NEB climate denial another Trudeau broken promise

Press Release

February 20, 2019

Edmonton, AB — In a decision released on Tuesday, the National Energy Board (NEB) rejected a motion supported by environmental groups, First Nations, municipal governments, and community groups to include climate impacts in its new review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX).

“Trudeau knows if there was a climate review on the TMX pipeline, it would have to be rejected. So this is a big conflict of interest because his government owns the project now. He’s showing us once again he cares more about being a pipeline owner than being a climate leader,” says Council of Canadians Climate Justice Campaigner Bronwen Tucker.

This decision breaks Prime Minister Trudeau’s election promise to give all energy projects a full climate review, ensure projects respect Indigenous rights, and to specifically redo the TMX assessment from scratch.

“Trudeau can stop building pipelines the easy way or the hard way. The easy way is to stop bailing out pipelines and taking real climate action that reflects the urgency of the climate crisis,” says Tucker. “The hard way is going back to court, facing a wall of opposition on the ground, and still losing because communities from coast to coast to coast know it’s time for a just transition to a fossil fuel free future. We have the solutions, it’s time to start funding them instead of doubling down on an economy that’s going extinct.”

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For more information or to arrange interviews:

Dylan Penner, Media Officer, Council of Canadians, 613-795-8685, dpenner@canadians.org.

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