Secwepemc Nation ups fight against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline
Water is Life. This simple and indisputable refrain echoed by Water Protectors at Standing Rock helped transform a local Indigenous resistance movement into a global flashpoint for Indigenous rights and environmental protection.
Now, the spirit of Standing Rock is moving northward.
Unprecedented climate change-fuelled wildfires and hurricanes are a stark global warning that we have little time to contribute to global solutions to save nature, phase out fossil fuels, and leap to a low-carbon economy.
While some Indigenous activists gear up to fight expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline on the streets and in court, federal Liberal cabinet ministers say there's no going back on their decision to approve the $7.4-billion project.
Inspired by some of the tactics used by protesters at Standing Rock in North Dakota, the Secwepemc Nation, situated along the Trans Mountain route, said Wednesday it was preparing to build "10 tiny houses" in the path of the project's construction as a protest and with the hope of forcing a delay.
The north side of the Vancouver Art Gallery was recently given a major facelift to enhance its place as one of the major gathering places in the city.
So it shouldn't come as a surprise that opponents of the Kinder Morgan pipeline have chosen this location for a major demonstration on Saturday (September 9).
PORT HARDY, B.C. — Members of two British Columbia First Nations say they have occupied a salmon farm on a small island on the province’s coast, the second such protest to be held in the past week.
Chief Willie Moon, also known as Okwilagame, said about 16 members of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw and the Kwikwasutinuxw Haxwamis arrived at the Wicklow Point salmon farm on Thursday afternoon.
He said about five protesters plan to stay until the provincial and federal governments revoke permits for the facility on Broughton Island, about 50 kilometres east of Port Hardy.
Today I submitted an analysis to the BC Utilities Commission in response to their consultation on the economics of the Site C dam. You can read it here.
From: Cameron Fenton - 350.org<350@350.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:30 PM
Subject: Kinder Morgan needs one permit - and we can stop it.
Friends,
This morning we learned that the National Energy Board will allow Kinder Morgan to start construction at their Westridge Marine Terminal. But, Kinder Morgan still needs one crucial permit – a construction permit from the Port of Vancouver.
From: Cameron Fenton - 350.org<350@350.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:30 PM
Subject: Kinder Morgan needs one permit - and we can stop it.
Friends,
This morning we learned that the National Energy Board will allow Kinder Morgan to start construction at their Westridge Marine Terminal. But, Kinder Morgan still needs one crucial permit – a construction permit from the Port of Vancouver.
