Read this Oct. 7 Globe and Mail story by Josh Wingrove on a scathing report from a federal government watchdog on the Harper government’s environmental record. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s…
Steam rising from the Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station in Iceland (Photo: Gretar Ívarsson / Wikipedia) By Erin Flegg – republished with permission from desmog.ca At a time when B.C.’s politicians…
Fracking operations in northeast BC use enormous volumes of water (Photo: Damien Gillis) Filmmaker and Common Sense Canadian publisher Damien Gillis takes us on a multi-media journey to northeast BC…
Site C Dam will unnecessarily cost taxpayers billions, says one financial expert The following is a transcript of Rob Botterell’s recent speech to the BC Select Committee on Finance and…
Alberta bitumen (Source: Suncor) Read this October 7 Reuters story on the EU’s decision to abandon its labelling of Canadian bitumen as a more polluting oil source – after years…
BC Premier Christy Clark addresses a conference on LNG (Damien Gillis) Read this Oct. 5 story by Stephen Smart on CBC.ca on the Fall legislative session that will address Premier…
First Nations, local business people and farmers speak out against the $8 Billion-plus proposed Site C Dam, which would flood or disrupt over 30,000 acres of prime farmland and wilderness…
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has taken a tough stand against Kinder Morgan (Photo: Vimeo) Read this Sept. 27 story from the Canadian Press on the National Energy Board’s refusal to…
Given the diverse sources of news now available in the U.S., partisans can easily choose news sources that align with their political attitudes. Does the rise of partisan news—on cable,…
An upcoming conference hosted by the Zero Waste Alliance ans Zero Waste Canada in Nanaimo, BC will explore alternatives to landfills and incinerators. “The Zero Waste Alliance (ZWA) has a…
BC Chiefs Roland Wilson, Liz Logan and Stewart Phillip taking their anti-Site C message to Ottawa (Twitter) Read this Sept. 24 Globe and Mail story by Dene Moore on the…
Part 2 of Damien Gillis’ 2-part interview with retired KMPG partner and Howe Sound resident Eoin Finn on the proposed Woodfibre LNG project. LNG is a “sunset” industry that promises…
The Liard River Basin is threatened by proposed fracking (Two Island Films) Listen to this 11-minute interview on CBC Yukon with First Nations resource management expert lawyer Caleb Behn and…
Kinder MOrgan contractors carrying out geotechnical survey work in Burnaby (Darryl Dyck / CP) Read this Sept. 17 Canadian Press story by Dene Moore on the lastest chapter in the…
Clearing of “overburden” forests for oil sands development in Alberta Read this Sept. 3 story from the Washington Post on a new report suggesting wild fires and industrial activity are…
Premier Christy Clark tours BC’s natural gas industry (photo: Justin Tang/CP) Read this Sept. 14 Canadian Press story by Dene Moore, revealing that the BC government’s controversial, failed elimination of…
The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis and CFAX 1070′s Ian Jessop discuss the economic disaster that the proposed Site C Dam represents from British Columbians. At a projected cost of…
BC’s botched tree farm licence changes would put large global players ahead of local sector By Peter Ewart – republished from 250news.com It was a victory for the forestry sector…
Read this Sept. 12 story from CBC.ca, confirming that the Harper government will finally ratify the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with China, following a lengthy delay. The deal…
Check out this short video from The Peace Valley Environment association and The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis on the extraordinary agricultural land that would be flooded by the proposed…
