BREAKING! The Kinder Morgan pipeline approved

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Published on Thursday, 19 May 2016 14:00
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The National Energy Board just approved the massive Kinder Morgan pipeline. Now the decision rests with PM Trudeau and his MPs, and we believe they will build this pipeline unless they hear from you.

Sign this petition today to join thousands calling for PM Trudeau and Natural Resources Minsiter Carr to stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

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Dear Paov,

The Harper-appointed, unelected, and unaccountable National Energy Board just approved the Kinder Morgan TransMountain Pipeline despite widespread community opposition in BC.

We can still stop this pipeline. Prime Minister Trudeau added a step to the review process, promising to listen to communities and look at the climate impacts of this project.1

An army of oil industry... lobbyists, led by the Texas-based Kinder Morgan, are putting PM Trudeau and his government under intense pressure.2

We have every reason to believe this pipeline will be built - unless the PM Trudeau and his MPs hear a broad public outcry from people across Canada.

Click here to sign an urgent petition calling on PM Trudeau, Natural Resource Minister Carr and your MP to stand up with BC and oppose the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

If built, this pipeline will:

  1. Threaten tens of thousands of jobs in the coastal economy with inevitable oil spills from pipelines and oil tanker3
  2. Pose a direct risk to one of the most the fragile and diverse coastal ecosystems in the world4
  3. Unleash global warming pollution at 56 times the rate of than the entire City of Vancouver, putting all our communities at greater risk of climate disasters - just as the world is breaking heat records month after month5

During the election, PM Trudeau said that “governments grant permits, but communities grant permission.”6 The majority of people in BC opposed to this pipeline, and dozens of municipalities and First Nations along the pipeline route have rejected this pipeline.7, 8, 9

Communities are rejecting the pipeline because it puts them at risk. The Southern BC coast has one of the highest probabilities of a marine spill in Canada, and experts agree there’s more than 80% chance this pipeline will spill into the Burrard Inlet within the next 50 years.10,11

This project would also undermine our international commitments to climate action, by making it nearly impossible for us to do our part to stay within a safe 1.5°C global temperature change.12

Prime Minister Trudeau and his Cabinet have to make a choice between building a dirty energy pipeline or defending our communities and we know he’s facing intense backroom pressure to rubber stamp this pipeline. He needs to hear from you or this pipeline will be built. Sign the petition calling on PM Trudeau to say no to Kinder Morgan.

Click here to sign the petition today

For close to a decade, British Columbians fought Harper’s plans to ram pipelines through local opposition, and we defeated him and his plans last fall.

After Harper was defeated, the Leadnow community voted to make it a priority to tackle climate change. Together, we’ve been pushing on the new government to create a bold National Climate Strategy through the People’s Climate Plan. But no climate plan will be enough to stop the climate crisis if we build these pipelines.

Now we need to come together once again to protect our communities. We wouldn’t accept this pipeline under Harper, there’s no reason to accept it under a new government.

Together, we defeated Stephen Harper. Together we can defeat one of his last legacies - the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

Sign the petition calling on PM Trudeau and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr to stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-kinder-morgan/

With hope and respect,
Rodrigo, Mike, Jamie and the rest of the Leadnow community

Sources:

  1. Ottawa adds additional steps to pipeline reviews http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-to-announce-new-transition-rules-for-assessing-pipelines/article28412555/
  2. Enbridge and Kinder Morgan Lobby Hard As Feds Change Tune on Pipelines http://www.desmog.ca/2016/05/09/enbridge-and-kinder-morgan-lobby-hard-feds-change-tune-pipelines
  3. What are the economic risks of the project? What are the economic benefits? http://credbc.ca/assessing-the-risks/
  4. Oil Spills in Our Back Yard: What British Columbians Need to Know http://georgiastrait.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Oil-Spills-in-Your-Backyard-report-web.pdf
  5. City of Vancouver - What We Have Learned http://vancouver.ca/green-vancouver/what-we-have-learned.aspx
  6. Trudeau: "governments grant permits, communities grant permission" http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2684686536
  7. Pipeline popularity tanks: B.C. poll http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2016/03/02/poll-finds-pipeline-popularity-tanks.html
  8. Mayors stand together against Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/mayors-stand-together-against-kinder-morgan-pipeline-proposal.aspx
  9. First Nations opposed to Trans Mountain Pipeline set to give final arguments http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/First+Nations+opposed+Trans+Mountain+Pipeline+give+final+arguments/11619742/story.html
  10. See 4
  11. See 4
  12. Four charts reveal gigantic climate impact from proposed Kinder Morgan mega-pipeline http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/climatesnapshot/four-charts-reveal-gigantic-climate-impact-proposed-kinder-morgan-mega

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