Ethics After an Oil Spill In 2011, an oil pipeline owned by the energy company Enbridge sprung a leak near the town of Wrigley in the Canadian Northwest Territory. The citizens of Wrigley maintain a traditional style of life that depends on the health of local forests and waterways. Environmental protection isnt just a question of principle for the people of Wrigley; its a matter of survival. Enbridge devised a detailed cleanup plan - a complex technical document 600 pages long. When the company offered $5,000 so that the community could hire its own experts to evaluate the plan, locals were offended by such a tiny payment. This was a significant blow to Enbridges image, coming shortly after another Enbridge pipeline ruptured in Michigan. And at the same time, Enbridge was in the midst of trying to win approval for a new project in the face of opposition from environmental groups. The company faced a number of difficult issues in the wake of the Wrigley spill. First, Enbridge had to clean up the spilled oil. Then, they had to consider the issue of remediation the restoration the polluted land back to something like its original state. Further, there was the question of compensation to the local community for the pollution and loss of use of some of their traditional hunting grounds. All of this was set against a backdrop of controversy surrounding the impact that oil pipelines have on the lands and communities through which they run.

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