Enbridge Inc. ‘s proposed Northern Gateway project cleared a key hurdle Thursday after a Canadian advisory panel recommended it. The pipeline would connect Alberta’s landlocked oil sands to a Pacific coast port for export primarily to markets in Asia. The decision is expected to spur a final finding in favor of the project by Canada’s federal Cabinet within a mandatory 180-day window, and likely will influence a debate over other proposed pipeline projects that aim to reduce market bottlenecks amid a boom in North […]