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@EricReder
Settler; loves wilderness, abhors ecological destruction; outdoor leader, photographer, guide instructor; works at @WilderNews @WilderNewsMB; he/him
Dec 18, 2020 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Hey #Manitoba I have some news about shipping #OilByRail through #Churchill.
@Arctic_Gateway bought the rail line which the #Omnitrax hucksters rode into the ground. Omnitrax, helmed by #CPC MP Merv Tweed, tried to ram oil shipments through Churchill in 2013.
1/ Scientists around the world raised their voice and said it's a terrible idea. First Nations living on the rail line said no damn way. @wildernews and yours truly spent a year explaining that this was stupid and dangerous.
In 2014 when Omnitrax dumped another train...
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