Monday, January 25, 2016

Elizabeth May Testifies at the NEB KINDERMORGAN Hearings

Elizabeth raises her hands to Thank the First Nations taking a stand to protect OUR home.
BURNABY, BC — In the final argument phase of the National Energy Board hearing in the application from Trans Mountain to expand the Kinder Morgan pipeline from Alberta to the lower mainland of British Columbia, Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada catalogued the many failures of the process. Critical to her argument is that the lack of cross-examination meant that the evidence presented by Trans Mountain is unreliable and untested.
http://elizabethmaymp.ca/may-to-neb-kinder-morgan-expansion-fails-public-interest-test/ 

PLEASE INFORM YOURSELF-LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO



My notes from Video:
-Elizabeth printed the entire 23,000 pages, took out the irrelevant pages, 
-Conclusion- TransMountain set out to intimidate anyone from challenging it.
-Trans Mountain reject many areas as low risk 
-Claimed Oil spills are low likelihood?
-Claimed higher change of Avian flu will happen???
or that there'd be a threat to Milk production- milk cows very curious??
-What?? WTF???
-Where is credibility and experts
-UNPRECEDENTED- NO CROSS EXAMINATIONS


-NEB not qualified in anyway
-Timelines-
-Procedural Fairness
-Lack of Oral of Cross Examination
-Essence of Cross Examination to have Evidence Tested and Facts Examined
TransMountain had
-HUGE LEVEL OF DISCONNECT
-ENORMOUS FLAW IN PROCESS
Example:
IN A TEST- DIDN'T HAVE A RULER BIG ENOUGH TO COVER SPILL
-IT WAS SUGGESTED TO REDO THE STUDIES

TransMountain appears not to have reviewed the material in it's own application
Tankers are not their responsibility???


CREATED SALT WATER for test -SAID IT WAS SAME AS BURRARD INLET WATER 
Did NOT know the risks???  

Said we could never have spill because all the technology would prevent it.
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Kalamazoo DISASTER-81% of SPILL occurred AFTER THE ALARMS WENT OFF. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo_River_oil_spill

The Kalamazoo River oil spill occurred in July 2010 when a pipeline operated by Enbridge (Line 6B) burst and flowed into Talmadge Creek, a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. A six-foot break in the pipeline resulted in the largest inland oil spill, and one of the costliest spills in U.S. history. The pipeline carries diluted bitumen (dilbit), a heavy crude oil from Canada's Athabasca oil sands to the United States. Following the spill, the volatile hydrocarbon diluents evaporated, leaving the heavier bitumen to sink in the water column. Thirty-five miles of the Kalamazoo River were closed for clean-up until June 2012, when portions of the river were re-opened. On March 14, 2013 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered Enbridge to return to dredge portions of the river to remove submerged oil and oil-contaminated sediment.

On Sunday, July 25, 2010, at about 5:58 p.m. EDT, a 40-foot pipe segment in Line 6B, located approximately 0.6 of a mile downstream of the Marshall, Michigan pump station, ruptured.[1] The rupture in the Enbridge Energy pipeline caused a 1,100,000 US gallons (4,200 m3) spill of diluted bitumen or heavy crude oil originating from Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan) into Talmadge Creek in Calhoun County, Michigan, which flows into the Kalamazoo River. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) later estimated the spill to be in excess of 1 million US gallons (3,800 m3) [clarification needed].[2] On 29 July 2010, the Calhoun County Health Department asked 30 to 50 households to evacuate, and twice as many were advised not to drink their water.[3] 
Read More Here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo_River_oil_spill

Though alarms sounded in Enbridge's Edmonton headquarters at the time of the rupture, it was eighteen hours before a Michigan utilities employee reported oil spilling and the pipeline company learned of the spill. Meanwhile, pipeline operators had thought the alarms were possibly caused by a bubble in the pipeline and, while for some time it was shut down, they also increased pressure for periods of hours to try to clear the possible blockage, spilling more oil.[4]

 
 To see images of the KALAMAZOO OIL SPILL- GOOGLE KALAMAZOO AND CLICK IMAGES

 
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Profound misunderstanding of First Nations rights. 

Inappropriate to not include Climate Change in the environmental assessment. In the US they made greenhouse gas emission the issue and they turned down Keystone. 


WHY ARE THE PUBLIC NOT ALLOWED AT PUBLIC HEARINGS?  
http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/01/why-are-public-not-allowed-at-public.html 

#SaveOurCoast- A Visual Reminder by Zipolita

http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/09/saveourcoast-visual-reminder-by-zipolita.html 




Check Out The Spill Impact Assessment by City of Vancouver 
http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/05/check-out-spill-impact-assessment-by.html

Robyn Allan pulls out from Trans Mountain pipeline review
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/robyn-allan-pulls-out-from-trans-mountain-pipeline-review-1.3080544 

EVIDENCE CORRUPTED-TAPERED WITH!! 


April 14/2015

Burrard Inlet-English Bay- Toxic Heavy Fuel Spill-DO NOT TOUCH-TOXIC

 http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/04/burrard-inlet-english-bay-toxic-heavy.html 




Vancouver fire rescue officials, who are working with the city and the Canadian Coast Guard to clean up the spill, say about one tonne of oil has already been recovered. Spill BC is also towing a 1,000-foot boom to collect oil.

Vancouver city officials posted a boater and watercraft alert on Twitter early Thursday, saying that the spill is “bunker fuel” and that it is toxic. They are warning people not to touch the fuel.

Bunker fuel is a type of liquid fuel used on ships which is fractionally distilled from crude oil. It is extremely crude and highly polluting.



 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Crews+investigate+spill+from+freighter+English/10957761/story.html

Other important info
https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/sites/all/files/publications/sp-report-web.pdf

How do I report an oil spill (even a small one in a ditch or stream) 
http://www.spca.bc.ca/about/faqs/how-do-i-report-an-oil-spill.html

#SaveOurCoast Paintings

http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/12/saveourcoast-paintings.html


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