Kinder Morgan

After years of dramatic opposition by B.C. residents, the pipeline expansion project of a Texas-based energy company, Kinder Morgan, is one step closer to breaking ground in Canada.

The new climate change plan prompted an opposition Wildrose MLA to post a picture of himself on Twitter on New Year's Eve filling jerrycans.

As 2016 closes out, Sandy Garossino looks back at ten column highlights of the year.

Columnist Sandy Garossino, Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Councillor Charlene Aleck, Sven Biggs, of Stand, and Kinder Morgan's Lizette Parsons Bell each weigh in on the controversial project.

Our climate targets have us heading for a three degree increase - a level at which scientists agree that large parts of the earth will become inhospitable to human civilization.

I have many questions about the Trudeau government's pipeline decisions, writes Charlene Aleck. The questions will haunt us long into the future if this project is allowed to proceed.

Know what else we need? Activists and politicians who can see the big picture enough to know a good deal when they see one. This is a good deal.

As he rotated the tug, he grinned and joked, "You shouldn’t give me toys like this."

The Liberal government gave the green light to the $6.8−billion pipeline expansion late last month, despite a thicket of existing legal challenges to the regulatory process.

The scientists say at least 10 of 15 identified impacts from oilsands expansion on oceans are “certain” to happen from new coastal development, ocean shipping, climate change and the risk of spills.

The federal government is seeking a way to regulate underwater shipping noise as part of its plan to protect an endangered group of killer whales from increased oil tanker traffic off Vancouver.

Minister Garneau was generous with his time; our meeting exceeding the allotted 30 minutes. For all his hospitality and diplomatic courtesy, however, we still walked away feeling patronized.

The new members were not specifically named to the Energy East review panel by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr because it’s up to the acting chair of the National Energy Board to assign duties.

Storm clouds are gathering for a massive public confrontation over Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion Metro Vancouver. Or are they?

"I think Rachel Notley did the right thing," Clark said in a conference call with reporters. "I know it takes courage to come to a place where people may not be happy with the decision."