Statement: Time for the Prime Minister to reject Kinder Morgan pipeline

11 January 2016 (Edmonton) – In response to B.C. saying it cannot support Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline, Mike Hudema, a Climate and Energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada said:

“We applaud the B.C. government for listening to the concerns of First Nations and people across the province in refusing to support a project that would endanger thousands of jobs, coastal communities and any chance to live up to the demands of climate science. A tar sands spill off the coast would be catastrophic and almost impossible to cleanup. Since the Kinder Morgan pipeline does not have support from First Nations, municipal governments, the people of B.C. or the provincial government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no choice but to reject it once and for all. We hope this is his first step toward building the 100% clean and renewable energy future we need.”

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For more information:

Peter Louwe, Communications Officer: 778-228-5404

Mike Hudema, Climate and Energy campaigner: 780-504-5601

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