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Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Opinion: Upstream and downstream health impacts of the Kinder Morgan Pipeline are not worth the risk

The risk assessment submitted by the proponents of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) is woefully inadequate, especially regarding human health risks. Consideration of climate...
Kinder Morgan, Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, pipeline protest, Burnaby

BREAKING: Burnaby RCMP arrest seven Kinder Morgan protesters

"You do not have the consent of Indigenous people to work on unceded Indigenous territory," said a protester, caught on camera, to first responders and Kinder Morgan staff.
Photo of Tamiko Suzuki, Midori Campos and Hannah Campbell from Beyond Boarding

David Suzuki’s daughter and granddaughter arrested protesting Kinder Morgan (VIDEO)

Suzuki's granddaughter Midori Campos and women from the Klabona Keepers announced to the crowd that they were going to cross the police line.
Brigette DePape arrested Burnaby Mountain - Mychaylo Prystupa - Kinder Morgan

Kinder Morgan begins drilling, as Burnaby Mountain protesters arrested

RCMP arrested 14 protesters on Burnaby Mountain this morning and are enforcing Kinder Morgan's injunction against pipeline opponents (according to activists, the number of protesters arrested is...
Left: Kennedy Stewart right: Kinder Morgan pres. Ian Anderson

MP Kennedy Stewart urges Kinder Morgan president to "cease activities" on Burnaby Mountain

Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart wrote a forceful letter to Kinder Morgan Canada President urging him to "cease activities on Burnaby Mountain". The Texas-based pipeline giant's workers are...
Rich Kinder Little Miss Oil Spill Jacqueline Lee-Tam Burnaby Mychaylo Prystupa

Teen urges CEO Rich Kinder to listen to Burnaby protesters in video letter

"Mr. Kinder, I am a reasonable 16-year-old girl... [but] you are not listening to the voices of people who will be directly affected by your work," says Jacqueline Lee-Tam.

Trans Mountain will raise pump prices 15 cents a litre, according to Kinder Morgan president

Are consumers not being told what Kinder Morgan is telling investors about oil prices?

New poll finds significant opposition to Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipelines in BC

A majority of British Columbians are against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, and half are opposed to Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, according to a...

Kinder Morgan: Vancouver’s fate in the rush for black gold

With a history of incremental expansions, could Kinder Morgan’s plans to “twin” the Trans Mountain pipeline be just the beginning?

Gregor Robertson’s Greenest City takes on the oil industry

Can Harper-backed Big Oil penetrate Mayor Gregor Robertson’s renowned “Greenest City”?