Former BC Hydro CEO Marc Eliesen says BC Hydro’s claim that a one-year delay in Site C dam construction will add $420 million to the project’s $8.8 billion cost is “effectively illusionary” and based on “fundamentally flawed” analysis.
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Author: Sarah Cox
Old-Growth Threatened by Site C as Ecologically Important as Great Bear Rainforest, Former B.C. Biologist Says
The Peace Valley old-growth forest slated to be clear cut for the Site C dam is just as important, if not more ecologically significant, than the Great Bear Rainforest, says the wildlife biologist and retired provincial government manager who wrote B.C…
Continue readingOld-Growth Threatened by Site C as Ecologically Important as Great Bear Rainforest, Former B.C. Biologist Says
The Peace Valley old-growth forest slated to be clear cut for the Site C dam is just as important, if not more ecologically significant, than the Great Bear Rainforest, says the wildlife biologist and retired provincial government manager who wrote B.C…
Continue readingFemale Site C Opponents Allegedly Intimidated, Harassed by Security Firm with Ties to BC Hydro
First Nations women camping at the Rocky Mountain Fort site and opposing ongoing construction for the Site C Dam say they feel intimidated and harassed by male security guards and “investigators” with ties to BC Hydro.
Women at the encampment told…
B.C. Taxpayers Paid Millions for the Prime Farmland BC Hydro Will Flood with Site C Dam
Over the past four decades, B.C. taxpayers have footed a multi-million dollar bill for BC Hydro to purchase prime Peace Valley farmland in anticipation of building the Site C dam.
In 2012, the latest year for which figures are available, BC Hydro owne…
Valuable First Nations Historic Sites "Will Be Gone Forever" if Site C Dam Proceeds: Archaeologist
One of the archaeologists who excavated the Rocky Mountain Fort site in the 1980s says much remains to be discovered about historical First Nations encampments near the site and valuable information will be lost forever if it is flooded for the Site C
Continue readingImpact of Site C Dam on B.C. Farmland Far More Dire Than Reported, Local Farmers Show
Clay and Katy Peck are just the type of young farming family that B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick says his government wants to support to ensure “a reliable food source for years to come.”
The Pecks own a 65-hectare farm in the Agricultural…