Chilliwack residents unmask hazardous waste plant flaws
Chilliwack, BC on the banks of the Fraser River (Photo: Straight.com). Read this March 3 article in the Globe and Mail about a notice of application filed with the BC…
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Rex Tillerson, you are a big, fat NIMBY
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson loves fracking other people’s back yards – just not his own Dear Rex Tillerson, I am writing to express my disappointment in learning that you recently…
DFO predicts monster Fraser River sockeye return this summer
2010 was a record year for Fraser River sockeye. DFO is predicting an even bigger return this summer. Read this Globe and Mail story from Mark Hume on the record…
Petronas’ Canadian shale gas shares attract Chinese and Indian investors
(Photo: Rigzone) Read this Feb 25th article in the International Business Times about Petronas’ Asian business partners investing in the Canadian shale gas market: Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas will…
BC’s LNG exports drain water resources
BC Premier, Christy Clark, announcing the agreement to build an LNG facility at Grassy Point (Photo: BC Gov Photos | Flickr). Read this Feb 24th article in The Province by…
European Commission wades into war over Galway salmon farm
Anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford presents to the European Commission last week (courtesy of Don Staniford) Read this Feb. 26 story from the Irish Examiner on the battle over open…
Group calls on Harper govt to implement Salmon Inquiry’s recommendations
Watch this video produced by Watershed Watch Conservation Society on the largest investigation into missing salmon in Canadian history – the $26 million Cohen Commission – and the groups and…
Alberta doctor to US senate: Canada ‘lying’ about Tar Sands health impacts
Dr. John O’Connor (photo: saveourmedevac.ca) Read this Feb. 26 story by Mychaylo Prystupa in the Vancouver Observer on Alberta doctor John O’Connor’s warning to US senators that Canada is concealing…
Cullen calls out Harper govt over climate change, dead scallops
NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen challenges the Harper government in question period over its failure to act on climate change and 10 million scallops that died in BC recently from…
Canada’s LNG exports threaten energy security: Geologist
Graph depicts National Energy Board’s projection of BC Government’s gas production compared to other LNG export levels. (Photo: David Hughes, Global Sustainability Research Inc) Read this Feb 18th article from…
Residents of Peace River, AB wrestle with authorities over bitumen fumes
Fumes from these bitumen storage tanks are allegedly driving Alberta families from their homes. Read this Feb. 20th VICE article that provides a local look inside our Jan. 28th Reported…
Yukon fracking threatens groundwater safety: hydrologist
The Liard River Basin is threatened by proposed fracking (Two Island Films) Read this Jan. 31 article from the Whitehorse Star on the risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing of…
Dan Murphy skewers Janet Holder’s Enbridge Pipeline PR
Former Province cartoonist Dan Murphy’s latest poke at Enbridge’s ongoing efforts to buff up the image of its controversial Northern Gateway pipeline. Here, Murphy takes on the “face” of Enbridge’s…
LNG Pipedreams: Global investors getting cold feet?
by Anna C. Novacek The projections supporting the BC Liberals’ prosperity fund rest on the assumption that there will be indefinite demand to buy into BC’s fledgling LNG market. However,…
Justin Trudeau backs Kinder Morgan oil pipeline to Vancouver
Justin Trudeau in Kamloops, where the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline would pass (Graham Hughes/CP) Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sat down recently with Metro Calgary, discussing everything from legalizing marijuana to…
Chevron offers pizza to victims of fracking explosion
Read this Feb. 18 story from RawStory.com on Chevron’s offer of coupons for pizza to Pennsylvania residents affected by a massive explosion at a fracking site owned by the company.…
Climate scientist’s defamation suit threatens to topple conservative publication
The legal battle between climate scientist Michael Mann (left) and conservative columnist Mark Steyn (right) is heating up. Read this February 3rd article by Andrew Breiner in Climate Progress about…
Salmon farm solidarity rally – Feb 17, Vancouver
Chief Bob Chamberlin of the Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwaw-ah-mish First Nation in BC’s Broughton Archipelago. The Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw people are fighting Fish Farm expansion on their territories on BC’s Coast. Come show solidarity…
National Energy Board to extend alternate pipeline route applications
Lowering pipes into Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (Photo: Warrior Publications). Read this February 13th article by Jason Howe in News 1130 on the National Energy Board’s upcoming decision…