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Hug the mountain protests against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
August 22, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer On May 7, members of climate organisations such as Save Old Growth, Protect the Planet, and SFU350 formed a human chain around Burnaby Mountain to hug the mountain. The protest aimed to create awareness for the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX). This location is central to TMX construction as the Burnaby Terminal has a collection of oil storage tanks and the mountain tunnel involves “boring through the mountain to accommodate the pipeline expansion,” according to the StopTMX press release. To understand the importance of the collective efforts against TMX construction,…
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SFU professor Tim Takaro sentenced to 30 days in jail for opposing TMX
July 18, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer On the morning of June 13, SFU health sciences professor Tim Takaro was presented before the Supreme Court pertaining to his violation of the injunction zone around the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) project worksites.…
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Students and faculty march in protest of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
January 10, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer On December 7, 2021, approximately 150 people marched down Burnaby Mountain in protest of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX), according to Burnaby Beacon. An announcement regarding this event was posted on Protect the Planet…
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