Thread by @wildernews

For the last few months, students at UBC Climate Justice Research Collaborative worked with us to create a story map that details the major concerns with TMX and charts the fight to stop it.

Here’s a 🧵 with some of what they found 1/8 🧵#NoTMX

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/90d763…

First, it shows the difference between traditional territories and reserve lands. Many nations whose lands the pipeline crosses have never given their consent, even if it has permission from the reserves directly on its route. #NoTMX 2/8 🧵

This map shows the many spills Trans Mountain has had over the years. You can click on each circle to see how much oil was released into the local environment. #NoTMX 3/8 🧵

Here are all the incidents #TMX has reported since 2008, including 71 fires, 37 serious injuries, 30 operations beyond design limits, 17 adverse environmental effects, 14 release of substances, 2 explosions and 1 fatality. 4/8 🧵

More maps show the impact the pipeline is having on species at risk like killer whales, spotted owls and a tiny fish known as the Nooksack Dace. Read all about the threats to their habitats Trans Mountain presents. #biodiversity 5/8 🧵

The project features a few of the people who have worked for over a decade to stop the pipeline. Together we took on the most powerful industry in the country and moved us forward on #IndigenousRights & #ClimateAction. 6/8 🧵

(Rueben George, member of Tsleil-Waututh Nation)

Trans Mountain may be 80% complete but they still need to borrow billions of dollars and the banks aren't biting. If they can't come up with the money to finish the project construction could stop again. #NoTMX 7/8 🧵

cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Thank you so much to the students for preparing this. Shehzeen Arshad, Elias Bowman, Nika Martinussen, Mary Anne William and Bruce Yao, your work is truly appreciated. #NoTMX

See the full interactive story map project below ⬇️8/8 🧵

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/90d763…