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Kinder Morgan

Federal minister Greg Rickford

Harper government appoints another oil and mining executive to NEB

The game is "rigged," critics say, and the National Energy Board is now a "pipeline approval" machine. This week, the Harper government appointed a Calgary resource development executive Murray Lytle...
BC pipeline, Kinder Morgan, National Energy Board

Environment lawyers challenge B.C.'s Kinder Morgan pipeline conditions

Lawyers from Ecojustice say the province has signed away its responsibility to assess the impacts of the proposed expansion project by harmonizing the approval process with the NEB,
oil spill, Georgia Strait Alliance, National Energy Board, SPARC, Kinder Morgan

Praying for marine safety, lobbying for better oil response

Vancouver is hamstrung by a lack of communication from senior response agencies, according to new report
Kinder Morgan, Rueben George, Tsleil-Waututh

Tsleil-Waututh First Nation rejects Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion

In an old legend from the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, a two-headed serpent brings hunger and disease to the Burrard Inlet, killing off the salmon. In order to survive, the people had to confront the...
Alan Dutton anti-SLAPP Kinder Morgan NDP bill - Mychaylo Prystupa

Kinder Morgan Burnaby Mountain fight goes to B.C. legislature

A Burnaby pipeline critic and retiree  was hit with a lawsuit by Kinder Morgan last fall. He's renewing his battle —this time in the B.C. legislature, with the NDP introducing a so-called "anti-...
oil spill, English Bay oil spill,

Oil spill in Burrard Inlet could cost Vancouver up to $1.2 billion: UBC report

A major oil spill in the Burrard Inlet could cost the city up to $1.2 billion in lost economic opportunities, according to a new UBC report. The UBC Fisheries Economics Research Unit...

Robyn Allan urges premier to take back B.C.'s right to review Kinder Morgan expansion

Economist and former ICBC CEO Robyn Allan challenged the B.C. government to announce its own review process of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. Allan — one of Canada's most prominent...

Economist Robyn Allan calls NEB process "rigged" and withdraws from Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain review

Economist Robyn Allan has publicly withdrawn from the National Energy Board review of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, saying the process is "rigged."

Pipeline eco assessment roundly criticized in new study

The author of a new report on a proposed pipeline and expansion has released a scathing critique of the proponent’s ecological risk assessment (ERA) of its own project. Dr. Jeffery Short, an...
Rueben George, Trans Mountain Pipeline, Tsleil-Waututh, Kinder Morgan

Rueben George blasts pipeline expansion proposal at Kinder Morgan AGM

Tsleil-Waututh First Nation representative Rueben George marched into the Kinder Morgan headquarters in Houston, Texas, with a strong message from his traditional territory near North Vancouver. "I...