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Full public inquiry examining health impacts of fracking and LNG in B.C. needed

12/11/17
Author: 
Dr. Warren Bell , Amy Lubik
Link: 
The Vancouver Sun
Darryl Penner, an employee of TRICAN Well Service, takes a break outside of fracking operation at a site near Rosebud, Alberta. TIM FRASER / CALGARY HERALD

Published on: November 10, 2017

Prior to last spring’s provincial election, the B.C. NDP promised to appoint a panel to examine the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in B.C., a review that would include an investigation into the natural gas industry’s impacts on water, earthquakes and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
LNG - Fracking
Social
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Public Inquiry needed to properly investigate deep social and environmental harms of fracking, coalition says

06/11/17
Author: 
Coalition [See end of article]

VANCOUVER – A promised “review” of natural gas industry fracking operations should be broadened to a full Public Inquiry that examines all aspects of the dangerous gas extraction technique, says a coalition of community, First Nation and environmental organizations.

 

The call on the new BC government is to broaden a promise first made by the NDP during the lead-up to the spring provincial election, and comes on the heels of new revelations about the fracking process, including:

Category: 
British Columbia
LNG - Fracking
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Revealed: oil giants pay billions less tax in Canada than abroad

30/10/17
Author: 
Martin Lukacs
Link: 
The Guardian
The Syncrude tar sands facility near Fort McKay, in Alberta, Canada. Photograph: Aaron Huey/National Geographic/Getty Images

Data shows companies made much higher payments to developing countries in 2016 than to Canadian, provincial governments

Thursday 26 October 2017 

Canada taxes its oil and gas companies at a fraction of the rate they are taxed abroad, including by countries ranked among the world’s most corrupt, according to an analysis of public data by the Guardian. 

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Category: 
Canada
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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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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Scotland rejects fracking, citing overwhelming public opposition

14/10/17
Author: 
Elisabeth O'Leary
Link: 
UK Reuters

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland will block fracking indefinitely after a public consultation found overwhelming opposition to the practice, the British region’s energy minister said on Tuesday in a victory for environmentalists.

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Category: 
Global
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The aftermath: Foxes defend guarding the henhouse

14/10/17
Author: 
Shannon Daub

We recently shared the results of investigative research conducted through the Corporate Mapping Project.

Category: 
Alberta
British Columbia
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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In Historic Step, Banking Giant Cuts Ties With Tar Sands

14/10/17
Author: 
The Real News
Link: 
The Real News
Tar sands

Greenpeace's Keith Stewart discusses the huge step by BNP Paribas to move away from tar sands and divest from 'the dirtiest project on the planet'

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Category: 
Canada
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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Shut the door on BC's failed LNG Industry Forever

30/09/17
Author: 
Wilderness Committee


What an exciting few months it's been in the fight against liquefied natural gas (LNG). Two massive projects at the mouth of the Skeena River have been scrapped thanks to shoddy economics and fierce opposition.

Category: 
British Columbia
Environmental Groups
LNG - Fracking
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Partners pull plug on Aurora LNG project near Prince Rupert for economic reasons

16/09/17
Author: 
The Canadian Press
Link: 
The Vancouver Sun
In the latest setback to B.C.'s liquefied natural gas export industry prospects, the partners developing the Aurora LNG project say they are ending a feasibility study after four years. KOJI SASAHARA / AP

CALGARY — The partners developing the $28-billion Aurora LNG project pulled the plug on the project Thursday after four years of examination, dealing another setback for B.C.’s liquefied natural gas export industry.

Nexen Energy, a Calgary-based subsidiary of Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd., said it has decided with Japanese partner INPEX Gas British Columbia Ltd. to stop work on a feasibility study on the proposal.

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British Columbia
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