The Tyee is reporting that there is a letter that was written by the director of the state’s Department of Ecology to the government of Canada, urging them not to fast track the West Coast pipeline. This is just another example of the outcome of Trump‘s insanity, he has given the Canadian government the ammunition to be able to push even more oil through to the West Coast and threaten everyone’s waters here. I want to remind you that an election is coming up and we need to do everything we can to make sure that Democrats take control of at least one of the houses of power in Washington.
The state of Washington is urging the Mark Carney government not to fast-track the new West Coast oil pipeline, saying shared waters are “too valuable” to expedite a project that could lead to a catastrophic oil spill and harm ecosystems and the maritime economy.
In a Sept. 18 letter to the government, Casey Sixkiller, director of the state’s Department of Ecology, wrote that the proposed pipeline would double the volume of crude oil exported through the Salish Sea.
“Not only would this increase the risk of an oil spill exponentially, but the spill response resources available on both sides of the border are not sized for the risks” posed by larger oil tankers travelling more frequently, Sixkiller wrote in the letter to Dominic LeBlanc, minister for Canada-U.S. trade, intergovernmental affairs, internal trade and One Canadian Economy.
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https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/09/29/Pump-Brakes-West-Coast-Oil-Pipeline/
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