The National Energy Board (NEB) is continuing its undemocratic approach to satisfying its most influential stakeholder: the oil industry. On July 11th, the NEB said it was going consider a request from Chevron and Imperial Oil to soften the rules for offshore drilling in the Arctic.
Their decision might very well lead to an ecological disaster in the Canadian Arctic where Imperial Oil and Chevron want to operate outside the rules for drilling. According to John Bennett, Executive Director of Sierra Club Canada, "it’s a case of pinching pennies that could risk billions".
Read more on John Bennett’s blog, originally published on the Sierra Club Canada website (www.sierraclub.ca): http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/blog/john-bennett/no-one-will-notice%E2%80%A6%E2%80%98til-she-blows