Environmentalists applaud BC NDP opposition to Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion

Proposed expansion would transform Vancouver into major oil export port.

from the Georgia Straight

"The BC NDP has already made clear its opposition to Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline.

"On Earth Day (April 22), NDP Leader Adrian Dix indicated that his party would also make things difficult for another oil pipeline proposal—Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion.

"It's a position that's winning praise from environmental organizations which have been fighting the expansion of the Alberta tar sands as well as increases to oil tanker traffic on the B.C. coast. …"

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