British Columbia

01/12/16
Author: 
Crawford Kilian

Trudeau’s Orwellian pipeline approval ignores looming threat to our grandchildren.

Justin Trudeau’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion was a master class in Orwellian doublethink. On the one hand he claimed wanted a low-carbon, clean future “for our kids;” on the other, he proposed to finance that future by boosting carbon production.

01/12/16
Author: 
Carol Linnitt
https://www.desmog.ca/2016/11/29/federal-approval-kinder-morgan-pipeline-would-be-misguided-says-justice-minister-newly-surfaced-letter

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said the federal government holds the constitutional power to force through the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline but that doing so would follow the “misguided position of the Conservatives.”

30/11/16
Author: 
Elizabeth McSheffrey
An Indigenous protester demonstrates outside the National Energy Board hearings for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion project in Burnaby, B.C. on Jan. 19, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth McSheffrey.

The reaction is pouring in swiftly and relentlessly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's triple pipeline announcement this afternoon.

 

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson expressed profound disappointment in the federal announcement, which included approval of Kinder Morgan's controversial Trans Mountain expansion proposal. He called it a "missed opportunity" in Canada's path towards a clean energy future.

30/11/16
Author: 
First Nations Leaders

NEWS RELEASE

November 29, 2016

 

Of Climate Change and Relationships: Federal Approval of Kinder Morgan and Line 3 a Total Betrayal

 

(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – November 29, 2016) Today, Canada approved the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline and Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, while dismissing the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and committing to advance a tanker moratorium on the north coast of British Columbia.

 

28/11/16
Author: 
Peter O'Neil
Published on: November 28, 2016 | Last Updated: November 28, 2016 4:20 PM PST
28/11/16
Author: 
Justine Hunter
A sailboat passes through the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Victoria. The strait would see a significant increase in oil tankers if Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is approved. CHAD HIPOLITO/FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL

The mayors of Victoria and Edmonton view the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion plans very differently – in ways the prime minister may not be able to reconcile.

Every month, five marine tankers laden with crude oil depart from Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, wending their way through the Salish Sea and rounding the southern tip of Vancouver Island to the open Pacific Ocean.

26/11/16
Author: 
John Paul Tasker

[Editor's note: Line 3  is Enbridge's largest project ever with 1600 km of pipeline which would double the existing aging pipeline's capacity to 760,000 barrels a day!  Watch video below.]

$7.9B project would carry diluted bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to Kitimat, B.C.

The federal cabinet has delivered its decision on the Enbridge-backed Northern Gateway pipeline after years of delays and false starts. But it will be days before the public knows the fate of the controversial project.

25/11/16
Author: 
Rafe Mair

TO PRIME MINISTER THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JUSTIN TRUDEAU

 

Mr. Prime Minister, as you contemplate approving pipelines in our province, I respectfully suggest you ask yourself a couple of questions.

 

How come Donald Trump, a Republican, could say the most outrageous things about Hillary Clinton a Democrat, supported by a very popular presidential couple, yet  voters elect him anyway? The polls had Clinton from wire to wire - yet she lost. 

 

25/11/16
Author: 
Darrell Stonehouse

[Website editor's note: What is notable in this article by an industry 'insider' is the prediction of approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline but with conditions that will delay it for many years.]

Anti-pipeline activists are starting to lose their common sense.

In early October, a group calling itself Climate Direct Action shut valves on five pipelines carrying crude from Canada into the U.S. market, risking a major rupture to make a point.

22/11/16
Author: 
First Nations Leaders

WE ARE COAST  PROTECTORS

"Now is the time to stand beside Indigenous people in support of our timeless struggle to defend Mother Earth.

There is a battle being waged across the globe by Indigenous Peoples and their allies demanding a safe, healthy world for future generations. This is about water versus oil and life versus death, and ultimately, survival versus extinction."

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