David Suzuki and Grand Chief Phillip Stand with Rocky Mountain Fort Camp in Opposition to Site C at BC Hydro Injunction Hearing
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – February 22, 2016) The Stewards of the Land at the Rocky Mountain Fort Camp on the Peace River have been dragged into the Supreme Court of British Columbia for protecting their way of life.
Feb. 21, 2016 - For a time, it looked as if the B.C. Liberal government’s political challenge with the Northern Gateway pipeline project would be removed with the federal government’s promised ban on oil tankers off British Columbia’s north coast.
Like a persistent stain, however, Northern Gateway is back on B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak’s desk for a decision.
Former BC Hydro CEO Marc Eliesen says BC Hydro’s claim that a one-year delay in Site C dam construction will add $420 million to the project’s $8.8 billion cost is “effectively illusionary” and based on “fundamentally flawed” analysis.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Ana Simeon, Peace Valley campaigner, Warren Williams, president CUPE Local 15
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February 17, 2016
Site C Dam construction must be halted until B.C.’s Auditor General completes much-needed independent review, wide array of groups say
VICTORIA –First Nations, labour, environmental and legal organizations are calling on the B.C. and federal governments to suspend construction of the Site C dam pending completion and full consideration of an independent review by B.C.’s Auditor General.
A trio of Russian scientists and a noted conservationist are in the midst of a B.C. tour cautioning against building the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG facility on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert because of its potential impact to salmon.
The team comes from Sakhalin Island, the only place in the world with an liquefied natural gas facility operating in a wild salmon estuary, according to a press release.
British Columbia is edging closer to witnessing the launch of the liquefied natural gas industry, but the government will be patient before counting on LNG revenue, the province’s Finance Minister says.
[ Editors: Some union leaders in BC continue to advocate the wrong direction for working people. The latest example is the letter below that was published in the Vancouver Sun newspaper. Following this letter's misguided opposition to fossil fuel divestment by UBC is a previous response by the Vancouver Ecosocialists to such views. Note further: "UBC board of governors votes against divestment from fossil fuel industry"- CBC News, Feb 15, 2016 12:52 PM PT]
