Site C Dam: Govt ignores own rules, faces multiple lawsuits
Peace Valley ranchers Ken and Arlene Boon are part of several law suits over Site C Dam (Damien Gillis) Even if the BC Liberal government decides today to approve the…
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Clark govt, Science World selling LNG Kool-Aid to kids
Ministers Rich Coleman and Shirley Bond watch a recent demonstration on the “science of LNG” (BC Govt) The BC Liberal government’s all-out push to build an LNG industry is extending…
First Nations react to LNG approvals with highway blockade
Highway 16 blockade on Saturday (Photo submitted) A group of 65 Gitxsan First Nations and supporters, led by several hereditary chiefs, showed up on an icy December Saturday to block…
Yukon First Nations score big court win in Peel Watershed case
The Peel Watershed’s Wind River (Jill Pangman) Two Yukon First Nations have won yet another landmark indigenous legal victory – this time against the local territorial government, over the vast…
BREAKING: Kinder Morgan work trucks roll up Burnaby Mountain
Kinder Morgan contractors delivering construction materials to Burnaby Mountain (Salix O’Connell/facebook) Kinder Morgan contractors began rolling work trucks with construction equipment up Burnaby Mountain at approximately 10 PM on Thursday.…
Govt fears losing LNG, fracking social licence to social media: Internal briefing note
Rich Coleman tries to conjure up some good LNG PR with this youtube video (BC govt youtube page) The BC government is worried it can’t control the way fracking and…
The Law is an Ass: Rafe on Burnaby citizens’ loss to Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan contractors clash with citizen protestor on Burnaby Mountain (Darryl Dyck/CP) “If the Law says that”, said Mr. Bumble, “the Law is an ass”. The good citizens of Burnaby…
Kinder Morgan may win in court, but it’s quickly losing social licence
Citizens protest Kinder Morgan outside BC Supreme Court (Photo: AJ Klein/facebook) Houston-based pipeline giant Kinder Morgan may obtain an injunction from the BC Supreme Court today to remove protestors from…
94% opposition to Woodfibre from municipal candidates answering LNG survey
Rendering of proposed Woodfibre LNG project near Squamish, BC Of the 31 candidates who responded to a recent questionnaire on the controversial Woodfibre LNG proposal for Howe Sound, 29 –…
Photographer to share stunning images of Great Bear Rainforest
Photo by Ian McAllister – from new book Great Bear Wild This Friday in Vancouver, groundbreaking wilderness photographer Ian McAllister will discuss his new book, Great Bear Wild – Dispatches…
As California drought drives up BC food prices…a dam to flood our best farmland?
California’s Central Valley is facing record drought conditions As British Columbians share a meal this weekend, giving thanks for the food with which we are so blessed, year-round, let us…
Pipelines in Parks? Public comment sought on Kinder Morgan’s plans
Citizens have until Oct. 12 to submit comments to the government regarding Kinder Morgan’s plans to build its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion through protected areas in BC’s Parks. Read this…
BC should not be bullied or suckered by Petronas over LNG taxes
Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas addressing BC LNG conference (Damien Gillis) News this morning that Malaysian energy giant Petronas is considering pulling out of the nascent BC LNG industry over the…
Large hydro dams aren’t “green” – they actually drive climate change
BC’s WAC Bennett Dam (Photo: Damien Gillis) Read this August 14 EcoWatch column by Gary Wockner, which explodes the myth of “green” hydro dams – food for thought as Canada…
BC Hydro vastly underestimates loss of farmland to Site C Dam
At a recent press conference in Vancouver, renowned agrologist Wendy Holm and lifelong Peace Valley farmer Renee Ardill spoke to the vast, quality farmland that the proposed Site C Dam…
Behn, Gillis to talk fracking in Yukon as govt reviews moratorium
Caleb Behn, subject of the forthcoming film Fractured Land, will talk fracking in the Yukon (Zack Embree) The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis and First Nations resource management expert and…
Christy Clark: Govt ready to embrace Tsilhqot’in case, Aboriginal title – Chiefs cautiously optimistic
Video of the historic meeting between the premier of BC and First Nations leaders – featuring Christy Clark, Chief Roger William and Grand Chiefs Ed John and Stewart Phillip. Watch…
“Fundamentally uneconomic” Site C Dam would lose $350 million a year for taxpayers: Industrial energy expert
The retired head of the Association of Major Power Users of BC, Dan Potts, estimates the proposed Site C Dam would lose $350 million for taxpayers and BC Hydro ratepayers.…