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Did British Columbia Just Save the Pacific Northwest from Becoming an Oil Tanker Super Highway?
by Tim Donaghy
January 30, 2018
British Columbia proposes regulations and a possible moratorium on tar sands export — welcome news for the Pacific Northwest, under threat from oil tanker traffic.
Activists hold banners that say 'Stop Kinder Morgan' at the Oil-Free Salish Sea Camp, a regional training for the growing movement of water-based fossil fuel resistance in the Pacific Northwest. The purpose of the gathering is to strengthen on-water resistance to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. The project directly threatens the health of local communities and ecosystems, as well as global climate.
