is expected to be delivered from Alberta to New Brunswick by 2018. 
 
As provincial leaders are giving the thumbs up, Environmental advocate Gretchen Fitzgerald are among the critics giving the thumbs down. 
 
She says the project is not in the best interest of Maritimers, adding that she has heard "countless stories of pipelines leaking around North America."
 
Meanwhile, citizens' interest group The Council of Canadians plans to launch a national campaign to stop it. 
 
New Brunswick premier David Alward says his government will cooperate with First Nations communities to ensure the project reaches the highest environmental standards. 
 
First Nations people are at most risk of danger as most the pipeline will pass through their territory.
 
An independent environmental review is pending before the pipeline project proceeds.
 
STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES