Several hundred concerned citizens, First Nations and conservationists gathered recently in Burnaby to speak out against KinderMorgan's plans to pipe 700,000 barrels a day of Tar Sands bitumen to supertankers…
In a blog posting yesterday, following a series of major developments at the Cohen Commission, biologist Alexandra Morton suggests she now has enough pieces of the puzzle to pin much…
A scant 10 minute walk off a logging road near the BC's West Coast town of Port Renfrew is Avatar Grove, a stand of old cedars so majestic, powerful and…
Get MP3 (27 MB) Listen to this 20 min radio interview from CFUV's Hidden News. Damien Gillis and host Mehdi Najari talk private river power, smart meters and the fallout…
In the wake of the panel report on BC Hydro and the media firestorm over costly private power projects we plainly don't need, our cartoonist Gerry Hummel gives us his…
The admission by Dave Cobb, President of BC Hydro, that Hydro is spending 100s of millions for energy they don’t need came as a shock, for Damien Gillis and me…
Dr. Kristi Miller spent all day on the stand at the Cohen Commission yesterday in front of a packed gallery - but it wasn't until the end of the day,…
A new twist in the case Dr. Kristi Miller - the DFO scientist infamously muzzled by the Harper Government from discussing her groundbreaking salmon research publicly - came forth yesterday…
Watch part 2 of Rafe and Damien's discussion on Shaw's EVOTV, with host Irma Arkus. In this episode, the pair talk wild salmon and aquaculture, private power and environmental politics…
Anyone who is concerned about the arrival of pipelines and tankers to BC's West Coast should be worried. The forces are mounting to make this province a bridge to an…
The way Port Metro President and CEO Robin Sylvester tells it, we're facing a major shortage of port capacity in the coming years, justifying the plans of his organization and…
I have called it the Campbell/Clark government because that’s what it is. Premier Clark was in on the beginning of most policies including the disastrous energy plan that sees private…
Editor's Note: Despite the criticism of BC Hydro's big-dollar infrastructure plans by the BC Liberal Government following its handpicked panel review of the utility's proposed rate hikes, Energy Minister Rich…
Responsibility for reducing carbon dioxide emissions is falling to cities, municipalities and regional districts because wider efforts during the last 30 years to ameliorate the threat of global climate change…
It's impossible to divine anything concrete from the flurry of interesting chatter surrounding Enbridge's embattled 1,100 km Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal. Alternate routes, Asian energy experts laughing at our stupidity,…
The response of the private power industry (IPPs) to the recently released study on BC Hydro is goofy even against other barmy statements they make. The defence against the charge…
Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis discuss The Common Sense Canadian and their coverage of key environmental and public policy issues in BC and Canada on Shaw's EVOTV, with host Irma…
This will be a short blog because the point is simple…and devastating. Mark down August 12, 2011 as the day BC Hydro all but concluded its suicide mission, with the…
Part 2 of a 2-part series - read part 1 here.When does a foreign-owned corporation’s right to protect its share price trump the environment and Canadian public’s rights? Apparently, when…
What do families have to do with the environment? Quite a bit, actually. The Campbell/Clark government is looking for an issue to run on and the Family is the answer…
