News Release - October 31, 2014

VANCOUVER – The Wilderness Committee is expressing sympathy today for Burnaby residents who have been threatened with a court order by pipeline company Kinder Morgan, after standing up to protect a local conservation area from destructive survey work.

Kinder Morgan is seeking an injunction and damages after citizens blocked the company’s work crews in the public park earlier this week. The survey work is part of a plan to construct the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline, which is proposed to run through Burnaby to Kinder Morgan’s Westridge marine terminal.

“The people of Burnaby love their parks and protected areas. They’re also very concerned about the impact of this project on climate change. It’s not right that this Texas-based pipeline company is attempting to bully them out of the way so it can dig up this conservation area to build its tar sands pipeline,” said Eoin Madden, Climate Campaigner with the Wilderness Committee.

The City of Burnaby has also made attempts to stop Kinder Morgan’s destructive work from going ahead, but the National Energy Board (NEB) recently ruled that the municipality is not permitted to stop the company’s activities.

“This latest move by Kinder Morgan makes me really angry,” said Madden. “We are going to work with the people of Burnaby for as long as it takes to ensure that they no longer have to endure Kinder Morgan in their backyards.”

A court hearing regarding the injunction has been scheduled for this afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Supreme Court of BC. Madden will be attending the hearing along with other supporters.

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For more information, please contact:

Eoin Madden | Climate Campaigner, Wilderness Committee
604-363-9603

Photo: Opposition to Kinder Morgan's pipeline and tankers at a rally in Burnaby, April 2014.