Local trustees and San Juan County councilors call for Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cancellation

environment · Salish Sea region

Elected representatives from the Islands Trust and San Juan County have signed an open letter urging Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau to abandon the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project due to 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 impact of a bitumen spill on the lives of our island constituents is unfathomable.” — The Islands Grapevine – September 6th, 2018 (September 6th, 2018)

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