British Columbia

06/03/17
Author: 
Rhianna Schmunk
This photograph shows what appears to be fuel in the water around the Burdwood Fish Farm in Echo Bay B.C., which is northeast of Port McNeill on Vancouver Island. (Twyla Rosocovich)

Company 'highly regrets' spilling of 600 litres; initial reports said the amount was 1,500 litres

Emergency crews are responding to a diesel spill at a fish farm near the northern tip of Vancouver Island.

Early Sunday officials said at least 1,500 litres of diesel overflowed from the Burdwood Fish Farm in Echo Bay, B.C., northeast of Port McNeill.

The company that owns the site, Cermaq Canada, issued a statement later on Sunday that the amount of diesel spilled was closer to 600 litres.

02/03/17
Author: 
Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki
27/02/17
Author: 
Larry Pynn

Goodbye Vancouver, hello San Diego.

A major climate-change study predicts temperatures in Metro Vancouver will exceed those of present-day Southern California in the coming decades.

Frost and ice will become virtually a thing of the past, heating bills will drop, and farm crops will flourish virtually year-round in the Fraser Valley.

That’s the good news.

20/02/17
Author: 
Jennifer Saltman

 

[Wepage editors note: More evidence that the Trudeau Liberal government is 'more of the same'] 

The Massey Tunnel replacement project will not be subject to a federal environmental review, according to a letter sent to Metro Vancouver’s board of directors.

 

19/02/17
Author: 
John Tilak and David French

Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI.N) has begun talks with institutional investors including major Canadian pension funds and private equity firms to raise capital for the $6.8 billion expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline project, according to people familiar with the process.

Kinder Morgan has held discussions with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, three of the biggest Canadian pension funds, the people added. It was unclear whether these talks were continuing.

19/02/17
Author: 
Graeme Pole
LNG tanker (Photo: Torbein Rønning / Flickr CC Licence)
 

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines due diligence as: “The care that a reasonable person exercises to avoid harm to other persons or their property.” As the debate on British Columbia’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry enters its fourth year, it is past time to bring one aspect of that industry under scrutiny – the safety of people in proximity to LNG vessels and terminals.

19/02/17
Author: 
Roger Bryenton

The following item was written by Roger Bryenton P. Eng. (former), MBA, Energy Systems Consultant, Suzuki and SPEC Elder.

17/02/17
Author: 
Shannon Lough

Prince Rupert, B.C. posted Feb 16, 2017

The provincial government views the multiple benefits agreements for Metlakatla and Lax Kw’alaams as a win for both the LNG industry and First Nations reconciliation.

In conversation with John Rustad, the minister of Aboriginal relations and reconciliation, on Feb. 16, the day following the landmark deal, he explained that even if the Pacific NorthWest LNG project doesn’t follow through with a final investment decision (FID) some land will still be transferred to First Nations.

11/02/17
Author: 
BROKE

 
SUPPORT NEEDED FOR LAWSUIT 

challenging BC Liberal Government's approval of Kinder Morgan Expansion

PIPE UP and Democracy Watch launched a lawsuit on January 31 challenging the BC government's approval of Kinder Morgan, based on the conflict of interest inherent in the BC LIberal Party accepting more than $550,000 from Kinder Morgan and assorted shippers and then approving the project. 

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