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To: LoneClone who wrote (138088)	7/24/2010 6:26:32 PM
From: LoneClone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206325

A history of oil pipeline opposition theglobeandmail.com Traditional drummers from a number of British Columbia coastal First Nations perform at Kitamaat Village, B.C., Saturday May 29, 2010, after the community raised a sign to protest against plans by Enbridge to build a bitumen pipeline from the Alberta oil sands and then send it by tanker to Asia. The "Solidarity Gathering of Nations" was sponsored by the Haisla and Gita'at First Nations, Kitamaat Village, B.C. Tracing the fight against oil lines and tanker traffic across the Atlantic since 2004 Nathan VanderKlippe Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 7:29PM EDT May 19, 2004: Largest first nations demonstration in B.C. history descends upon the Legislature in Victoria, largely thanks to Gateway. Oct. 25, 2006: Carrier Sekani Tribal Council files a federal challenge to the joint review panel created to assess the Gateway pipeline. Carrier Sekani Tribal Chief David Luggi. Aug. 7, 2008: Opinion survey finds 72-per-cent support in B.C. for an oil tanker ban. Burns Bog Conservation Society President, Eliza Olson in the bog in Delta, BC, May 15, 2009. The South Fraser Perimeter Highway, a four-lane, 40-kilometre stretch of blacktop that is part of B.C's vaunted Gateway project and would link DeltaPort to highways in the Fraser Valley and run through South Delta along the Fraser River. The $1-billion project, for which prep work is beginning, skirts the Burns Bog conservation area and involves expropriation of dozens of homes (some estimates say 200). Dec. 5, 2008: Small group of shareholders agrees to press Enbridge to investigate environmental risks of Gateway. March 24, 2009: Protesters use the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster to stage a “No Tankers Day” in B.C. In this April 1, 1989 file photo, a float plane waits to taxi from an oil-covered beach in Prince William Sound, an inlet off the Gulf of Alaska. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million. The court ruled that victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history may collect punitive damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., but not as much as a federal appeals court determined. May 6, 2009: First nations protesters confront Enbridge at its annual general meeting in Toronto. Enbridge Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Daniel speaks to shareholders during the annual general meeting in Toronto May 6, 2009. June 2009: First nations from across B.C. and Alberta sign a declaration against Pacific exports of oil sands crude. May 8, 2010: Norm Hann leaves Kitimat on a 300-kilometre paddleboard trip to raise awareness about Gateway. It is one of 500 individual protest actions. Norm Hann, 40, of Squamish, BC arrives at the "Solidarity Gathering of Nations" sponsored by the Haisla and Gita'at First Nations, Kitamaat Village, BC, Saturday May 29, 2010. Hann, who teaches at Hartley Bay, used a standup paddle board to go from Kitamaat to Bella Bella from May 8 to 18. The Solidarity Gathering is a day long meeting at the Haisla First Nation village to protest plans by Enbridge to build a pipeline to carry oil sands bitumen to the nearby port of Kitimat. June 21, 2010: Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff pledges to oppose oil tanker traffic off B.C.’s north coast. Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff speaks at the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. July 5, 2010: Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson convenes a meeting to question increased tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson speaks to media outside the Vancouver Courthouse on the corner of Nelson and Howe after testifying in the Cambie hearing in Vancouver.

To: LoneClone who wrote (138088)	7/24/2010 11:24:58 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206325

LC Fat chance of this happening. Those tankers would have to go thru U.S. waters, some of the most critical habitat in Washington State, the San Juan Islands. Not a pretty situation for all of the endangered Killer Whales. Shall we say just one oil spill... Toast. Eric

To: LoneClone who wrote (138088)	4/28/2012 1:25:29 PM
From: Dennis Roth	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206325

Transmountain: Same pipeline, new realities Claudia Cattaneo Apr 27, 2012 – 8:09 AM ET \| Last Updated: Apr 27, 2012 8:13 AM ET business.financialpost.com In 2008, Kinder Morgan Canada added 75,000 barrels of capacity to its Trans Mountain pipeline from Edmonton to Vancouver at a cost of $750-million, which included 13 new pump stations, twinning the system through Jasper National Park in Alberta and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia. It faced little opposition, completed its regulatory hearing within a week, and provided contracting and employment to the Aseniwuche Winewak and Simpcw First Nations and the Alberta Metis Zone IV community. When the project was completed, the Town of Jasper and the Village of Valemount thanked Kinder Morgan Canada for the opportunity. Today, the company’s president, Ian Anderson, has cleared his deck and plans to dedicate the next five years of his career to a single goal — win support for and build a $5-billion expansion of the same pipeline, which has been in operation for 62 years. He is planning a campaign of unprecedented magnitude for his company, a unit of the Houston-based infrastructure giant, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. It’s a measure of how the Canadian pipeline business has changed as a result of activists targeting export pipelines to choke oil sands growth and rousing fear in affected communities about risks to the environment. [snip] - more at link