Damien Gillis clearly explains the processes of producing the so called clean LNG fuel.
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Cowichan Conversations: Rafe–The reason why the NDP cannot win the next election is because of three little letters, LNG
Richard Hughes–Cowichan Conversations Cowichan Conversations is pleased to feature this post from Rafe Mair. Rafe has had a long and distinguished career that includes time as an MLA, Cabinet Minister and later as an award winning broadcaster, talk show host, successful author, and blogger. Rafe is all about politics and
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NDP MPP Peter Tabuns speaking with reporters at Queen’s Park. (CBC News Image.) New Democratic MPP Peter Tabuns introduced a private member’s bill Wednesday encouraging the Liberals to adopt a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the province. Tabuns, a former executive director of Greenpeace Canada and his party’s Environment and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Quicksilvers Bankruptcy Stalls Fracking Operations On The Island
Don Maroc It is never good form to gloat over someone else’s ill fortune, but when their loss is our gain it’s hard to maintain a polite composure. Quicksilver Resources, Inc., and its 13 U.S. subsidiaries, have joined the line-up at a Texas bankruptcy court putting itself under the protection
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe: Joe Oliver says fracking is safe, so it must be
Rafe has seen the light! Nice to see that Rafe Mair has come to his senses and is now backing the corporate toadies, aka the Harper Cabinet and the light headed Finance Minister Joe Oliver aka ‘Chuckles’. They are all joyfully promoting LNG and spending our money doing it. It is a
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Joe Oliver says fracking is safe, so it must be
Finance Minister Joe Oliver (Adrian Wyld/CP) I must apologize for being an alarmist. I now discover there is no reason for concern about hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking”. I have been alleging that this process of “mining” natural gas is dangerous not only to the atmosphere and the people around
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Rafe: Federal leaders out of touch on LNG, fracking
Thomas Mulcair, Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau Prime Minister Stephen Harper has thrown down the gauntlet with his promise of federal tax giveaways for LNG enterprises. I expected this sort of nonsense – just one look at the smug sneer of power on the face of James Moore, Minister of Industry,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: You Can’t Feed Your Kids Oil, But Eating Is Overrated Anyway.
It’s been here for a while. It’s what happens when you begin to run short on something everybody needs. It’s America’s frackers versus America’s farmers. They both want water and there’s not enough to go around. Frackers want it to get oil and gas out of the ground. Farmers need
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Alberta – Yet Again, Number One!
It seems that Alberta has claimed another world record. This time it’s for the magnitude of a fracking-induced earthquake, a 4.4-magnitude temblor last week at Fox Creek. “The location of the earthquake is consistent with being induced by hydraulic fracturing operations,” confirmed Peter Murchland, a spokesman for the Alberta Energy
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Ease radioactive waste dumping restrictions, say North Dakota shale oil producers
Trucking costs for radioactive waste in North Dakota’s Bakken oil field are too high, says the industry Read this eye-opening Jan. 28 Reuters story on the push from North Dakota shale oil producers to loosen restrictions around the dumping of radioactive waste – a cost-cutting measure as prices for their
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: LNG, Fracking and BC’s Energy Future: Nanaimo event
BG Group’s Methane Lydon Volney tanker (Photo: BG Group) The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis and retired KPMG partner and chemistry Ph.D Eoin Finn will be in Nanaimo Wednesday night to discuss the province’s energy vision. Finn has been a leading voice on the economic and safety risks of the proposed
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Energy shift requires shift in conversation
The infrastructure already developed to accommodate cheap fossil fuels creates a psychological barrier to rational discourse on energy issues, says David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki: Energy shift requires shift in conversation appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: New York State Bans Fracking
After years of delays and debate, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally decided that the risks of fracking outweigh the rewards, bans the practice. The post New York State Bans Fracking appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Groups call on BC and Science World to end LNG promotion
Advocacy groups and concerned citizens have signed an open letter demanding that the British Columbia government and Science World cancel their province-wide community seminars promoting the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. The post Groups call on BC and Science World to end LNG promotion appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Carter Price offers another look at how inequality damages economic development. And the Broadbent Institute examines the wealth gap in Canada – which is already recognized as a serious problem, but also far larger than most people realize: – Paul Buchheit discusses
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Oil Price: Has Saudi Arabia gambled and lost?
Is it better to have gambled and lost? Saudi Arabia is calling the shots in the steep price decline of oil in recent weeks, by refusing to cut its output so as to remove production from the market and increase prices. Why is it doing this? One possible reason is
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Harper: It’s “Crazy” to apply climate laws to oil and gas industry
Read this Dec. 9 story from The Globe and Mail on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s statement that it would be “crazy economic policy” to apply climate regulations to the oil and gas sector. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has retreated further from his pledge to regulate carbon emissions in the oil industry,
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Alberta won’t appeal Jessica Ernst’s right to sue over fracking: Nikiforuk
Environmental consultant Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta (Colin Smith photo) Read this Dec. 10 Tyee story by Andrew Nikiforuk on the Alberta government’s surprise announcement that it will not be appealing a recent court ruling enabling landowner and scientist Jessica Ernst to proceed with her lawsuit over fracking
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Clark govt, Science World selling LNG Kool-Aid to kids
Ministers Rich Coleman and Shirley Bond watch a recent demonstration on the “science of LNG” (BC Govt) The BC Liberal government’s all-out push to build an LNG industry is extending into the province’s classrooms and the minds of its students. The latest partner in this effort, Science World, is co-hosting a series of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: A Dear John & Carole Letter-You Have Lost Me Now.
Dorothy Field Dear John and Carole, I have to say you’ve lost me now. There is already much study done on fracking and it shows it’s a bad idea – bad for the environment, poisoning ground water. And many, many people with rock solid information you could consult — Andrew
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