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

environment · 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 risks to the environment, orca populations, and local economies reliant on tourism and a healthy environment. The letter emphasizes the need for visionary and less risky economic development alternatives.

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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... We stand with our fellow Salish Sea representatives in Canada in opposition to this project.” — The Islands Grapevine – September 6th, 2018 (September 6th, 2018)

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