Call to Abandon Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion by Island Leaders in 2018

environment · 2018-09-06 · Salish Sea region

Elected representatives from the Islands Trust and San Juan County issued an open letter in 2018 urging Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to abandon the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project due to environmental risks to the Salish Sea, including increased oil tanker traffic threatening local ecosystems and communities.

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• “Elected representatives from the islands in the Salish Sea... have written an open letter urging Prime Minister Trudeau to abandon the expansion project... The expansion project would result in 400 more oil tankers passing the island communities... The orca’s decline sends a chilling message...” — The Islands Grapevine – September 6th, 2018 (September 6th, 2018)

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