If Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project proceeds, the land, resources, and rights of more than 130 Indigenous communities and groups from Alberta’s oilsands to British Columbia’s coast could be affected.
July 9, 2018 - Just imagine if a consortium of First Nations owned a sizable stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline and were determined to push it through because it would put more money in the hands of Indigenous people.
There is a plan afoot to do exactly that and later this month First Nations leaders will meet in Vancouver to advance the idea.
It’s a bold move but it would also give some First Nations the kind of control over resource projects in their own backyards they have long dreamed of.
[Arrested on March 17, Burgess was sentenced to a $3000 fine on June 28 after a 5 day trial.]
I wish to first say something about myself, and then propose a sentence.
I have been found guilty of breaching a Court order to not obstruct access to part of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, and for bringing the administration of justice into disrepute by doing this in a public way.
June 20, 2018 - It has been a few weeks since the Canadian government’s stunning announcement that it would buy the embattled Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project from
Kinder Morgan for C$4.5 billion. Since then, hundreds (if not thousands) of articles, news stories, analysis, satire and commentary pieces have been produced. In this blog post we try to
answer some of the most common questions we’ve received about the purchase, and what it means moving forward.
June 6,, 2018 - Ottawa’s decision to nationalize the Trans Mountain pipeline project will make it the owner of a spur line that feeds Alberta oil to Washington State’s refineries – and opens up a new front in Canada’s conflict with foes of increased oil capacity.
An environmental coalition in Washington State is gearing up to battle the new owner of the pipeline project, saying Kinder Morgan’s pipeline plans include additional capacity to ship oil to their jurisdiction.
If Canadians are going to have to pay the $10 to $15-billion cost of expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, it's important they aren't bound by side deals that are not in the public interest made by the project's former corporate owner.
The Trudeau federal government has made itself a pathetic hostage to a Texas-based pipeline company known for its cheapness and debt.
The economic sleeziness of the drama, which should upset most Canadians, has been largely ignored by the financial mainstream press.
But here’s the rub: Kinder Morgan doesn’t have the money it needs to twin a high-risk $7.4 billion pipeline, and has been looking for a way out for some time.
There is growing consensus that the world is going through an energy transition. Everybody has heard politicians or CEOs of large energy companies making that statement.
