Ottawa supports heavy fuel ban for Arctic; northerners seek compensation

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The federal government has announced it will support an international ban on environmentally damaging heavy fuel oils in Arctic shipping.

The backing, released during meetings on the issue in London, England, comes with a hint that compensation might be coming to ease concerns that forcing shippers to use more expensive fuels will raise costs for northern families.

The International Maritime Organization is considering how to eliminate heavy oil to fuel ships sailing Arctic waters. Arctic countries have already agreed to a ban in principle. The meeting is to set terms for the fuel's phaseout. It has been banned in the Antarctic for years. The Arctic ban is now supported by seven out of eight countries in the region. Russia is the only holdout.

More than half of Eastern Arctic households are already considered severely food insecure, meaning they can't always count on having enough food for their next meal.The government of Nunavut said it will seek compensation.

 

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Everyone always wants compensation. The government isn’t responsible for everything.

you want compensation the get a damn job

Sure they do. Cut off the option of a pipeline through Manitoba. Shake my head

Funny since the Arctic heats by oil and propane.

meanwhile in the St Lawrence, raw sewage is allowed to be pumped

Dec29 ' Trudeau government has given the green light to a new offshore exploration project east of Newfoundland and Labrador, part of a renewed flurry of activity slated. China Company has permits 8 sites to start 2020. This oil all 50 billion bbls must not be relative?

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