Greenpeace protesters blockade Kinder Morgan facility in B.C.
by The Canadian Press
Company spokesperson said pair of protestors climbed on oil pumping mechanism
BURNABY, B.C.—Greenpeace protesters have set up a blockade at the Kinder Morgan oil pumping facility in Burnaby, B.C.
Spokesperson Peter Louwe says two protesters had climbed onto the oil pumping mechanism and 14 other demonstrators were also on the scene and have unfurled a banner.
Louwe says the action began at around 7 a.m. and the protesters intend to stay until they have sent a message to Prime Minister Stephen Harper that expansion of oil pipelines is not acceptable.
The Kinder Morgan facility is the west coast terminus of the Trans Mountain pipeline that carries Alberta bitumen from the Edmonton area, across southern British Columbia to port just east of Vancouver in Burrard Inlet, for shipment overseas.
Kinder Morgan has applied to expand the pipeline to nearly triple its capacity from 300,000 barrels a day to 890,000.
