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CALGARY – Alberta’s new climate change policies of carbon taxes and emissions caps is helping pipeline proponents build new routes to ship domestic oil to the coast, says Ian Anderson, the president of Kinder Morgan Canada.

Anderson said Wednesday that Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan – legislation announced last year that includes a carbon tax and an emissions cap in the oilsands – has helped him build support for his company’s $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline between Edmonton and Burnaby, B.C.

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“I think the Alberta Climate Change plan and the alignment with some very significant environmental organizations was a huge step forward,” Anderson told an industry conference here.

“As a matter of dark clouds parting, it was a huge benefit to me and us, and we’ve seen that on the ground,” he said.

Environmental groups have persistently protested Kinder Morgan’s proposal in recent years over concerns a new pipeline will contribute to climate change — including this week’s attempt by activists to break into and shut down pipelines, including Kinder Morgan facilities, carrying crude oil between Canada and the U.S.