Open Letter Urges Prime Minister to Abandon Trans Mountain Pipeline 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. The project would increase oil tanker traffic by 400 tankers in the Salish Sea, posing environmental risks to the region's orcas, wild salmon, and local economies dependent on tourism and a healthy environment.

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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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