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Pipeline opponents have vacated Burnaby Mountain but are now camping out at the entrance to Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal.
A handful of anti-pipeline activist have been staying in a tent just a stone’s throw from the terminal gates on Bayview Drive.
“We’re here to observe and bear witness to what’s happening,” said Victoria resident Sergei Van Hardeveld.
Van Hardeveld, who was part of the original Kinder Morgan protests on Burnaby Mountain, said people have been at the new camp 24 hours a day for a couple of weeks.
Their large tent is stocked with food and bedding and has crudely fashioned windows with views of the Burrard Inlet. The campers have mostly observed tankers filling up at the terminal and workers driving to the site.
Van Hardeveld is opposed to the pipeline project because he’s concerned about climate change. The campers say they will stay till Kinder Morgan drops its plan to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline, which the National Energy Board is currently reviewing.
“It’s a concern because it’s continuing a path we can’t continue as a species,” he said. “Fossil fuel extraction is not compatible with our lives.”
By Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now, for BIV.
