Kinder Morgan + TD Bank = Partners in Climate Crime!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2049025838703621/
February 24 at 1 PM - 3 PM
TD Bank - 805 W. Broadway @ Willow St.
(close to Vancouver General Hospital)
VANCOUVER
We knew 2018 was going to be a big year, and it's already living up to the hype. As Texas oil giant Kinder Morgan tries to bully its pipeline through B.C., it continues to find opposition across the province. They have started construction to triple oil tanker loading capacity in Burnaby despite persistent opposition from local residents, but still have over a thousand kilometers to go through some of the most densely populated areas in Canada. If the more-than-chilly reception Justin Trudeau got at a recent townhall in Nanaimo regarding his support for the pipeline is any indication, the fight is just getting started.
Meanwhile TD Bank has continued to be the largest investor in the dirty tar sands pipeline, with $731 million committed despite promising that, “Protecting and enhancing the environment is our commitment”. The Divestment movement which has had so much success in the U.S. is gaining momentum across Canada as well.
For over a year we've met monthly at different TD locations drawing attention to their hypocrisy and complicity in this massive climate crime. Each action has taken a more creative and bolder dimension, and we've got some exciting plans for this one as well.
Let's show both Kinder Morgan and TD Bank that we will not back down! Please spread the word and join us!
Organized by:
Climate Convergence Metro Vancouver
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350 Vancouver
http://350vancouver.org/
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This event takes place on the traditional, unceded, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
MORE INFO ON KINDER MORGAN PIPELINE:
The 6.8 billion dollar pipeline would “twin” an already existing pipeline to move heavy tar sands oil from Edmonton to Burnaby for export. This would triple the amount of oil being moved on the route to 890,000 barrels a day, while crossing approximately 900 watercourses between Edmonton and Burnaby. The pipeline would increase oil tanker traffic in the Burrard Inlet from 60 to more than 400 a year. It is opposed by the vast majority of indigenous nations whose traditional territories it would cross and millions more across BC and Canada.
