Read this story from the Georgia Straight on Vancouver city councillor Adriane Carr’s concerns about Kinder-Morgan’s plans to double the existing Tar Sands pipeline to Vancouver and associated tanker traffic through Burrard Inlet. (Feb 23, 2012)

Vancouver councillor Adriane Carr says she wants the National Energy Board to hold public hearings in Vancouver when it reviews an application by Kinder Morgan Canada to twin an oil pipeline connecting the Alberta tar sands and its Burnaby terminal. Carr, a member of the Green party, filed a notice of motion for the February 28 council meeting asking the mayor and council to send a letter to the company. It would request that Kinder Morgan Canada consult with the city concerning any application it makes to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline.

“The purpose is to be proactive in ensuring we get public hearings in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland area regarding any plans that Kinder Morgan might have to expand its pipeline and crude-oil tanker shipments out of Vancouver harbour,” Carr told the Georgia Straight by phone. “Through those public hearings, we can mobilize the citizens and hear from the citizens. We can see that other hearings, such as those up north, have done that.”

Read more: http://www.straight.com/article-615051/vancouver/carr-sounds-alarm-over-pipeline-expansion