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(Bloomberg) — U.S. oil pipeline operators are slashing fees to encourage customers in Texas to keep using their networks to ship barrels to the Gulf Coast as the pandemic wreaks havoc on profits.

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Permanent protest camp established near Trans Mountain work site in Kamloops

06/10/20

Author:

Michael Potestio

Link:

Kamloops This Week

Secwépemc protestors arrive at the Mission Flats camp on Oct. 3, where they vow to remain during their bid to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. photo by Facebook

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Miranda Dick, a spokesperson for the camp, told KTW the sole goal of the encampment is to stop the pipeline twinning project. Asked what protesters are prepared to do to achieve that, Dick replied: “Everything.”

[more photos here.]

Secwépemc protesters have settled in for the long haul in a bid to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project from being completed in Kamloops.

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Bad Dreams on Burnaby Mountain: Threats of Oil Spills, Explosions and Killer Firestorms

05/10/20

Author:

Tom Sandborn

Link:

National Observer

This photo shows Elan Gibson (seated), author, actor, activist and a spokeswoman for Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion, on the day of her arrest at the Kinder Morgan tank farm gates on May 16, 2018. Photo by Susanne Jackson

October 5th 2020

“Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”
— Lord Farquaard in Shrek, the animated classic

“Fossil fuels require sacrifice zones: they always have.”
— Naomi Klein, 2016

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Canada Pension Plan fuels the climate crisis with our own retirement savings

05/10/20

Author:

Patrick DeRochie & Adam Scott

Link:

National Observer

Recent analyses of CPP’s investments in oil, gas and coal raise red flags about the fund’s alignment with Canada’s climate commitments and mandate to invest in the best interests of Canadians. Photo by Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health

Last month, Mark Machin, CEO of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), wrote that climate change is the crisis beyond COVID-19 that we can’t afford to ignore, stating that “the full effects will depend on the actions we take now and in the future.”

We strongly agree.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

How the Corporate Media Helps the Fossil Fuel Industry Dupe the American Public on Climate

01/10/20

Author:

Aman Azhar

Link:

The Real News

Rebels from Extinction Rebellion DC (XRDC) set off smoke flares and dumped ash outside CNN’s DC offices on Friday, September 18, in protest at news outlet's coverage of the wildfire crisis. Credit: Gabe Cowan (XRDC)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The views of large businesses and opponents of climate action are given outsized coverage to sway climate debate.

For nearly three decades, mainstream American news outlets duped the public on climate change by publishing significantly more news stories that denied climate science compared to those that said it was occurring, according to a recent study.

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New Analysis: Big Oil still can’t be trusted

28/09/20

Author:

Oil Change International

Sept. 28, 2020

We just released a major new analysis!

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B.C. court rejects appeals of Trans Mountain pipeline protesters

25/09/20

Author:

Keith Fraser

Link:

The Vancouver Sun

Construction continues on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion at the West Ridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby on July 2. PHOTO BY JASON PAYNE /PNG

Sep 21, 2020

B.C.'s top court rejects appeals of two protesters who were arrested after blockading Kinder Morgan's pipeline.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has rejected the appeals of two people who were arrested and convicted of criminal contempt of court for blocking Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

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Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could be at least two months late

25/09/20

Author:

E. McIntosh

Link:

National Observer

The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is currently scheduled to be finished at the end of 2022. Photo from Trans Mountain/Twitter

September 25th 2020

Last week, Trans Mountain said its pipeline expansion project is on schedule to be done by the end of 2022.

But the environmental non-profit Wilderness Committee says it appears Trans Mountain has missed its window to start key construction work in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, meaning the project is at risk of at least a two-month delay. And that’s if everything else goes perfectly ⁠— if not, it could be up to 14 months late.

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Oil - Pipelines

Miranda Dick, a spokesperson for the camp, told KTW the sole goal of the encampment is to stop the pipeline twinning project. Asked what protesters are prepared to do to achieve that, Dick replied: “Everything.”

The views of large businesses and opponents of climate action are given outsized coverage to sway climate debate.

B.C.'s top court rejects appeals of two protesters who were arrested after blockading Kinder Morgan's pipeline.

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