Check out this video and report on Vancouver City Council's decision to come out swinging against Texas pipeline giant Kinder Morgan's plans to increase dramatically Tar Sands traffic to and through Vancouver. "The vote, which passed with all but one in favour - NPA councillor George Affleck - is the latest move by municipal leaders against Kinder Morgan since the company formally announced the intention to twin its existing Trans Mountain Pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands to its Westridge Terminal in Burnaby." Ben West comments by video on the motion and growing movement against Kinder Morgan.

30 year-old William Housty's powerhouse presentation to the National Energy Board's Enbridge hearings in his community of Bella Bella. William describes the history, language and culture of his people in fascinating detail - and how the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline and Tar Sands supertankers transiting the waters of his people's territory would destroy their traditional way of life.

Highlights from this week's National Energy Board hearings in Bella Bella on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and supertankers on BC's coast. Powerful testimony from three members of the Heiltsuk First Nation, sharing their experiences with the sea.

Watch this video news story from Global TV on this week's National Energy Board hearings on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline in Bella Bella - with footage by Damien Giilis. (April 3, 2012)

http://www.globaltvbc.com/video/enbridge+hearings+resume/video.html?v=2219206168&p=1&s=dd#news+hour+final

Close to 2,000 people turned out on a rainy Monday afternoon in Vancouver last week to speak out against Tar Sands oil tankers on BC's coast. The occasion marked the 23rd anniversary of the disastrous Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. The crowd gathered at the Art Gallery to hear from guest speakers like 350.org's Bill McKibben and members of the Heiltsuk First Nation of Bella Bella, who coorganized the rally, along with ForestEthics and Greenpeace.

Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) First Nation and Ben West of the Wilderness Committee discuss Kinder Morgan's quiet plan to twin its existing Trans Mountain Pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands to Vancouver - which would result in up to 300 supertankers a year plying the waters of the Burrard Inlet and South Coast.

Watch this new CTV First Story investigation of the debate over the proposes Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, "Crude Awakening." The 23 min documentary examines the conflicts within coastal communities over the promises of jobs from the pipeline vs. the very real threat of an oil spill disaster.

Watch "Crude Awakening": http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120321/bc_ctv_first_story_1404_crude_awakening_120322/20120325?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

 

Eleven year-old Ta'Kaiya Blaney of the Sliammon First Nation sings her hit song "Shallow Waters" to some 2,000 people outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. She tells the audience one year ago on this day she was chased from Enbridge's Vancouver office when she tried to present her song to company officials.

World renowned climate activist Bill McKibben of 350.org lent his voice to the "Our Coast, Our Decision" rally in Vancouver Monday. McKibben told the crowd of close to 2,000 outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, "This is one of these great moments in human history and you guys are absolutely at the white, hot centre of it."

Rafe Mair pulls no punches in this, the second of a two-part interview with BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix - grilling the potential future premier of BC on Liquid Natural Gas, fracking, the proposed Enbridge pipeline and salmon farms.