The TransCanada Pipeline is one which carries oil across Canada, and is one of great importance to the oil industry as the oil sands continue to expand. Oil and gas is one of the major resources that Canada relies on however, there are many spills and incidents commonly occurring as a result of negligence towards this faculty. Recently, construction of the pipeline was halted due to spillages of toxic drilling substances into a major Canadian river. A blog post by Jeff Rubin, emphasizes how accidents are all too common in the oil and gas industry, and how resources and time need to be spent on developing new and cleaner energy strategies.
A 2011 Alberta Pipe line Leakage
There are many ways of implementing changes in order to decrease the likelihood of spills. Cleaner energy strategies such as Wind power and Solar power are increasing in popularity, and are soon to become very high contenders in the market. Implementation of a Chief Sustainability Officer would also be a way to increase caution when dealing with accident prone subjects. CSOs are an important and new coming aspect of large corporations and the use of one would be beneficial to corporations such as those dealing with oil and gas and their transportation.
References:
http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/2015/07/23/canada-needs-an-energy-strategy-but-not-one-focused-on-pipelines/
http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN0TA00B20151121