The Trans Mountain pipeline began shipping oil in 1953, causing damage to Indigenous lands in the years since — and now an expansion project threatens to do even more damage to the ecosystems surrounding it.<br />» Subscribe to NowThis Earth: https://go.nowth.is/Earth_Subscribe<br />» Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis<br /><br />The Trans Mountain pipeline began shipping oil in 1953 from Edmonton to Vancouver, portions of which run through Indigenous lands.<br /><br />Charlene Aleck, a spokesperson for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust Initiative, says the pipeline—which carries a crude oil called bitumen—has done irreparable harm to the land for decades.<br /><br />Now, an expansion project that would double the flow of bitumen threatens to do further damage to the ecosystems surrounding it.<br /><br />#BigOil #Indigenous #SacredLand #Earth #Environment #Science #NowThis
