trans mountain pipeline
Protest accuses Trudeau of fiddling on pipeline while climate change burns BC
Cited purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline and ensure it’s expanded to carry Alberta oil to the coast.
Sinking the west coast oil tanker traffic myth
The expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline system, to ultimately move Alberta crude oil by tanker through the Port of Vancouver, was a high-profile issue in the May 9 BC election. Liberal premier Christy Clark agreed to support…
Coalition urges banks to shun financing for Trans Mountain pipeline
28 banks have been named as targets for the campaign.
Trans Mountain agreement includes investment deadline, hiring priorities
Kinder Morgan’s board of directors must reach a decision by June 30 for the project to go ahead.
BC court rules against Burnaby in bylaw battle over Trans Mountain pipeline
Judges conclude that the National Energy Board can override municipal laws.
Trudeau approves Trans Mountain pipeline, maintains climate targets
Pipeline approvals will add almost a million additional barrels of oil per day to export capacity.
Liberals name five person panel to overhaul NEB mandate
Will examine the structure, role and mandate of the board, which has become embroiled in controversy.
Trans Mountain pipeline gets conditional OK
Kinder Morgan will have to address 157 engineering, safety, environmental and emergency preparedness conditions.
NEB orders pipeline firms to post emergency manuals online
Some information may be excluded, such as details that may jeopardize security or harm traditional indigenous sites.
First Nation asks court to stop NEB’s review of Trans Mountain
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation says the pipeline review began without being consulted by the federal government.
Energy board issues 145 conditions for Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Conditions stipulate that various plans be filed, including on air emissions, risks to endangered species and environmental protection.
Vancouver pipeline expansion would be ‘disastrous’: mayor
NEB considering Kinder Morgan’s plan to triple its bitumen-carrying capacity to 890,000 barrels a day.
Vancouver First Nation says pipeline expansion could increase spills
Kinder Morgan wants to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline to 890,000 barrels a day.
Expert drops out of ‘biased’ Kinder Morgan pipeline review
Robyn Allan says the review’s scope is so narrow the outcome is predetermined.
Vancouver taking Trans Mountain pipeline challenge to Federal Court
Ongoing dispute has already caused a seven-month delay in the pipeline’s regulatory process.