New B.C. government would have a few tools to slow down construction of new oil export pipeline
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Kinder Morgan is signing contracts with construction companies and plans to start building its new $7.4-billion pipeline in September. At the same time, a new NDP-Green party partnership could form government in B.C. and start acting on election campaign promises to kill the project.
Both the company and the politicians made announcements on Tuesday making it clear they are not backing down in this fight.
An NDP government in B.C. could stop the Ottawa-backed expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion by bogging the controversial project down in the courts until it is too costly for the company or politically risky for the federal Liberal government, experts say.
Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.’s shares tumbled in the company’s public debut as new risks threatened to stall a major pipeline expansion to Canada’s West Coast.
Houston-based Kinder Morgan, which aims to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline, raised $1.75-billion in the biggest initial public offering in the energy sector in more than two years.
But shares in the company’s Canadian unit immediately fell on Tuesday as investors weighed possible impacts of a minority government led by British Columbia’s New Democratic Party on the $7.4-billion expansion.
Four-day walk against Trans Mountain expansion finishes in Burnaby.
Several hundred people rallied at the gates of Kinder Morgan’s terminal in Burnaby on Sunday at the conclusion of four-day walk against fossil fuel expansion.
Some of the marchers, including federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, embarked on a full 75-km journey from Victoria, while others joined at various stops along the way.
In the fall of 2013, Jason Augustine was in the thick of one of the most important standoffs First Nations activists have ever had with energy companies.
After four and half years of advocacy and three years of case preparation, this Wednesday we take the Port Authority to court to challenge their approval of a new coal terminal on the Fraser River. This video helps explain why this case is so important. Thanks to Ecojustice for taking this on!
Feb 10, 2017 - Earl Muldon sits at his kitchen table surrounded by family, sipping coffee. His wife Shirley brings over a plate of cream cake topped with huckleberries.
May 15, 2017 - The federal government will unveil a carbon-tax plan this week that would provide breaks for major industrial emitters, while ensuring most Canadians families get rebates to offset higher energy bills.
