Victoria News
The recent anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster casts a long shadow over impending Earth Day events in BC, as two controversial pipeline projects propose to deliver “the world’s dirtiest oil” to the Pacific coast…
On the 23rd Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, CFAX interviews Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee about the lessons learned and the consideration for the Salish Sea as Kinder Morgan rapidly expands tanker traffic. Source file: CFAX March 2012 (MP3)
Public not given a say in expansion of oil exports from Burnaby port
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee, Times Colonist December 16, 2011
Incremental applications to the NEB are an effective way for Kinder Morgan to significantly increase the amount of crude oil exported out of Burrard Inlet without mentioning the terms oil tanker or tarsands…
San Juan Islander
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
The NEB approved the latest request by Kinder Morgan, which will consequently increase tanker traffic in the Salish Sea. Despite requests by Raincoast and other NGOs, this was done without a full public process…
Gulf Islands Driftwood
December 13, 2011
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
Kinder Morgan wants to triple the amount of crude oil being shipped from Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet through Georgia Strait, the Fraser estuary, the Gulf Islands, the San Juan Islands, Haro Strait and Juan de Fuca Strait…
By Sean McIntyre – Gulf Islands Driftwood
Published: August 31, 2011
Broader public consultation and a thorough risk assessment are needed before a decision to increase tanker traffic by more than 200% through the Gulf Islands is made…..
While British Columbians are focused on the threat of oil tankers to B.C.’s north coast, Kinder Morgan wants to quadruple the amount of crude oil going from Burrard Inlet through Georgia Strait, the Gulf Islands, Haro Strait and the Juan de Fuca…
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Island Tides July 28, 2011
According to Kinder Morgan, an estimated 288 tankers (576 transits) will leave Westridge Terminal by 2016, up from 71 tankers (142 transits) in 2010. This translates to more than one tanker per day transiting our region’s front yard…
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Edmonton Journal July 23, 2011
Earlier this year, energy giant Kinder Morgan submitted an application proposing to increase the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline that is delivering oilsands crude to the Westridge Marine Terminal in British Columbia’s Burrard Inlet…