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…
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A Dear John & Carole Letter-You Have Lost Me Now.
Dorothy Field Dear John and Carole, I have to say you’ve lost me now. There is already much study done on fracking and it shows it’s a bad idea –…
BC approves Petronas LNG plant and 2 more gas pipelines
Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas shakes hands with BC Premier Christy Clark Read this Nov. 26 Reuters story on the BC Liberal government’s approval of multiple LNG infrastructure applications. VANCOUVER —…
LNG, fracking and BC’s Energy future: Victoria multimedia discussion
Join The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis and Council of Canadians’ Leila Darwish for a multimedia discussion about BC’s energy future – this Wednesday evening in Victoria. Gillis, who is…
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…
Ernst wins right to sue Alberta govt over fracking water contamination
Environmental consultant Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta (Colin Smith photo) An Alberta woman has the right to sue the provincial environment ministry for allegedly failing to properly investigate…
Rafe: Shell promises “green” LNG…we can trust them, right?
Christy Clark and Marvin Odum, President Shell Oil Company at recent BC LNG conference (BC govt flickr) I’m sure, like me, you were excited to read in the Vancouver Sun…
Money for Nothin’ and Your Work for Free…
Poloz’s prescription for unemployed youth: Work for free TAVIA GRANT The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Nov. 04 2014, 12:40 PM EST Last updated Tuesday, Nov. 04 2014, 7:03 PM…
Politics, Hockey, Fall Sitting at the BC Legislature and Local Elections-Game on!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We are moving into autumn, our glorious climate change driven summer is wrapping up even though our confused tomato plants refuse to stop providing even more ripe…
70 of Canadians support a national moratorium on fracking: POLL
A new poll commissioned by the Council of Canadians reveals that an overwhelming majority of Canadians oppose fracking, support “a national moratorium on fracking until it is scientifically proven to…
Watershed Moment: Damien Gillis on Fracking, LNG, Site C @ Capilano
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…
China’s war on coal means lots more renewable energy…and fracking
Shale gas is a big component of China’s future energy plans China has declared war on coal and coal consumption is down as a result. But this coal war offers…
Andrew Nikiforuk–LNG and Petro State Politics-Video
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Like so many of you my concern about this runaway climate change train wreck that our politicians are allowing and in many case aiding and abetting is…
Rafe: Clark govt in over its head with big LNG players like Petronas
Photo: Tina Lovgreen / BCIT Commons Many long years ago, when I was in first year Law, we learned a case called the Carbolic Smoke Ball case. This involved a…
“World-Class” BC LNG brings Third World deals with likes of Petronas
Most of Petronas CEO Abbas and BC Premier Clark’s discussions have been behind closed doors It’s possible that the majority of British Columbians would agree with developing our natural gas…
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…
Behn, Gillis talk Yukon, fracking on CBC radio
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…
BC govt bowed to oil lobby on deregulation of gas plants: documents
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…
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…
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…