Opponents of the proposed Site C dam are hoping a report from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency panel, to be released Thursday, will emphasize potential environmental damage from the massive dam and persuade the federal and provincial governments that the project should be scrapped.
The report from the Joint Review Panel into BC Hydro’s $8-billion plan to build a dam that would flood 83 kilometres of the Peace River, putting 14,000 hectares of farmland under water, was submitted May 1 to federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq and the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, but there was no obligation to release (Read more…)