The Northern Gateway oil pipeline for western Canadian ports drew criticism despite support from the regulatory National Energy Board. Barry Robinson, a staff lawyer for advocacy group Ecojustice, said in a statement Thursday the project put the pristine western coastline at risk. “The Northern Gateway pipeline is an unsafe, unsustainable and unnecessary project, and it does not serve the national interest of this country,” he said. Canadian pipeline company Enbridge received support from the energy board to build a pipeline designed to send 525,000 barrels of oil per day to ports in British Columbia. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said that, with nearly all of the Canadian oil exports now headed to the United States building Northern Gateway to western Canadian ports was good for energy diversity. “Oil pipeline access to the West Coast will strengthen Canada’s ability to receive maximum value […]