Widespread Opposition Reasserts:

the Trans Mountain Pipeline Will Never Be Built

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The most appalling thing about this story is not that the pipeline company and their contractors did not consider salmon habitat at all. It is that our regulatory agencies accept it without a murmur.

~ Mike Pearson, R.P. Bio

Pearson Ecological

"Trans Mountain pipeline work destroyed salmon habitat, scientist says"

view JANUARY 2019 article

Federal Approval of Trans Mountain pipeline proposal QUASHED!!

(photo by National Observer)

TWO FATAL FLAWS:

#1. the unjustified exclusion of Project-related marine shipping from the definition of the Project

#2. failure to engage, dialogue meaningfully, and grapple with the concerns expressed to it in good faith by the Indigenous applicants

THE RULING

THE REACTION

THE RESULT

TO PRESERVE THIS...

... WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THIS

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Welcome to PIPE-UP NETWORK

PRO-INFORMATION, PRO-ENVIRONMENT, UNITED PEOPLE

PIPE UP Network was formed to address concerns about the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX):

increase in likelihood and magnitude of Oil Spills
Economic Impacts (property values, insurance costs)
contribution to Climate Change

PIPE UP Network members work to empower themselves and their communities with the knowledge to:

Stop the Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline (TMX)
Work towards a just transition to a fossil-fuel-free future
Work in collaboration with Indigenous people

The legal and constitutional defenders of the environment in Canada are the First Nations.

~ Jack Woodward (Tsilhqot’in Decision, litigation team)

TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE:
UNSUSTAINABLE

ECONOMICS

What Benefits?

Jobs – almost no permanent jobs; conflicting industry claims about how many temporary jobs (2,500, or 15,000?) Robyn Allan – Aug.28, 2017 →
Taxation – B.C. has received very little from Kinder Morgan – in fact, tax refunds have occurred in the current decade ($4.2 million in 2013) The Tyee – Nov.17, 2014 →
the Liberal government states that TMEP is “in the national interest”, but has not explained how or why – how is this measured?

What Costs?

Residential – real estate values, insurance costs
Oil Spills – who pays for? Not the producer; (largely) not the carrier; instead: the taxpayer
Remediation – do pipelines get cleaned up when their lifespan is done? What’s the industry track record? CBC – The Current – Feb.16, 2018 →

from the Blog

Articles by Economist and former ICBC CEO Robyn Allan - Robyn Allan is an economist and former CEO of ICBC. She is a qualified expert intervener in finance, economics, insurance and public policy at the Trans Mountain Expansion project public hearings. Here are some of her articles...

Popsicles Not Pipelines – public forum with KPU re: Trans Mountain MOU -
On July 6, 2015 the PIPE UP Network, the Kwantlen Public Interest Research Group, and the Kwantlen Student Association hosted a public forum regarding a recently signed memorandum of understanding between Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Trans Mountain Pipelines....

a B.C. pipeline spill would be inevitable. But who would pay? - Macleans - Nov.22, 2017

The only certainty is that the ecosystem hit by a large spill would pay the environmental price . . .

ENVIRONMENT + SAFETY

Oil Spills

loss of livelihoods
devastation of species at risk (orca)
public health threats

Climate Change

Tar Sands expansion: Game Over

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