JEFF RUBIN – Why the oil sands no longer make economic sense
The Oil and Gas crowd are an addicted and confused force that take up air and space at a time when change is begging for action. Somewhat like the ‘Flat…
fracking
Fracking, Site C and the mystery of Hudson’s Hope water contamination
Five year-old River Summer looks on at Brenot Creek landslide (Photo: Leigh Summer) A series of landslides above the northeast BC community of Hudson’s Hope has been dumping contaminated soils…
Canada, twisted by the distorted beliefs of neoconservative prairie reformers, rid itself of Stephen Harper
Don Maroc Monday night most of the world went to bed seeing Canada with an arrogantly evil smirk on its formerly amiable face. By the next morning all they could…
Northern First Nations band together to block Petronas’ LNG plans
Gitxsan leaders of Madii Lii Camp are standing behind the Lax Kw’alaams (submitted) Several First Nations groups are banding together to block early work by contractors for Petronas’ Lelu Island…
Nexen loses fracking water licence in Fort Nelson First Nation appeal
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…
BC’s biggest fracking quake yet? 4.6 felt by residents north of Fort St. John
Republished from the ECOreport. A recent earthquake near Wonowon, 100 km north of Fort St. John, is the largest of over 500 seismic events in northeastern BC, believed to be…
BCIT demands LNG lobby drop falsely used name from “partner” list
BCIT campus (Dago Agacino / Flickr CC licence) I find myself spending more time than I would like on Resource Works, the invention of The BC Business Council, that blindly…
LNG lobby fakes partnerships with prominent organizations
Key Resource Works members (clockwise from top left): Teck’s Doug Horswill, ex-Vancouver Sun editor Stewart Muir, former A-G Geoff Plant, and Lyn Anglin of Geoscience BC Desperate people do desperate…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Greg Keenan exposes how corporations are demanding perpetually more from municipalities while refusing to contribute their fair share of taxes to fund…
BC LNG Bill locks in public rip-off for a generation
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…
New Clothes: The generational rip-off of BC LNG
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…
To the Ends of the Earth: Filmmaker One-on-One
David Lavallee talks with fellow filmmaker and Common Sense Canadian publisher Damien Gillis about the former’s project, “To the Ends of the Earth”, which connects the dots between society’s hunger…
BC govt hires accounting firm to give fracking a green stamp
A storage pond in northeast BC containing fracking fluids (Image: Two Island Films) Republished with permission from the ECOreport There are credible experts who believe that, with proper regulation and…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Carol Goar discusses the contrasting messages being sent to Canada’s middle class in the lead up to Canada’s federal election campaign –…
Has fracking peaked?
Bloomberg graph shows cresting of production at major US shale oil plays Read this June 9 EcoWatch story by Aanastasia Pantsias on the declining production at the big US shale…
Steves–BC Doesn’t Need Site C Dam
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is incredible that our BC Liberal government, prodded along by the foreign owned LNG corporations, are still pushing ahead with building a massive Site C Dam.…
Fracking industry stonewalled EPA on data for safety assessment
Chemical and water mixing for hydraulic fracturing (Joshua Doubek/Creative Commons) Republished with permission from The ECOreport. After five years of research, the EPA’s painfully inadequate fracking assessment has been released.…
Geologist: Minister inflating shale gas, LNG potential by 6 fold – threatening BC’s energy security
BC Minister of Natural Gas Rich Coleman The following rebuttal from geoscientist David Hughes to BC Minister of Natural Gas Rich Coleman is republished with permission from the Canadian Centre…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Frances Woolley reminds us of some of the hidden advantages of the rich, and suggests that they point toward the fairness of taxing…
Ontario Anti-Fracking Bill Passes Second Reading
NDP MPP Peter Tabuns speaking with reporters at Queen’s Park. (CBC News Image.) A PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL from Toronto-area NDP MPP Peter Tabuns to ban fracking in the province passed…