Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan continues his tough stand against Kinder Morgan (Photo: Vimeo) Read this Nov. 18 story from The Vancouver Sun on newly re-elected Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan’s vow to stop Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion proposal through the courts – urging citizens not to get arrested in defiance of a recent injunction.
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The Common Sense Canadian: The Law is an Ass: Rafe on Burnaby citizens’ loss to Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan contractors clash with citizen protestor on Burnaby Mountain (Darryl Dyck/CP) “If the Law says that”, said Mr. Bumble, “the Law is an ass”. The good citizens of Burnaby have lost their case against the large international corporation, Houston-based Kinder Morgan, who wish to extend their pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kinder Morgan may win in court, but it’s quickly losing social licence
Citizens protest Kinder Morgan outside BC Supreme Court (Photo: AJ Klein/facebook) Houston-based pipeline giant Kinder Morgan may obtain an injunction from the BC Supreme Court today to remove protestors from their Burnaby Mountain blockade of the company’s exploratory work. In all likelihood, it will also secure a positive verdict from
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Former Hydro head pulls out of NEB’s “farcical” Kinder Morgan hearings
Read this Nov. 3 story from CBC.ca on former BC Hydro boss Mark Eliesen’s decision to drop out of the Kinder Morgan The former head of BC Hydro, Marc Eliesen, has pulled out of the federal hearings on the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline project. In a scathing letter to the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Photographer to share stunning images of Great Bear Rainforest
Photo by Ian McAllister – from new book Great Bear Wild This Friday in Vancouver, groundbreaking wilderness photographer Ian McAllister will discuss his new book, Great Bear Wild – Dispatches from a Northern Rainforest, through a multi-media presentation that leads audiences into one of the world’s most spectacular landscapes, now threatened by proposed oil
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Rafe: Runaway Simushir may be safe now; BC’s coast is anything but
The Simushir under tow from US tugboat Barbara Foss (via Maritime Forces Pacific Facebook) The incapacitation of a Russian cargo vessel off Haida Gwaii caused great panic amongst all of us who watched the events unfold over the past weekend. The seas were very heavy – not an unusual state of
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Pipelines in Parks? Public comment sought on Kinder Morgan’s plans
Citizens have until Oct. 12 to submit comments to the government regarding Kinder Morgan’s plans to build its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion through protected areas in BC’s Parks. Read this post from the Sierra Club on what’s at stake and how you can get involved. Not only has Kinder Morgan’s
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Burnaby wins latest round with Kinder Morgan, as NEB refuses to override bylaws
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has taken a tough stand against Kinder Morgan (Photo: Vimeo) Read this Sept. 27 story from the Canadian Press on the National Energy Board’s refusal to trample on the City of Burnaby’s bylaws in order to clear the way for US pipeline builder Kinder Morgan’s survey work. The
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Burnaby loses bid for injunction against Kinder Morgan
Kinder MOrgan contractors carrying out geotechnical survey work in Burnaby (Darryl Dyck / CP) Read this Sept. 17 Canadian Press story by Dene Moore on the lastest chapter in the ongoing legal battle between the City of Burnaby and Texas-based energy giant Kinder Morgan, over the company’s plans to route
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Enbridge will likely miss 2018 construction start for Northern Gateway
Read this Sept. 4 story from the Canadian Press suggesting that Enbridge won’t meet its planned construction start of 2018 for the Northern Gateway Pipeline. CALGARY — The president of the Northern Gateway pipeline says it’s unlikely the project will start up in 2018 as the company seeks to win
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Burnaby issues Kinder Morgan stop work order over pipeline survey
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has been a thorn in Kinder Morgan’s side (Image: Youtube) Read this Sept. 2 Burnaby Now story by Jennifer Moreau on the lastest chapter in the City of Burnaby’s ongoing battle with Houston-based Kinder Morgan over the company’s plans to build a new pipeline through the community. The
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: NEB sides with Kinder Morgan, but company must respect Burnaby’s bylaws
Read this August 19 Canadian Press story via CBC.ca on the latest chapter int he ongoing battle between pipeline builder Kinder Morgan and the city of Burnaby. The National Energy Board has sided with Kinder Morgan in a dispute with the City of Burnaby over access to Burnaby Mountain. The company can proceed with
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Burnaby fires back at Kinder Morgan with constitutional challenge
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan continues to be a thorn in Kinder Morgan’s side (Image: Youtube) Read this Aug. 11 story by Jennifer Moreau in the Burnaby Now on Burnaby Council’s latest salvo in its battle with pipeline company Kinder Morgan over drilling under Burnaby Mountain. The City of Burnaby is launching a constitutional
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Rafe: Heavy oil advertising, editorials taint Canadian mag The Walrus
Enbridge is a major Walrus sponsor (Photo: Damien Gillis) I am afraid I really am a gloomy Gus today. It has just struck me that there is an absence of good guys in the world. Whether it’s big business or government they mostly do it to us and reek of
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kinder Morgan creates $90 Billion pipeline super-company
Reuters is reporting that Houston-based pipeline giant Kinder Morgan is folding all its assets into one super-company, valued at $92 Billion. It remains to be seen how the deal will affect the company’s controversial, planned pipeline expansion to Vancouver. Top U.S. pipeline company Kinder Morgan Inc said on Sunday it will put all its publicly
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kinder Morgan seeks to force its way onto Burnaby Mountain
Kinder Morgan Canada President Ian Anderson at a Vancouver Board of Trade talk (photo: Kinder Morgan) Read this July 29 story by Jennifer Moreau in the Burnaby Now on Kinder Morgan’s attempt to gain support from the National Energy Board to override Burnaby Council’s denial of permits for survey work on Burnaby Mountain.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Study links extractive industries to rise in domestic abuse
A fracking drill near Dawson Creek in northeast BC (courtesy of Two Island Films) Read this July 24 Globe and Mail story by Andrea Woo on a new study which exposes one of the trade-offs associated with expanded resource development, namely an increase in violence against women. An increase in domestic and
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Rafe: With fracking, tankers “world-class safety” is a weasel word
BC Premier Christy Clark touts “world-class” safety for fossil fuel projects (Canadian Press) Many times I have referred to Premier Clark’s demand that Enbridge and others have “world-class” cleanup processes in place. To repeat myself, these are “weasel words” and mean absolutely nothing. “World-class” firefighting procedures doesn’t mean the building
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Kinder Morgan pipeline hearings delayed by new Burnaby route
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has been a thorn in Kinder Morgan’s side (Image: Youtube) Read this July 15 story from Emma Gilchrist in Desmog Blog on the delay to the environmental hearings for the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, resulting from a late decision to re-route the pipeline through Burnaby Mountain.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Two legal challenges filed against Northern Gateway
By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Two legal challenges were filed Friday against the federal cabinet’s approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline. The Gitxaala (git-HAT’-lah) First Nations, who hail from the North Coast of British Columbia, filed an application for judicial review with the Federal Court of Appeal. Ecojustice filed
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