Click here for the Nov 18, 2016 Open Letter from Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist, MLA for one of the most affected regions and an official intervenor in the NEB hearings into the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.
[Webpage editor's note: Of course we should not accept the NEB's and this letter's exclusion of the issue of the vastly increased emissions of greenhouse gases that would result from this pipeline.]
From: Roland Willson [mailto:rwillson@westmo.org] Sent: November 18, 2016 2:51 AM To: Don Bain <donb@ubcic.bc.ca> Subject: FW: AN Op-ed regarding Senator Neufleds comments Importance: High
From: Yakawilas Coreen Child [mailto:coreenchild@gmail.com] Sent: November-18-16 10:59 AM Subject: Standing in Solidarity - Calling all Land, Air, Water and Sea protectors
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WATER IS LIFE –
NORTH ISLAND PROTECTORS GATHER AT THE NIMKISH BRIDGE
Indigenous stories: Group led by UBCIC Grand Chief Stewart Phillip will sign on to do “whatever it takes” to stop pipeline.
People at a mass rally against Kinder Morgan on Saturday are expected to make a group pledge to take escalating actions if the pipeline project is approved.
The event will begin at City Hall at noon and is expected to draw hundreds of people including Indigenous, provincial and municipal leaders, as well as Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr recently declared the federal government will not require the full, prior and informed consent from First Nations when it decides whether or not to allow Kinder Morgan to build a new crude oil pipeline through British Columbia.
More than 1,000 early-career scientists from across Canada have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and key members of his cabinet urging the government to do a better job of assessing the environmental impacts of developments.
The scientists say they are “concerned that current environmental assessments and regulatory decision-making processes lack scientific rigour,” and that the health of Canadians and the environment are being put at risk.
The e-mail I sent last week didn't have a working paypal link for credit card donations!
I am re-sending with the correct link. Funds are still being requested so Kanahus can more easily continue her work. We're about 1/6 of the way to the goal! Thanks everyone!!!
The rental building under construction at the corner of East Hastings and Skeena Street looks similar to countless others being built around the city. But one detail, noted in small print on the promotional sign, calls attention to the difference: it aims to be designated a “Passive House,” a highly energy efficient building. It’s one of only a handful of buildings or houses in Vancouver that either have the designation or are targeting it. Once certified, the Heights — as it’s been dubbed by the developer — will be the largest building in Canada that’s met the Passive House standard.
