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View the Energy East route across Ontario,  east to west at 1500 Metres
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A jointly released report, When Oil Meets Water: How the Energy East pipeline threatens North Bay watersheds, was presented at the April 2016 town hall meeting with the Council of Canadians in North Bay.
NEB announces new Panel for Energy East 
Panel Releases First Two Orders, No Hearing Start in Sight
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​A new hearing panel assigned to undertake the review of the Energy East project was announced by the National Energy Board on January 9th, 2017 has issued two orders, but there is still no signal as to when the hearing may restart.

The previous panel resigned in 2016 following conflict of interest charges after the panel members had private meetings with TransCanada lobbyist. The NEB reportedly had to appoint new members to the board in order to have bilingual members available.
NEB TO LOSE LEAD ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
A panel of experts has recommended to the federal Minister of the Environment that the National Energy Board be replaced by an independent commission in future environmental assessments. The public has until May 5th to comment on the report. 
On January 27th, the new hearing panel announced that it had "voided all decisions made by the previous Hearing Panel" and the decisions would be removed from the official hearing record, such as the issues list and participants list, but that TransCanada does not need to refile their applications.
​On March 29th the Hearing Panel announced that it will review the Energy East and Eastern Mainline Pipeline Projects concurrently in a single hearing, citing as reasons that "the two project applications are closely interrelated and would be most efficiently assessed through a coordinated approach".

See more detail on NEB page of this web site. Source: National Energy Board web page on Energy East and Eastern Mainline Projects
SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR SECOND BILLBOARD
Local efforts in 2016 to raise awareness about the risky nature of TransCanada's Energy East project saw the launch of a second billboard, now in place on Highway 11 North, bringing the message to southbound traffic.
Donations can be made through the group's on-line "crowd-funding" site: Click here to support The "No Energy East" Billboard by Stop Energy East (North Bay) using the online page with GoFundMe. If you'd rather make your donation by cash or cheque, please call Kay at 705-474-8794 or text at 705-978-3153 or send Kay an email . A third location is currently under consideration.