Elections B.C. has been asked to investigate political contributions made to the BC Liberals by high-ranking Kinder Morgan staff, including president Ian Anderson. The democracy advocacy group Dogwood submitted a formal complaint to Elections B.C. this week after discovering a series of political donations from individuals connected to Kinder Morgan’s Trans
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Fossil Fuel Industry Has Lobbied B.C. Government 22,000 Times Since 2010
The fossil fuel industry lobbied the B.C. government more than 22,000 times between April 2010 and October 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives as part of the Corporate Mapping Project. The report also found that 48 fossil fuel companies and associated industry
Continue readingFossil Fuel Industry Has Lobbied B.C. Government 22,000 Times Since 2010
The fossil fuel industry lobbied the B.C. government more than 22,000 times between April 2010 and October 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives as part of the Corporate Mapping Project. The report also found that 48 fossil fuel companies and associated industry
Continue readingNatural Gas Industry Donated Over $1 Million to BC Liberals Since 2013
The gas industry has donated more than $1 million to the BC Liberals since the last provincial election, according to a new analysis done by the Wilderness Committee. The companies and industry groups are involved in extracting B.C.’s gas (via fracking) and building gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations. “This
Continue readingNatural Gas Industry Donated Over $1 Million to BC Liberals Since 2013
The gas industry has donated more than $1 million to the BC Liberals since the last provincial election, according to a new analysis done by the Wilderness Committee. The companies and industry groups are involved in extracting B.C.’s gas (via fracking) and building gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations. “This
Continue readingB.C.’s Pipeline Spill Map Has Been Offline for Over Eight Months
Since January 1, 2017 there have been more than 50 accidental releases from pipelines and oil and gas facilities in Alberta. These spills and leaks, ranging from large to small, from hazardous to non-hazardous, happen almost every single day. Don’t believe it? You can check for yourself via the Alberta Energy
Continue readingB.C.’s Pipeline Spill Map Has Been Offline for Over Eight Months
Since January 1, 2017 there have been more than 50 accidental releases from pipelines and oil and gas facilities in Alberta. These spills and leaks, ranging from large to small, from hazardous to non-hazardous, happen almost every single day. Don’t believe it? You can check for yourself via the Alberta Energy
Continue readingVIDEO: Site C Dam an ‘Economic Disaster,’ Says Former Premier Mike Harcourt
In a sit-down video interview, former B.C. Premier Mike Harcourt told DeSmog Canada the Site C dam, proposed for the Peace River, is “a bad idea” and should be abandoned immediately. “Site C is going to be a disaster economically, environmentally, culturally for First Nations and shouldn’t be built,” Harcourt said. Site
Continue readingVIDEO: Site C Dam an ‘Economic Disaster,’ Says Former Premier Mike Harcourt
In a sit-down video interview, former B.C. Premier Mike Harcourt told DeSmog Canada the Site C dam, proposed for the Peace River, is “a bad idea” and should be abandoned immediately. “Site C is going to be a disaster economically, environmentally, culturally for First Nations and shouldn’t be built,” Harcourt said Site
Continue readingCAPP Lobbies Government to ‘Recycle’ Carbon Tax Revenues Back to Oil Industry
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s largest oil and gas lobbyist group, asked the federal government to introduce a carbon pricing scheme that would “recycle” revenues back into oil and gas operations, documents released via Freedom of Information legislation reveal. The documents, released to Greenpeace Canada, contain an August
Continue readingCAPP Lobbies Government to ‘Recycle’ Carbon Tax Revenues Back to Oil Industry
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s largest oil and gas lobbyist group, asked the federal government to introduce a carbon pricing scheme that would “recycle” revenues back into oil and gas operations, documents released via Freedom of Information legislation reveal. The documents, released to Greenpeace Canada, contain an August
Continue readingB.C. Cancels Controversial Hazardous Waste Disposal Permit in Shawnigan Lake Watershed
Photo credit to Laura Colpitts. B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak announced today she is revoking a permit granted to Cobble Hill Holdings for the disposal of 5 million tonnes of contaminated waste in a local quarry in the Shawnigan Lake watershed, roughly 40 kilometres north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. “Effective immediately, I
Continue readingB.C. Cancels Controversial Hazardous Waste Disposal Permit in Shawnigan Lake Watershed
B.C. environment minister Mark Polak announced today she is revoking a permit granted to Cobble Hill Holdings for the disposal of 5 million tonnes of contaminated waste in a local quarry in the Shawnigan Lake watershed, roughly 40 kilometres north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. “Effective immediately, I am cancelling the
Continue readingNorth Coast Oil Tanker Ban Won’t Actually Ban Tankers Full of Oil Products on B.C.’s North Coast
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s November proposal to ban oil tanker traffic from B.C.’s north coast received kind reception on the west coast of Canada where the Heiltusk First Nation was still busy responding to a devastating diesel spill from the Nathan E. Stewart, a sunken fuel barge tug that was
Continue readingNorth Coast Oil Tanker Ban Won’t Actually Ban Tankers Full of Oil Products on B.C.’s North Coast
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s November proposal to ban oil tanker traffic from B.C.’s north coast received kind reception on the west coast of Canada where the Heiltusk First Nation was still busy responding to a devastating diesel spill from the Nathan E. Stewart, a sunken fuel barge tug that was
Continue readingBC Liberals Leak NDP’s Climate Plan — A Plan Everyone Agrees Is Pretty Awesome
Leaked internal documents and theatrical political spin? Nothing like a little intrigue to spice up your B.C. climate politics, amiright? Just in case you weren’t aware, the race for political leadership in B.C. is on. With the May 9 election just three months away, it’s time for the mud-slinging to begin, I guess.
Continue readingBC Liberals Leak NDP’s Climate Plan — A Plan Everyone Agrees Is Pretty Awesome
Leaked internal documents and theatrical political spin? Nothing like a little intrigue to spice up your B.C. climate politics, amiright? Just in case you weren’t aware, the race for political leadership in B.C. is on. With the May 9 election just three months away, it’s time for the mud-slinging to begin, I guess.
Continue readingFinding a Lifeline for Canada’s Threatened Arctic Caribou
Canada’s great, white north seems to be getting a little less white as the years go by thanks to above-average increases in Arctic temperatures and increasing levels of industrial development. Still, the north remains great, and there’s nothing more emblematic of that greatness than the astounding 1,000-kilometre seasonal migration of the
Continue readingFederal Government Seeks to Quash Lawsuit Against Mount Polley and B.C. Government Before Evidence Heard
The federal government is seeking to stay a private lawsuit brought against Mount Polley Mining Corporation and the B.C. government in October 2016, nearly 30 months after the collapse of the Mount Polley tailings pond spilled 25-million cubic metres of contaminated mining waste into Quesnel Lake, a source of drinking
Continue readingVIDEO: The Many Faces of Christy Clark on Kinder Morgan
On Wednesday the province of B.C. granted final approval for the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. Exactly one year earlier B.C. announced its official opposition to the pipeline in a final submission to the National Energy Board. In that final submission B.C. said the pipeline posed unacceptable oil spill risks to
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