BC NDP won’t permit Kinder Morgan to put shovels in ground on public land for pipeline

If the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion is completed, it will result in about 400 oil tankers per year passing through Burrard Inlet. Photo by Travis Lupick

by Charlie Smith, The Georgia Straight, August 10, 2017

This morning, two B.C. NDP cabinet ministers outlined steps their government is taking to address public concerns over Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project.

The owner, Texas-based Kinder Morgan, wants to triple shipments of Alberta oil through its system to 890,000 barrels per day. That would lead to a nearly seven-fold increase in oil tankers moving through Georgia and Juan de Fuca straits.