Plans for LNG terminals near Prince Rupert break all the big international safety rules, putting lives at risk. But you wouldn’t know it listening to the government or industry, says Graeme Pole.
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Continue readingThe BC Liberal government has come out in opposition to Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline expansion to Burnaby, stating that the company has failed to meet the province’s five conditions.
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Continue readingA vote by Tsawwassen First Nations for a local LNG plant would not only pollute their own community, argues Keving Washbrook, but it would mean more fracking in Northeast BC and help justify Site C Dam.
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Continue readingCheck out this Nov. 2 story from CTV.ca on a Comox teen’s criticism team sponsor Marine Harvest’s open net pen salmon farms – a move that got her booted off the team. Regardless, 14-year-old Freyja Reed is standing her ground in what has proved a PR disaster for the company.
Continue readingUnist’ot’en blockade on Morice River in 20124 (Photo: Two Island Films) Read this Oct. 27 story from Mark Nielsen in the Prince George Citizen, on Chevron’s refusal to reroute its planned Pacific Trail Pipeline – designed to supply natural gas from northeast BC to its proposed LNG terminal in Kitimat – to
Continue readingCitizens line the Sea to Sky Highway to protest Woodfibre LNG (My Sea to Sky) Op-ed by Tracey Saxby It really comes as no surprise that the Provincial Government has rubber stamped the Environmental Assessment (EA) for Woodfibre LNG. This is one of their pet projects, and the BC Liberals’
Continue readingBC Premier Christy Clark touring Petronas’ operations in Malaysia (BC Govt / Flickr CC licence) Business publication The Malaysian Reserve is predicting that that country’s oil and gas giant Petronas will likely put its planned LNG project for Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, on hold – citing the very weakening economic
Continue readingCalifornia’s Central Valley is facing record drought conditions Common Sense Canadian publisher and Fractured Land co-director Damien Gillis will join a UBC Dialogues panel this Wednesday evening titled “Water Worries: What is the state of our most valuable resource?” Moderated by CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe, the discussion will examine the key challenges facing our water
Continue readingLelu Island and Flora Bank (foreground) – site of controversial proposed LNG plant (Skeena Watershed Conservation Soc.) Read this September 18 Vancouver Sun story on a claim by the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation to Lelu Island – the controversial site for Petronas’ planned LNG terminal in the Skeena Estuary near Prince Rupert.
Continue readingJustin Trudeau (Photo: John McCallum/Flickr/Som Jandu) and Tom Mulcair (Photo: BCNDP/Flickr) By Doug Carrick The Conservatives may be a disaster at governing a nation, but they are experts at manipulating electoral wins. In the last two elections they improved their position by 6% in the weeks just before the elections
Continue readingAt least one Baby Boomer hopes to see Harper exit the political stage on Oct. 19 (Flickr/Stephen Harper) This is for my fellow baby boomers. Yes, I mean you +55ers – the ones who lived through the 60’s and 70’s and even remember some of it. Think back to those
Continue readingFracking operations in northeast BC depend on large volumes of water (Damien Gillis) Read this Sept. 8 National Post story by Gordon Hoekstra on the recent victory by the Fort Nelson First Nation at BC’s Environmental Appeal Board, which stripped Nexen of its licence to withdraw up to 2.5 billion litres of fresh
Continue readingRead this Aug. 28 story from CBC.ca and political columnist Éric Grenier’s Poll Tracker series, noting recent polling trends that suggest the Harper Conservatives are in danger of being leap-frogged by the Liberals – with the NDP minting a comfortable lead over both parties. Are the Conservatives in danger of
Continue readingPhoto: Stephen Harper/Flickr cc licence Guest post by Doug Carrick According to Stephen Harper, the coming election offers a choice between the certainty of Conservative economic expertise on the one hand…or the risk of Liberal or New Democrat inexperience. However, a closer examination reveals a different picture. It is the
Continue readingRead this Aug. 10 story Ars Technica story by John Timmer on the continuing drop in the cost of wind power, as nine US states now generate more than 10% of their electricity from wind. After years of uninterrupted success, wind power experienced a bit of a pause around the
Continue readingBC Finance Minister Mike de Jong announcing BC’s LNG Project Development Agreement (BC Gov. Flickr) Read this July 27 story from Malaysian news site TheStar.com, citing comments from BC Finance Minister Mike de Jong in that country as evidence that a construction start on Petronas’ proposed LNG project near Prince
Continue readingEx-Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas shaking hands with BC Premier Christy Clark in 2014 (BC gov photo) Republished with permission from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Policy Note. By Marc Lee Last week, the BC government released the text of its Project Development Agreement with Pacific Northwest LNG (led by Malaysian
Continue readingPhoto: Future of Howe Sound Society View article My Sea to Sea and other groups fighting to save Howe Sound from a proposed LNG plant and dangerous tanker traffic are inviting citizens to join them on the water Saturday July 11. “Are you ready to make some noise to Save
Continue readingParksville gold course (BC govt/Flickr) Read this July 9 story from CBC.ca on the dire water situation facing several Vancouver Island communities. A popular B.C. seaside tourist zone is so drought-stricken that it faces the toughest water restrictions in B.C.. City officials say if people continue to water and power wash at the
Continue readingA culturally modified tree tagged by LNG contractors (Graeme Pole) By Graeme Pole Thoreau said, among other things, “…beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” Aboard the BC Ferry Northern Adventure, departing Prince Rupert and bound for Haida Gwaii, I trained my camera on the southern tip of Digby
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