Hudson’s Hope issues water quality advisory as heavy metals detected
Hudson’s Hope, BC (OurBC.com) A water quality advisory has been issued by the District of Hudson’s Hope, in northeast BC. Residents are being warned not to drink or use water…
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West Van councillor doesn’t buy economic promises of Woodfibre LNG
Watch this video of West Vancouver Councillor Mary-Anne Booth standing by her vote to ban LNG tankers in Howe Sound – taken by a grassroots group critical of the proposed…
Fracking-related earthquakes prompt halt to Ohio wastewater injections
Read this Sept. 6 Associated Press story by Julie Carr Smith on regulators’ concerns over earthquakes in Ohio connected to post-fracking wastewater injection. State regulators suspended operations at two deep-injection…
New laws would enable fish farms to dump more waste, chemicals
Yardstick standing upright in waste layer below fish farm, up to 32 inch mark (Friends of Port Mouton Bay) Read this Aug. 27 story from CBC.ca on changes to aquaculture…
Gas industry contributes just 0.01% of BC’s revenues, few jobs
Two of the province’s surprisingly few gas workers – in BC’s Horn River Basin (Photo: Damien Gillis) By Norman Farrell Regular readers are aware that British Columbia’s natural gas industry…
Ontario beekeepers sue neonicotinoid pesticide makers for $450 million
Ontario beekeepers suspect neonicotinoid pesticides in the death of many of their bees Read this Sept. 3 story from CTV News on the class action lawsuit being launched against two…
Site C: Damning the Peace…while US decommissions hydro projects
Damien Gillis and Kootenay Co-op Radio’s Suzy Hamilton discuss Canada’s plan to build a massive new hydroelectric project on the Peace River, while America is busy decommissioning dams. The Peace…
Port Metro endorses “fuel of last century” with coal terminal OK
Port Metro Vancouver is taking a big step backwards with Fraser River coal terminal approval, critics say By Chris Rose – republished with permission from Desmog.ca Canada’s largest port has…
Harper govt muzzles Arctic scientists from discussing polar ice melt
Read this Aug. 18 Postmedia story from Margaret Munro on the chill Canada’s Arctic scientists have felt when trying to discuss record polar ice melt with the public. Federal scientists…
Dams can cause heart attacks in sprinting salmon: UBC-BC Hydro study
Read this Aug. 21 Vancouver Sun story by Tiffany Crawford on the effect of swimming through fast-moving waters, downstream from dams, on sockeye salmon – according to a new study…
SFU, regional district expand Peace Valley water study re: oil and gas
Read this Aug. 20 story by Elaine Anselmi in the Alaska Highway News on SFU’s baseline studies Rural residents in the Peace River area are being asked to put their…
NEB sides with Kinder Morgan, but company must respect Burnaby’s bylaws
Read this August 19 Canadian Press story via CBC.ca on the latest chapter int he ongoing battle between pipeline builder Kinder Morgan and the city of Burnaby. The National Energy…
Burnaby fires back at Kinder Morgan with constitutional challenge
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan continues to be a thorn in Kinder Morgan’s side (Image: Youtube) Read this Aug. 11 story by Jennifer Moreau in the Burnaby Now on Burnaby Council’s…
Kinder Morgan creates $90 Billion pipeline super-company
Reuters is reporting that Houston-based pipeline giant Kinder Morgan is folding all its assets into one super-company, valued at $92 Billion. It remains to be seen how the deal will…