Enbridge Michigan Oil Spill: Calls Grow For Pipeline Safety Review In Alberta

CP |  By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press

Posted: 07/12/2012 4:00 am Updated: 07/12/2012 3:35 pm

EDMONTON - Calls for an independent review into pipeline safety in Alberta are growing, with some saying it's even more urgent now that a U.S. investigation has sharply criticized a Calgary company's efforts to clean up a major oil spill.

"If we don't have tough regulations in place making sure that our pipelines are very safe, then people are not going to accept pipelines coming through their territories," said Bill Moore-Kilgannon of Public Interest Alberta.

The left-leaning advocacy group is one of 54 signatories to a letter to be released today that calls on Premier Alison Redford to formally look into pipeline safety.

That number more than triples the 17 names attached to a similar call made in late June.

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