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After Protests, Kinder Morgan Suspends Work on Trans Mountain Pipeline

HeadlineApr 09, 2018

In Canada, Kinder Morgan has suspended most of its work on the $5.8 billion Trans Mountain pipeline, following massive indigenous-led protests against the project. If built, the pipeline would triple the amount of oil flowing from Alberta’s tar sands to the coast of British Columbia. Kinder Morgan now says that if legal challenges are not resolved by May 31, it will abandon plans to build the proposed pipeline.

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