Squamish council rejects Fortis BC application for test drilling (Instagram/ Dan Prisk) In a surprising show of municipal political power – even in a region that has demonstrated strong misgivings…
February 13, 2013, Premier Christy Clark announced …the new British Columbia Prosperity Fund to ensure communities, First Nations and all British Columbians benefit from the development of a new liquefied…
Well, why would you support something called Science World when it participates in a program to brainwash students into supporting the liquid natural gas industry, despite the science indicating how…
Sukanto Tanoto (right), the man behind the proposed Woodfibre LNG project Permit me to make some observations about the LNG situation in Squamish. What the people of Howe Sound do…
Citizens line the Sea to Sky Highway to protest Woodfibre LNG (My Sea to Sky) Former District of Squamish Councillor Meg Fellowes addresses current mayor and council over Fortis BC’s…
Some years ago, Premier Gordon Campbell announced the Gateway Program for improvement of roads and bridges throughout Greater Vancouver. It included a new Fraser River crossing and reconstruction of Highway…
Christy Clark, Rich Coleman and Liberal friends are like 1980 promoters excited to spend someone else’s money to open a giant disco club, despite unmistakable signs the dance craze was…
The Liberal Premier of New Brunswick announced a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and he offered advice that Christy Clark should note, “We’re not interested in putting all of our eggs…
In June 2011, Postmedia reported comments about Site C by David Conway, Community Relations Manager with BC Hydro. When you get down to the cost per megawatt, this option even…
Tory MP John Weston (from his annual Christmas video message/Youtube) There is surely nothing quite as ridiculous as a Tory pretending that he cares. Money and rich friends they understand…
Read this Dec. 9 story from the Globe and Mail on Malaysian energy giant Petronas’ announcement that if it does wind up proceeding with a proposed pipeline and LNG plant…
Damien Gillis and CFAX radio’s Ian Jessop discuss the recent partnership between Science World and the BC Liberal government to promote the liquefied natural gas industry to students. The post…
October 15, I listened to Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett provide detailed assurance that, unlike budgets of numerous BC megaprojects that suffered runaway costs, the $7.9 billion Site C…
Read this Dec. 9 story from The Globe and Mail on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s statement that it would be “crazy economic policy” to apply climate regulations to the oil…
BC Premier Christy Clark would choose the LNG industry over Site C Dam According to this Dec. 10 story from Bloomberg, BC Premier Christy Clark remains bullish on the beleaguered…
BC and the LNG Myth Patrick Smyth By: Patrick Smyth Back in March 2014 I wrote about BC putting all of its eggs into one basket by pursuing a one…
Neptune coal terminal (Image: Dan Pierce/Wilderness Committee) By Andrew Gage and Anna Johnston – republished with permission from West Coast Environmental Law On October 23, 2014, the federal government introduced…
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…
Rafe has always been hesitant to be a ‘Horgan Booster’and God knows I tried over the years. OK, I give up, our challenges today are way beyond narrow partisan ask…
BCNDP Leader John Horgan talking LNG at UBCM meeting (Photo: BCNDP) I suppose it’s not unusual for an electorate to feel swindled. It sure as hell happens often enough. The…
