Friday, April 25, 2014 8:49:38 PM
Time to Wake Up: Climate Change Threatens Sports
H/T A Siegel DK .. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/09/1283307/-Democratic-Senators-to-pull-Up4Climate-all-nighter?detail=hide
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.. re another pipeline in my early hometown .. ..
Smyth: Kinder Morgan pipeline project bedevilling governments at every level
By Michael Smyth, The Province March 20, 2014
The fight over the Alberta to Burnaby oil pipeline proposed by Kinder Morgan is shaping up as a political battle royal that will entangle all three levels of government. The $5-billion project to triple the capacity of the company’s existing pipeline is opposed by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, and now Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan is turning up the volume.
The fight over the Alberta-to-Burnaby oil pipeline proposed by Kinder Morgan is shaping up as a political battle royale that will entangle all three levels of government.
The $5-billion project to triple the capacity of the company’s existing pipeline is opposed by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, and now Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan is turning up the volume.
“This is the wrong place and the wrong time for them to put in this pipeline,” Corrigan told me, adding opponents of the project are even willing to break the law if it’s approved.
“I guess then we’re going to be lying down in front of bulldozers,” he said.
While the mayor gets set to defy the construction crews, the Conservative government of Stephen Harper continues to beat the drum of expanded oil exports to Asia. Asked in front of a New York business audience recently about Canada’s various export-driven pipeline proposals, Harper said it was “critical” for Canada to expand its markets.
“Obviously, we’ll work closely with potential markets and with our industries to do what we can to make sure that these go ahead,” Harper said.
The Kinder Morgan project would increase the capacity of the firm’s existing pipeline from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels of oil a day. The number of foreign-bound supertankers in Burrard Inlet would go from five to 34 per month.
Now, land agents are already knocking on the doors of area residents to alert them that the project could impact their properties under several proposed pipeline routes.
“They’re proposing going different ways through the community and having different impacts on various neighbourhoods, schools, parks and infrastructure,” Corrigan said.
But as the mayor digs in his heels, he also admits Harper’s cabinet will get the final say.
“Our power is extremely limited,” he said. “But we’re hoping that with the public on our side we’re going to be able to get enough opposition that there’s a heavy political price to pay for approving it.”
So with the feds on one side, and municipalities on the other, where does that leave provincial politicians? In the middle and tying themselves up in knots.
Premier Christy Clark has already said her government won’t support the Kinder Morgan pipeline unless it meets five conditions, including environmental protection, First Nations’ interests and a “fair share” of pipeline profits for B.C.
“We will not pre-judge Kinder Morgan’s project,” the provincial government said Wednesday in a statement, noting the government is pleased the company has signalled it is willing to accept the conditions.
The NDP, meanwhile, are in the midst of a leadership contest where the Kinder Morgan project will be a key issue. The opposition party seems as divided as ever on a megaproject that bedevilled outgoing leader Adrian Dix during last May’s doomed election campaign.
Now, the pipeline project will test the political tap-dance skills of leadership rivals Mike Farnworth and John Horgan, who should both summon the guts to take a stand and state a position.
© Copyright (c) The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Smyth+Kinder+Morgan+pipeline+project+bedevilling+governments+every+level/9637980/story.html
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British Columbia city challenges oil pipeline: What about fire or leak?
Posted on March 18, 2014 | By Joel Connelly
Burnaby, B.C., is standing up to Big Oil.
The Vancouver suburb wants to know where a proposed oil pipeline is going to go, especially if Burnaby fire crews are expected to handle a leak, rupture or conflagration.
The big, Houston-based Kinder Morgan pipeline company wants to double the capacity of its existing Trans-Mountain Pipeline. The pipeline transports crude oil from Alberta beneath the city of Burnaby (population 202,000) to a refinery on the shores of Burrard Inlet.
more .. http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/03/18/british-columbia-city-challenges-oil-pipeline-what-about-fire-or-leak/
See also another good video
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H/T A Siegel DK .. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/09/1283307/-Democratic-Senators-to-pull-Up4Climate-all-nighter?detail=hide
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.. re another pipeline in my early hometown .. ..
Smyth: Kinder Morgan pipeline project bedevilling governments at every level
By Michael Smyth, The Province March 20, 2014
The fight over the Alberta to Burnaby oil pipeline proposed by Kinder Morgan is shaping up as a political battle royal that will entangle all three levels of government. The $5-billion project to triple the capacity of the company’s existing pipeline is opposed by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, and now Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan is turning up the volume.
The fight over the Alberta-to-Burnaby oil pipeline proposed by Kinder Morgan is shaping up as a political battle royale that will entangle all three levels of government.
The $5-billion project to triple the capacity of the company’s existing pipeline is opposed by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, and now Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan is turning up the volume.
“This is the wrong place and the wrong time for them to put in this pipeline,” Corrigan told me, adding opponents of the project are even willing to break the law if it’s approved.
“I guess then we’re going to be lying down in front of bulldozers,” he said.
While the mayor gets set to defy the construction crews, the Conservative government of Stephen Harper continues to beat the drum of expanded oil exports to Asia. Asked in front of a New York business audience recently about Canada’s various export-driven pipeline proposals, Harper said it was “critical” for Canada to expand its markets.
“Obviously, we’ll work closely with potential markets and with our industries to do what we can to make sure that these go ahead,” Harper said.
The Kinder Morgan project would increase the capacity of the firm’s existing pipeline from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels of oil a day. The number of foreign-bound supertankers in Burrard Inlet would go from five to 34 per month.
Now, land agents are already knocking on the doors of area residents to alert them that the project could impact their properties under several proposed pipeline routes.
“They’re proposing going different ways through the community and having different impacts on various neighbourhoods, schools, parks and infrastructure,” Corrigan said.
But as the mayor digs in his heels, he also admits Harper’s cabinet will get the final say.
“Our power is extremely limited,” he said. “But we’re hoping that with the public on our side we’re going to be able to get enough opposition that there’s a heavy political price to pay for approving it.”
So with the feds on one side, and municipalities on the other, where does that leave provincial politicians? In the middle and tying themselves up in knots.
Premier Christy Clark has already said her government won’t support the Kinder Morgan pipeline unless it meets five conditions, including environmental protection, First Nations’ interests and a “fair share” of pipeline profits for B.C.
“We will not pre-judge Kinder Morgan’s project,” the provincial government said Wednesday in a statement, noting the government is pleased the company has signalled it is willing to accept the conditions.
The NDP, meanwhile, are in the midst of a leadership contest where the Kinder Morgan project will be a key issue. The opposition party seems as divided as ever on a megaproject that bedevilled outgoing leader Adrian Dix during last May’s doomed election campaign.
Now, the pipeline project will test the political tap-dance skills of leadership rivals Mike Farnworth and John Horgan, who should both summon the guts to take a stand and state a position.
© Copyright (c) The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Smyth+Kinder+Morgan+pipeline+project+bedevilling+governments+every+level/9637980/story.html
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British Columbia city challenges oil pipeline: What about fire or leak?
Posted on March 18, 2014 | By Joel Connelly
Burnaby, B.C., is standing up to Big Oil.
The Vancouver suburb wants to know where a proposed oil pipeline is going to go, especially if Burnaby fire crews are expected to handle a leak, rupture or conflagration.
The big, Houston-based Kinder Morgan pipeline company wants to double the capacity of its existing Trans-Mountain Pipeline. The pipeline transports crude oil from Alberta beneath the city of Burnaby (population 202,000) to a refinery on the shores of Burrard Inlet.
more .. http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/03/18/british-columbia-city-challenges-oil-pipeline-what-about-fire-or-leak/
See also another good video
The People that I would Protect:
Reject & Protect:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=101142097
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