Canada to Hold Public Hearings on Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion

Paige, Kinder Morgan pipeline IS a huge part of that. There are export terminals to be built in Burnaby and other nearby places. Keystone will connect with the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Kinder Morgan is based in Texas. It “owns” the pipeline material, but will not be held accountable for any spills or accidents with its pipeline – that will fall on Canadian companies and most likely, Canadian taxpayers. There was a period (now closed) for people to apply to be intervenors or commentors. Some San Juan County people have done so and have been accepted to participate. If you are an Intervenor, you can ask questions and challenge things. If you are a commenter, you have one shot at writing a letter, and will get trainings on how to write an effective letter. Unfortunately, many fossil fuel industry corporations were accepted as intervenors. Only one person in the San Juans was accepted as an intervenor, as far as I know. The deck is heavily stacked in favor of the fossil fuel industry. Energy Canada has always passed these permits. If we don’t stop these pipelines, the crude oil sands will keep on being drilled, the land will keep on being assaulted, and shipped DANGEROUSLY across rough waters and inland waters to feed the Asia glut. So, slim as our chances are, we have to try, and keep on trying.

Paula – well done. You’re on it, as usual. :)

Sadie, I do not have a collection of accepted references. With simple web searching, I read “as few as 2 units of energy produced to 1 unit of energy to extract,” but this is controversial. The ratio might not include self-derived energy even though that energy is enlisted to extract. It certainly does not include the “energy” of fresh water during processing, nor transportation and environmental factors, to name a few examples. Surely, Energy Canada and Suncor have already established the metrics. Now it only remains to prove that carbon is too big to fail (until it does). Trying counts.