Karen Goodings avoids the Site C dam area on the Peace River because she finds it too heart-wrenching to look at the havoc caused by construction work, but, for the first time in years, she is now holding out hope that the $8.8-billion project will be scrapped.
“I want to see it permanently stopped and now I think there is enough information out there to talk about alternate sources of power that are more economical and less devastating,” said Goodings, a Peace River Regional District director.
Take action tomorrow, Wednesday at 12:30 p.m to show the BCUC you care about the Peace River Valley! Join this press conference in person, on-line, by phone or via live stream.
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Pricing carbon and phasing out fossil fuels will drive up costs for households and businesses, but the transition is necessary and will become more expensive if it is delayed, the Conference Board of Canada concluded in a report issued earlier this week.
Today I submitted an analysis to the BC Utilities Commission in response to their consultation on the economics of the Site C dam. You can read it here.
A United Nations panel on racism is calling on the B.C. government to immediately halt construction on the $8.8-billion Site C dam, arguing the province needs to review the controversial project in consultation with the First Nations communities facing irreversible destruction of their lands.
As you are aware, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) has begun the process to assess the economics of Site C dam, effective August 9th.
On August 11th, several of our allied groups sent a letter to Premier Horgan with a number of requests to ensure that the BCUC process is open, transparent and procedurally fair. We have not heard back from the Premier on these requests.