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First Nations Slam Plan to Twin Kinder Morgan pipeline to Burrard Inlet - CTV

2012-01-11T20:52:53.438Z

As the debate rages over a proposed oil pipeline in northern B.C., energy giant Kinder Morgan is quietly working on plans to double the capacity of its pipeline into Metro Vancouver.

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs issued a letter Tuesday urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Premier Christy Clark to reject both Kinder Morgan and Enbridge's proposals.

Representatives from the Tseil-Waututh First Nation in North Vancouver say they fear an oil spill and are opposed to Kinder Morgan's plans to increase tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet.

"The risk of having that much oil floating through our inlet, it's too great a risk to take," council member Carleen Thomas told CTV News.

part from more tanker traffic, Kinder Morgan also wants bigger tankers in the inlet, and the company told investors in a presentation that would mean dredging the channel to widen it. CTV News has learned that Port Metro Vancouver is testing sediment at the Second Narrows channel in preparation.

Environmentalists say that dredging comes with its own risks.

"Dredging can be quite harmful. There's a lot of toxins, heavy metals well above acceptable limits that are at the bottom of the inlet. When you disturb that, you're mixing that into the ecosystem," Ben West of the Wilderness Committee said.

Squamish Spiritual Leader Robert Nahanee-No Tankers in Burrard Inlet

2011-09-02T19:45:44.456Z

Squamish Elder Robert Nahanee Squamish welcomes and blesses the No Tankers, No Pipelines, No Tar Sands Gathering on August 27, 2011 in Burnaby,BC at the offices of Kinder-Morgan. Owned by former Enron executives, Kinder-Morgan is proposing to increase their current Tar Sands Tankers to 288, each filled with 1 Million Barrel's Of Tar Sands Oil by dredging the Burrard Inlet. Just one of these Tankers carries four times the oil that was spilled in Alaska by the Exxon Valdez .

Burrard Inlet Dredging, Oil Tankers and Tar Sands Pipeline Protest - Global TV - BC

2011-08-28T18:28:11.259Z

Aboriginal Peoples and Environmental Organizations unified in Burnaby, British Columbia for Protecting the Sacred of Burrard Inlet and related waterways from Tar Sand Oil Tankers and in solidarity with others in Canada and the US who are standing up against Tar Sand Pipelines. Oil Giant, Kinder Morgan, has a plan before the Government of Canada to dredge the Burrard Inlet so that 288 Mega Tankers,each carrying 1 million barrels , can be shipped out yearly via the Burrard Inlet and then through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, from their Tanker Facilities in Burnaby, BC.

The event was opened by Squamish Elder and Spiritual Leader, Robert Nahanee, punctuated throughout by Aboriginal Drummer's and concluded by 13 year old,Ta'Kaiya Blaney, Sliammon First Nation, who sang her Shallow Waters Song. Ta'Kaiya's Song calls for Protecting the Sacred Waters and Lands of British Columbia from Oil Tanker's and Pipelines. More than 300 people attended.