Andrew Weaver

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Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline hearings

  Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices July 2014 The National Energy Board (NEB) has announced that they will be extending the timeline for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline hearings. This new timeline will put the regular hearing process on hold for three months while Trans Mountain files supplementary information on its new pipeline corridor through the City…

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Halting the Expansion of Thermal Coal Exports in BC

  Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices May 2014 On February 11th, 2014, the first day of the spring session the B.C. Legislature, Lieutenant-Governor, Judith Guichon, delivered the B.C. government’s latest speech from the throne, which focused heavily on the development of BC’s liquefied natural gas industry as a means for reducing carbon emissions. However, while LNG exports…

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Trophy Hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest

  Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2014   Trophy Hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest Here in BC we are blessed to be home to the world’s largest pristine coastal temperate forest, the Great Bear Rainforest. Every year thousands of tourists flock here from around the world to observe the iconic grizzly bear in its natural…

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Intervener Status for the Proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

 Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices  January 2014 Intervener Status for the Proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion While many people have expressed concern over the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has not garnered the same level of attention. However, if approved, the twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, which…