News 1130: Kayakers protest Kinder Morgan in Elliot Bay near Seattle
Kinder Morgan protesters have taken their rallies south of the border.
A group of about 30 kayakers with the Mosquito Fleet floated alongside a tanker in Elliot Bay near Seattle, inbound from BC.
There is a Kinder Morgan oil barge coming in right now! We say #StopKinderMorgan!No more oil Barges in Seattle! https://t.co/ZYpxP2Jy11
— Mosquito Fleet (@mosquitoFLT) March 18, 2018
Matt Krogh with Stand Earth was one of the kayakers on the water today. He says they want people in Seattle to know what’s happening in their waters.
“If the Trans Mountain Pipeline is allowed to move forward, there will be a dramatic increase in the amount of tar sands moving through the Salish Sea, and the threat it poses to the ecosystem,” says Krogh.
“When people hear what the real state of affairs is in the waterways of the Salish Sea how much threat there is, they want to do something.”