Open Letter by Islands Trust and San Juan County Officials Urges PM Trudeau to Abandon Trans Mountain Expansion

environment · 2018-09 · Salish Sea region

Elected representatives from the Islands Trust and San Juan County have signed an open letter urging Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to abandon the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project due to environmental risks to the Salish Sea and its orca population.

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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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