Plans for LNG terminals near Prince Rupert break all the big international safety rules, putting lives at risk. But you wouldn't know it listening to the government or industry, says…
The BC Liberal government has come out in opposition to Kinder Morgan's proposed pipeline expansion to Burnaby, stating that the company has failed to meet the province's five conditions.The post…
A vote by Tsawwassen First Nations for a local LNG plant would not only pollute their own community, argues Keving Washbrook, but it would mean more fracking in Northeast BC…
Check out this Nov. 2 story from CTV.ca on a Comox teen’s criticism team sponsor Marine Harvest’s open net pen salmon farms – a move that got her booted off…
Unist’ot’en blockade on Morice River in 20124 (Photo: Two Island Films) Read this Oct. 27 story from Mark Nielsen in the Prince George Citizen, on Chevron’s refusal to reroute its…
Citizens line the Sea to Sky Highway to protest Woodfibre LNG (My Sea to Sky) Op-ed by Tracey Saxby It really comes as no surprise that the Provincial Government has…
BC Premier Christy Clark touring Petronas’ operations in Malaysia (BC Govt / Flickr CC licence) Business publication The Malaysian Reserve is predicting that that country’s oil and gas giant Petronas…
California’s Central Valley is facing record drought conditions Common Sense Canadian publisher and Fractured Land co-director Damien Gillis will join a UBC Dialogues panel this Wednesday evening titled “Water Worries:…
Lelu Island and Flora Bank (foreground) – site of controversial proposed LNG plant (Skeena Watershed Conservation Soc.) Read this September 18 Vancouver Sun story on a claim by the Lax…
Justin Trudeau (Photo: John McCallum/Flickr/Som Jandu) and Tom Mulcair (Photo: BCNDP/Flickr) By Doug Carrick The Conservatives may be a disaster at governing a nation, but they are experts at manipulating…
At least one Baby Boomer hopes to see Harper exit the political stage on Oct. 19 (Flickr/Stephen Harper) This is for my fellow baby boomers. Yes, I mean you +55ers…
Fracking operations in northeast BC depend on large volumes of water (Damien Gillis) Read this Sept. 8 National Post story by Gordon Hoekstra on the recent victory by the Fort…
Read this Aug. 28 story from CBC.ca and political columnist Éric Grenier’s Poll Tracker series, noting recent polling trends that suggest the Harper Conservatives are in danger of being leap-frogged…
Photo: Stephen Harper/Flickr cc licence Guest post by Doug Carrick According to Stephen Harper, the coming election offers a choice between the certainty of Conservative economic expertise on the one…
Read this Aug. 10 story Ars Technica story by John Timmer on the continuing drop in the cost of wind power, as nine US states now generate more than 10%…
BC Finance Minister Mike de Jong announcing BC’s LNG Project Development Agreement (BC Gov. Flickr) Read this July 27 story from Malaysian news site TheStar.com, citing comments from BC Finance…
Ex-Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas shaking hands with BC Premier Christy Clark in 2014 (BC gov photo) Republished with permission from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Policy Note. By Marc…
Photo: Future of Howe Sound Society View article My Sea to Sea and other groups fighting to save Howe Sound from a proposed LNG plant and dangerous tanker traffic are…
Parksville gold course (BC govt/Flickr) Read this July 9 story from CBC.ca on the dire water situation facing several Vancouver Island communities. A popular B.C. seaside tourist zone is so…
A culturally modified tree tagged by LNG contractors (Graeme Pole) By Graeme Pole Thoreau said, among other things, “…beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.” Aboard the BC Ferry…
