June 27, 2013 – Tsleil-Waututh Nation is dismayed, but not surprised, by the news today of a second oil spill in as many weeks on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline.
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, June 13, 2013 – Tsleil-Waututh Nation is calling attention to the risks associated with pipelines after an oil spill shut down Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline yesterday. The 12-barrel spill occurred near Merritt, B.C., while Kinder Morgan was performing maintenance on the line.
“This incident demonstrates that with pipelines, spills are inevitable,”