[VESG member reports:"David Black of Black Press was on the CBC Early Edition this morning arguing against Kinder Morgan and for setting up a refinery on the north coast instead (Prince Rupert?). He had some interesting nuggets on the Exxon Valdez grounding.
1) The ship lost only 8% of its load. [Editor: Black said an eighth of its load]
2) The most intensive part of the cleanup took four years.
3) 11,000 workers and 1,400 vessels were involved.
4) Only 7% of the spill was actually able to be cleaned up.
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Allow me to introduce myself. I am a lifelong, pretty old British Columbian who loves his province with the same passion I’m sure people in Trois Rivières love theirs. Your inferential calling BC’s patriotism into question because we will vigorously oppose your approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline demonstrates clearly that you’re quite unable to understand this, your connections to BC notwithstanding.
Metro asked B.C. public figures for their resolutions for 2017 — and what keeps them hopeful after a year panned by many as a bit of a write-off.
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Ottawa's move to ban offshore oil and gas licensing in Canadian Arctic waters prompted a shrugging of shoulders Tuesday from energy industry observers who point out there are no drilling plans in the region now, partly due to exorbitant costs.
The measure announced Tuesday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was part of a joint announcement with the U.S. President Barack Obama.
When Stephanie Green and a team of seven other scientists first began their latest research study more than two years ago in Vancouver, she said they were driven by curiosity.
Green, a Canadian, is a Banting post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University in California. She specializes in marine ecology and conservation science.
OTTAWA - The federal government is seeking a way to regulate underwater shipping noise as part of its plan to protect an endangered group of killer whales from increased oil tanker traffic off Vancouver.
The news comes as environmental groups are poised to file a new lawsuit challenging the Liberal cabinet's approval of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, alleging the government failed to mitigate the project's impact on the iconic southern resident killer whales.
A Norwegian oil giant is selling off its assets in Canada's oilsands, just after the federal government approved new pipelines that were meant to promote growth in the slumping industry.
In a statement, Statoil said it was selling off a demonstration plant, an undeveloped project and some other contracts to the Athabasca Oil Corporation, as part of a plan to end its operations in the oilsands.
For years, Chief Allan Adam, leader of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, has been labeled an environmentalist.
He has fought hard to investigate mysterious illnesses plaguing his people who live near major oilsands development and other industrial activity in Northern Alberta. He has been an outspoken critic of both governments and industry for not doing enough to protect public health from industrial pollution.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s pipeline sales pitch has fallen flat in B.C. People are right to be skeptical when an oilsands champion comes to town and assures everyone that they have our best interests in mind.
There are a few things the Alberta leader and her friends in the fossil-fuel industry should understand about West Coast opposition to Kinder Morgan. On so many fronts it’s a non-starter.
