'Could this finally be the end of the TransMountain pipeline?'
One campaigner called on Canada's government to instead"put all of our energy and political will into a just transition that leaves fossil fuels in the ground and supports people, communities, and workers."Climate activists on Friday renewed calls for canceling the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline after the Canadian government responded to the project's soaring cost by pledging not to put any more public money into it.
"Trans Mountain is an absolute dumpster fire and it's outrageous that it's been allowed to carry on on the public dime all this time." "Trans Mountain never made any sense to build during a climate crisis," Emma Jackson, senior Canada organizing specialist with 350.org,of the federally owned infrastructure."Now, after a year where the pipeline was delayed by climate-fueled fires, heat, floods, and landslides, the government is pulling funding while the price tag has skyrocketed to $21.4 billion."
"This is the moment to cancel this project outright," she declared,"and put all of our energy and political will into a just transition that leaves fossil fuels in the ground and supports people, communities, and workers.""Everyone warned the federal government not to buy this cursed pipeline and anybody who has been tracking construction knows costs have spiraled out of control," McCartney said.
The company has also pushed back the projected completion date of the project to the third quarter of 2023. The pipeline expansion was originally expected to be complete sometime this year.