Indigenous Leaders Shut Down Construction on Kinder Morgans Pipeline
Summary
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Penticton Indian Band, Syilx, President UBCIC "There is absolutely no way that we are letting Kinder Morgan expand its archaic and dangerous fossil fuel extraction.Today we proudly stood with land defenders to send a strong message to Kinder Morgan, its investors, and Trudeau- we will not stand down and we will remain united in our opposition.Current opposition to Kinder Morgans pipeline and tanker project includes the Province of British Columbia, the state of Washington, the cities of Vancouver, Burnaby, and Victoria and 19 other BC municipalities as well as 250,000 petition signers.If built, the Trans Mountain expansion would triple the capacity of an existing pipeline network, allowing the company to ship up to 890,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Edmonton to Vancouvers coast.Solidarity actions have also spread south of the border; on Sunday, March 18, kayaktivists took to the water to block access to Kinder Morgans oil terminal in Seattle.