Write us here to request a free, email alert subscription Northern Pipelines, Economies, Alaska Native and Canadian Aboriginal People Are Interdependent Our Comment: Alaska Natives, Canadian Aboriginals and Northern economies depend on oil and gas development and the transportation systems moving the resources to market. Transportation systems like pipelines require rights of way.  Rights of way and subsistence hunting and fishing and agricultural areas very often overlap proposed pipeline routes. All stakeholders care about the safety of pipeline operations.  For sure, all stakeholders wish to maximize their own income streams.   [...]