Environmental groups launch court challenge of Trans Mountain recommendation
VANCOUVER — A pair of environmental groups are asking the courts to quash a recommendation that the federal government allow the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project to go ahead.
Lawyers for the Living Oceans Society and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation have filed an application for judicial review of the National Energy Board’s recommendation in Vancouver’s Federal Court of Appeal, arguing that it is unlawful.
Documents filed in court Friday allege the NEB did not take into account the impact the $6.8-billion project would have on Southern Resident killer whales and their habitat.
If successful, a judicial review would force the board to reconsider its recommendation that the project be approved by the federal cabinet.