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Climate Crisis and Managed Deindustrialization: Debating Alternatives to Ecological Collapse

21/11/17
Author: 
Richard Smith
Link: 
Common Dreams

If we don’t change the conversation, if we don’t deal with the systemic problems of capitalism and come up with a viable alternative, our goose is cooked.

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Category: 
'Alternative' energy and less energy
Capitalism
Carbon pricing
Ecosocialism
Energy
Global
Labour - Unions
Transportation
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First Nations Warn Ministers of Billion Dollar Lawsuit, Call for Meeting with Premier on Site C

20/11/17
Author: 
First Nations Leaders

From: Roland Willson [mailto:rwillson@westmo.org]
Sent: November 20, 2017 12:20 PM
Subject: for release

 

Wuujo aasana laa, 

 

Chief Roland Willson

West Moberly First Nations

 

Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Energy
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Red flag raised about state of Wood Buffalo National Park

17/11/17
Author: 
Gloria Galloway
Link: 
The Globe and Mail
Wood Buffalo National Park was created in 1922 to protect one of the last remaining free-roaming northern bison herds in the world.  WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK

Canada's largest national park – established 95 years ago to protect the last herds of northern bison – is deteriorating and faces significant threats from climate change and industrial development, says an international agency that monitors world heritage sites.

The International Union on the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is based in Switzerland and was established in 1948 to encourage conservation and natural diversity, released a World Heritage Outlook report this week that examines the condition of ecologically important sites around the globe.

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Category: 
Alberta
Canada
Ecology/Environment
Energy
Oil - Pipelines
Tar Sands
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Why British Columbians Should Demand a Public Inquiry on the Site C Dam

05/11/17
Author: 
Emma Gilchrist
Link: 
Desmog Canada
Christy Clark wearing hard hat

For years British Columbians have been left in the dark about the most expensive public project in our history.

All of that came to an end on Wednesday when the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) issued its final report on the Site C dam.

The results are, well, damning.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Energy
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Columbia River Treaty interesting option as NDP ponders Site C

03/11/17
Author: 
Vaughan Palmer
Link: 
The Vancouver Sun

VICTORIA — Tucked into the back pages of the B.C. Utilities Commission review of Site C is an intriguing discussion of a replacement source of electricity that wouldn’t require B.C. to build anything.

The option, laid out in a seven page annex, would see B.C. reclaim its entitlement to a share of the power generated on the US side of the border under the 50-year-old Columbia River Treaty.

Essentially, B.C. (standing in for Canada) agreed to build a series of dams on our side of the border to manage volatile water flows on the Columbia River.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Energy
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Site C Inquiry - Final Report and Executive Summary

01/11/17
Author: 
bcuc
Link: 
BC Utilities Commission

November 1, 2017   

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Category: 
British Columbia
Energy
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B.C. government supports LNG Canada project

23/10/17
Author: 
Brent Jang
Link: 
The Globe and Mail

British Columbia's NDP government is facing controversy over liquefied natural gas as environmental groups warn that a project led by Royal Dutch Shell PLC will derail the province's efforts to transition to a low-carbon economy.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Energy
LNG - Fracking
VESG
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NORTHWEST GAS PROJECTS FUEL THE FRACKING BEAST

20/10/17
Author: 
Eric de Place
Link: 
Sightline Institute

Methanol, LNG, and power plants drive Canada’s gas industry.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Energy
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
USA
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Kill Site C, Former Hydro CEO Tells Commission

17/10/17
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk

Marc Eliesen said project not needed, costs underestimated and consumers at risk.

Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the energy industry for two decades and is a contributing editor to The Tyee. Find his previous stories here.

Category: 
British Columbia
Energy
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Evidence and pressure builds to kill Site C dam

14/10/17
Author: 
Mike Smyth
Link: 
The Province

Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the building evidence against the Site C dam. Will the NDP pull the plug on the controversial project?

As the NDP government’s fast-tracked review of the Site C dam continues, bad news about the controversial megaproject is piling up on a near-daily basis.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Energy
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