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   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   Time for even more protesters to join the ranks at the protest site.  The   
   province hasn't got the jail space or the courtroom time to process the charges   
   against hundreds of protesters.   
   Remember Clayoquot and remember the very great win for the opponents of clear   
   cuts of the rainforests.   
      
   Remember who Kinder Morgan are:   
   - Kinder Morgan is a company headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas.  It is   
   the fourth largest energy company in North America.   
   - Kinder Morgan has been cited by the U.S. government in 24 incidents which led   
   to five federal enforcement actions from 2006 to 2014.   
   - Kinder Morgan was founded in 1997 when a group of investors acquired the   
   general partner of a small, publicly traded pipeline limited partnership (Enron   
   Liquids Pipeline, L.P.)   
      
   - Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline   
   In Canada, Kinder Morgan operates the Trans Mountain oil pipeline which links   
   Alberta with Vancouver, BC, as well as the Cochin natural gas pipeline between   
   Western Canada and the US Midwest. In 2013, Kinder Morgan completed the filing   
   of its application to the Canadian National Energy Board ("NEB") for building a   
   second parallel pipeline to Trans Mountain, which would nearly triple the   
   transportation capacity of Trans Mountain from 300,000 to 850,000 barrels per   
   day, for an estimated investment of $5.4 billion. This expansion would enable   
   the export of larger volumes of Alberta's bituminous sands oil to the US and to   
   Asian countries.   
      
   -  In 2011, PHMSA cited Kinder Morgan for these safety violations:   
      
        failing to maintain update maps showing pipeline locations,   
        failing to test pipeline safety devices,   
        failing to maintain proper firefighting equipment,   
        failing to inspect its pipelines as required, and   
        failing to adequately monitor pipes’ corrosion levels.[21]   
      
   - Accidents   
      
   In Texas from 2003 to 2014, Kinder Morgan experienced 36 "significant   
   incidents" resulting in fatalities or hospitalization, fires, explosions, or   
   spills.   
   Throughout the U.S. since 2003, Kinder Morgan and its subsidiaries' pipelines   
   have been responsible for at least 180 spills, evacuations, explosions, fires,   
   and fatalities in 24 states.   
      
   - Richard Kinder is still making political contributions. In 2011, he gave   
   thousands of dollars to top Republicans like House Speaker John Boehner and   
   David Dewhurst, a Texas   
   candidate for the US Senate.   
   Even the family’s ostensibly charitable foundation, the Kinder Foundation,   
   may   
   be pushing a political agenda. The Foundation contributed $10 million to the   
   George W.   
   Bush Presidential Center in part to support the Bush Institute, the Center’s   
   policy arm that promotes public policies related to “free market   
   capitalism”   
   and energy production.   
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   CBC News Posted: Nov 17, 2014   
      
      
   Kinder Morgan pipeline protesters on Burnaby Mountain face injunction deadline   
   Protesters ordered to stop blocking survey work by 4 p.m. PT but rather than   
   leave, more arrived   
      
   Protesters blocking survey work by pipeline crews on Burnaby Mountain in B.C.   
   were given until 4 p.m. PT today to clear out, or risk arrest.   
   Kinder Morgan injunction - Burnaby Mountain - 2   
      
   A still taken just after the 4 p.m. PT deadline shows protesters gathered on   
   Burnaby Mountain near one of two sites where Kinder Morgan plans to drill two   
   survey boreholes. (Sea Shepherd Vancouver/uStream)   
      
   But, rather than dismantle tents and barricades and leave the conservation area   
   and park on the mountain's west side, more protesters arrived, growing their   
   presence to roughly 200 people shortly before the deadline.   
      
   The injunction was granted by a judge on Friday after the company argued   
   protesters have been interfering with survey and drilling work it needs to   
   complete for submission to the National Energy Board on the proposed Trans   
   Mountain pipeline expansion.   
      
        MORE | Kinder Morgan Burnaby Mountain protest injunction granted   
      
   The court injunction states that protesters must remove their camps and   
   barricades from areas where Kinder Morgan is trying to drill bore holes for a   
   proposed tunnel under Burnaby Mountain.   
      
   Karl Perrin, who speaks for Burnaby Residents Opposed to Kinder Morgan   
   Expansion (BROKE), says the protesters will find ways to continue to oppose the   
   project.   
   Kinder Morgan pipeline protest camp on Burnaby Mountain   
      
   Protesters calling themselves The Caretakers have set up camp on B.C.'s Burnaby   
   Mountain, in opposition to Kinder Morgan plans to bore through the municipal   
   park to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline. (CBC)   
      
   "We're going to stand on the safe side of the street. We'll be dressed in black   
   and holding candles for a silent vigil. I'm going to be making up a black   
   coffin which will say, 'Kinder Morgan greed kills justice,'" said Perrin.   
      
   Perrin says, BROKE will also be busy raising legal funds.   
      
   Kinder Morgan is suing the organization and some of its members for $5 million   
   for trespassing.   
      
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