A suburban city near Vancouver has filed a civil lawsuit targeting Kinder Morgan’s controversial Trans Mountain pipeline, alleging the company caused “irreparable harm” to a sensitive conservation area when workers cut down trees along the route of a proposed expansion.
The City of Burnaby filed a notice with B.C. Supreme Court asking for an injunction to prevent Kinder Morgan from felling trees on Burnaby Mountain, as well as a judgment overturning a National Energy Board ruling that said the work could proceed.
The lawsuit is the latest development in an escalating fight between the city, the company and the National Energy Board over both the pipeline and the jurisdiction of the national energy regulator to determine its route.
James Keller – Canadian Press – September 10, 2014.
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