As the federal government announces its environmental review panel for Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, opposition groups are mounting public relations' campaigns to stop the project.
The second pipeline would mainly carry oil sands bitumen for export. It would nearly triple Trans Mountain's capacity to its Burnaby terminal, greatly increasing oil tanker traffic through Vancouver harbour.
But several groups have raised objections and a website called www.forthecoast.ca has aggregated the information in an interractive map that highlights concerns about the project, including those in the Trii-Cities.
The information culled from the recent National Energy Board hearings show the City of Port Moody, the Kwiketlem First Nation and the Village of Belcarra as having concerns about the project.
To see the interactive map, visit here.
If approved, the twin lines would carry nearly 900,000 barrels of crude a day starting in 2018.
The members announced by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr Tuesday are Tony Penikett, the former premier of Yukon, Kim Baird, former elected chief of B.C.'s Tsawwassen First Nation and Annette Trimbee, the president of the University of Winnipeg. All three are reported to have extensive experience in the issues surrounding the pipeline expansion.
In April, the province of B.C. announced its own oil pipeline review.
— with files from Jeff Nagel
