San Juan County, Islands Trust Join Forces Against Proposed Oil Sands Pipeline - The Journal of the San Juan Islands

Island residents oppose West Coast Pipeline

I am writing to express my concerns regarding the new West Coast Pipeline submitted to the Major Project Office by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. I believe our community must take action. For the past month, almost everyone in Canada has been impacted by wildfires, not to mention Europe, where France and Spain are burning and heatwaves have hit several times already this year. Climate change isn’t tomorrow’s crisis. It’s today’s. It’s rising in…

San Juan County, Islands Trust join forces against proposed oil sands pipeline - The Journal of the San Juan Islands

San Juan County Council is preparing to link arms with British Columbia’s Islands Trust in formal opposition to a proposed Canadian oil pipeline that would send more than a million barrels of Alberta oil sands crude a day to a marine terminal on the Strait of Georgia — and, with it, a new fleet of supertankers threading through waters that surround the San Juan Islands.

New report says Alberta’s proposed West Coast oil pipeline may not pay its way

One month before the federal government is expected to decide if Alberta’s proposed West Coast oil pipeline is a project of national interest, a new international report is challenging whether the pipeline is needed at all. Existing pipelines and lower-cost…

Does Canada really need Alberta’s new $43-billion pipeline? This analysis says it’s a massive risk

A global energy think tank suggests a global energy transition away from oil is likely to drive down prices and undermine the West Coast pipeline idea.

Assessing Alberta’s proposed West Coast Oil Pipeline

Assessing Alberta’s proposed West Coast Oil Pipeline storres.ieefa Tue, 09/01/2026