November 20, 2015
All posts by Sacred Trust
September 11, 2015
Failure to do so risks undermining the entire hearing process
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, and MUSQUEAM, SQUAMISH & TSLEIL-WAUTUTH TERRITORY; September 9, 2015. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation filed a motion with the National Energy Board (NEB) yesterday asking it to throw out all the reply evidence Kinder Morgan submitted on August 20th to support its Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker expansion proposal.
May 26, 2015
Approval for controversial oil pipelines and tankers project denied
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC and COAST SALISH TERRITORY, May 26, 2015 – Today, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation the “People of the Inlet†released the outcomes of its independent assessment of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project (TMEX), conducted as a matter of its own jurisdiction and law.
May 19, 2015
A large spill of diluted bitumen near Vancouver could kill over 100,000 birds and seriously harm other mammals, according to a new study.
The National Observer reported, May 18, on the new report co-commissioned by Tsleil-Waututh Nation, titled ‘The Fate and Effect of Oil Spills from the Trans Mountain Expansion Project in Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River Estuary.’
May 15, 2015
Up to 90 per cent of a Burrard Inlet oil spill would reach shoreline in hours” The Vancouver Sun reports today with the launch of an oil spill animation model.
“The model demonstrates that nowhere is safe in Burrard Inlet,†says Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief Maureen Thomas.
“Spilled oil has the potential to foul every corner of our inlet leaving only a legacy of more pollution for our children and spoiling everything Tsleil-Waututh holds as sacred.â€
The independent spill trajectory model was created for the City of Vancouver and City Of Burnaby,
May 7, 2015
“We will never consent†states TWN; 58,000 Sign Corporate Watchdog’s Petition Urging Kinder Morgan to Respect Indigenous Rights and Abandon Pipeline Expansion Plan
HOUSTON, TEXAS – Thursday, May 7th, representatives of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the “People of the Inletâ€, attended Kinder Morgan Inc.’s (KMI) Annual General Shareholder Meeting in Houston to state their steadfast opposition to the corporation’s planned expansion of the TransMountain pipeline and tanker project.