Residents of a small Canadian town have voted to oppose a major pipeline that would carry crude oil from Alberta’s tar sands. In a referendum-style vote, residents of Kitimat, British Columbia, voted to reject hosting the terminal for the Enbridge corporation’s Northern Gateway pipeline project, which would bring tar sands oil to Canada’s West Coast. The project has sparked protests for standing to cut through sensitive environmental areas and indigenous land. The Northern Gateway is seen as the main back-up option should President Obama reject another tar sands pipeline, the Keystone XL. The Canadian government has final say over the Northern Gateway, with a decision expected in mid-June.