{"id":15427,"date":"2018-03-19T22:41:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=15427"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:48:28","slug":"kinder-morgan-site-blocked-for-the-second-day-as-greenpeace-founder-joins-sit-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/15427\/kinder-morgan-site-blocked-for-the-second-day-as-greenpeace-founder-joins-sit-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinder Morgan site blocked for the second day as Greenpeace founder joins sit-in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unceded Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, Canada – Activists, including a founding member of Greenpeace, blocked the front gates to Kinder Morgan\u2019s construction site in Vancouver today. Several activists, including family members of Greenpeace founders, have been arrested after blocking the site for a number of hours. They were inspired to act following\u00a0last Saturday’s march and rally<\/a>, where 10,000 people came out in support of Indigenous communities resisting Kinder Morgan’s new oil pipeline.<\/p>\n

Rex Weyler, a founding member of Greenpeace, said:<\/p>\n

“Forty-six years ago, Greenpeace got its start right here in Vancouver protecting this coastline, and the world, from the sorts of ecological disasters and social disruption that Kinder Morgan\u2019s pipeline threatens. Like then, we stand now for protection of the natural bounty that keeps our communities alive and prosperous. We stand here on the land and by the waters of the Tsleil Waututh people, who have shown us generosity and taught us responsibility, in solidarity and prepared to go to jail, to preserve the ecological integrity of this coast for ourselves and future generations.”<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s action comes following the\u00a0more than two dozen arrests<\/a>\u00a0of Indigenous Land Defenders and allied protesters\u00a0on Saturday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Barbara and Bob Stowe, daughter and son of Greenpeace founders Dorothy and Irving Stowe, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see a lot of parallels between the fight against Kinder Morgan today\u00a0and Greenpeace’s first action: sailing a boat to stop nuclear bomb tests in Alaska in 1971. Like Kinder Morgan\u2019s pipeline, those tests did not have Indigenous consent and would devastate a pristine environment. Both projects amounted to a government-approved home invasion on Indigenous territory. Today, we will stand with Coast Salish Peoples against it. If our parents were alive today, they’d be standing right here with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Texas-based oil company Kinder Morgan’s new pipeline would pump oil from the central Canadian tar sands\u00a0across Indigenous lands\u00a0to the Pacific Ocean, risking spills to land and waterways and contributing to climate change. Scientists have warned that more supertanker traffic could threaten the local endangered orca whale\u00a0population with extinction and could endanger marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n

There is widespread opposition to the pipeline in Canada. One-in-ten British Columbians, and one-in-four opponents of Kinder Morgan\u2019s new pipeline in British Columbia,\u00a0say they would consider undertaking peaceful civil disobedience<\/a>\u00a0to resist the pipeline. Since last Saturday, bold demonstrations of daily resistance are expected to continue in the week ahead. Solidarity actions are also spreading south of the Canada-US border; yesterday, kayaktivists\u00a0took to the waters<\/a>\u00a0to block access to the Kinder Morgan oil terminal in Seattle.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n

Photo and video:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coalition images (will be updated throughout the day):\u00a0https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHskxQE8ts<\/a><\/p>\n

Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesse Firempong, Communications Officer, Greenpeace Canada:\u00a0+1 (778) 996 6549<\/a>,\u00a0jesse.firempong@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Leola Abraham, Global Communications Lead, Greenpeace US:\u00a0+1 (202) 413 8930<\/a>,\u00a0leola.abraham@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Greenpeace International Press Desk (available 24 hours):\u00a0+31 (0) 20 718 2470<\/a>,\u00a0pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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