TMX Pipeline
Local banner drop critiques TMX pipeline
May 30, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer On Wednesday May 8, grassroots group Climate Convergence Metro Vancouver organized a banner drop in New Westminster. This was to protest the recent Canada Energy Regulator (CER) decision to approve operations for the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) expansion, which has its western terminus at the foot of Burnaby Mountain. The Peak sat down with Alison Bodine, a central organizer for Climate Convergence, to learn more. “The CER is a government agency. The Trans Mountain Pipeline Corporation that built the pipeline is a Crown Corporation,” Bodine said, meaning a government owned corporation. “As far as oversight,…
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SFU Board of Governors declares climate emergency
February 28, 2022By: Luke Faulks, Staff Writer After years of lobbying from climate advocacy group SFU350, the Board of Governors (BOG) formally declared a climate emergency on January 28. The Board’s vote approved most elements from the student group’s 2021 Climate Emergency…
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Council Meeting — September 15, 2021
November 19, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Return to campus concerns voiced President Joy Johnson attended the council meeting to answer councillors’ questions regarding the return to campus and SFU’s COVID-19 safety measures. “In terms of returning to campus, it has not…
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The Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline
May 19, 2021by Marco Ovies, Features Editor What is the Trans Mountain Expansion Project? The Trans Mountain Pipeline is a pipeline built in 1953 that transports crude oil, semi-refined, and refined products from Alberta to BC. It is the one of the…
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