Open Letter from Island Leaders Urging Prime Minister to Abandon Trans Mountain Expansion

environment · 2018-09-06 · Salish Sea region

Elected representatives from the Salish Sea islands, including 22 trustees from the Islands Trust and three San Juan County councilors, have written an open letter urging Prime Minister Trudeau to abandon the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project due to environmental risks, increased tanker traffic, and threats to local economies and orca populations.

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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 impact of a bitumen spill on the lives of our island constituents is unfathomable... The Salish Sea is one of the most biologically rich inland seas in the world.” — The Islands Grapevine – September 6th, 2018 (September 6th, 2018)

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