photo: Canadian Natural Resources Limited Read this Sept. 28 story from CBC on the ongoing Alberta bitumen leak crisis near Cold Lake. The Common Sense Canadian has been following the unfolding disaster for several months now and there appears to be no resolution in sight, as CNRL’s operation has spilled over 1.5 million litres
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The Common Sense Canadian: BC LNG: Energy expert debunks Minister Coleman’s math
Video by Damien Gillis, analysis by David Hughes On Sept. 18, BC’s Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman gave the above speech to northern mayors and councillors at the Union of BC Municipalities’ annual conference in Vancouver. Coleman makes some extraordinary claims about the opportunity liquefied natural gas presents cor BC’s
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: BC LNG: The Real Story – exclusive series, presentations all this week
British Columbians have been hearing a lot of glowing rhetoric from their political leaders about the economic promise of building a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. We’ve heard that our gas – which is fast running out of steam in the North American market – will be transformed into
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: With LNG emissions, BC will fail to meet climate targets
VICTORIA – A report presented to the United Nations indicates British Columbia is meeting its legislated targets to cut greenhouse gas pollution, but environmental leaders say that won’t last much longer even if the province sets up a smokescreen to hide the air pollution created by proposed liquefied natural gas
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Kitimat – Oct.4)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics behind the Liquid Natural Gas Industry and controversial fracking – which would need to be dramatically increased in order
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Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics behind the Liquid Natural Gas Industry and controversial fracking – which would need to be dramatically increased in order to
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Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics behind the Liquid Natural Gas Industry and controversial fracking – which would need to be dramatically increased in order to
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Hazelton – Oct.1)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics behind the Liquid Natural Gas Industry and controversial fracking – which would need to be dramatically increased in order to
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Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Afternoon of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics behind the Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Industry and controversial fracking – which would need to be dramatically increased in order
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Smithers – Sept.30)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics behind the Liquid Natural Gas Industry and controversial fracking – which would need to be dramatically increased in order to
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Stephen Harper “won’t take ‘No’ for an answer” on Keystone XL pipeline
Photo: Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press Read this story from the Associated Press on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s bold statement on Keystone XL at a talk in New York. Harper’s true climate policy has been hard to follow of late. On the one hand he’s agreeing to US carbon emissions targets to
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Pennsylvania’s fracking boom goes bust
Fracking operation in southwestern Pennsylvania (photo: Mark Schmerling) Read this Sept. 12 story from Philly.com describing how Pennsylvania’s fracking boom is going bust. Meanwhile, The Common Sense Canadian reported recently on the devastation faced by much of the fracking industry in Colorado from massive flooding. It was just a couple of years
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: BC LNG will be powered by massive taxpayer giveaways
photo: Tina Lovgreen / BCIT Commons As we all know Christy Clark and the BC Liberals were elected on “prosperity” from BC LNG (liquefied natural gas) that will erase debt, lower taxes and deliver the services we rely on. Of course, there is no existing BC LNG tax or royalty regime
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: BC LNG a gateway to carbon pollution, says new report
Australia’s Colongra gas-powered electrical plant – similar technology would be needed to power BC’s LNG VICTORIA – British Columbia’s pledge to develop the world’s cleanest liquefied natural gas plants looks hazy to an environmental organization that says the province appears to be prepared to allow oil and gas companies to
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Harper getting desperate to move Alberta oil as pipelines stall
Stephen Harper has been trying to win over Barack Obama on the stalled Keystone XL pipeline (Adrian Wyld/CP) Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks increasingly desperate to find ways for expanding the Alberta Tar Sands. While his government wants to ramp up bitumen production dramatically in Alberta, it faces export challenges at
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Alberta scientist Jessica Ernst warns Newfoundland of fracking risk
Environmental consultant Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta (Colin Smith photo) ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Alberta resident Jessica Ernst is warning Newfoundland about the risks of hydraulic fracturing, saying she blames the contentious fracking process for making her well water flammable. “It does ignite like a blow torch,” she
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: CN, Harper Government eyeing oil-by-rail to Prince Rupert
A 2012 CN derailment near Calgary OTTAWA – CN Rail, at the urging of Chinese-owned Nexen Inc., is considering shipping Alberta bitumen to Prince Rupert, B.C., by rail in quantities matching the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline, documents show. Internal memos obtained by Greenpeace under the Access to Information Act show the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Rafe: Harper won’t succeed in bribing First Nations over pipelines
Stephen Harper meets with National AFN Chief Shawn Atleo in 2011 (Reuters) So Prime Minister Stephen Harper and members of his cabinet have been meeting with BC’s First Nations chiefs in order to get them onside with the Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipelines. This is a gross insult and I believe
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Russians storm Greenpeace ship with 2 Canadians, tow to port
Greenpeace activists attempt to scale a Russian arctic drilling rig (photo: Greenpeace) The Russian Coast Guard says a Greenpeace ship it stormed, with two Canadian activists among people they are holding, is being towed toward the nearest port. It said Friday the ship’s captain refused to operate the Arctic Sunrise,
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Colorado’s fracking flood: new aerial photos, contamination fears
a wellhead, crude oil tank, toxic waste water tank llifted from ground, separator, and combustor flares submerged under flood waters – Weld County, Colorado (all images courtesy of EcoFlight) Earlier this week, The Common Sense Canadian brought you the underreported story of flood damage to oil and gas infrastructure in Colorado
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