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Conservatives & Conservation: A wild week in Canadian environmental politics

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Published on Friday, 28 February 2014 11:00
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Conservatives & Conservation - This Weeks Dose of Common Sense
Damien Gillis
It's been a wild week in Canadian environmental politics. While on a US book tour, former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Joe Clark made waves by slamming Stephen Harper's "adolescent" foreign policy and attacks on environmentalists - blaming the current PM for the logjam over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. "The Government of Canada deliberately went out of his way to be seen as an adversary of environmentalists," quipped the party's elder statesman.

Yet, the day before, Harper surprised many by rejecting - for the second time - Taseko's controversial Prosperity Mine project, west of Williams Lake, BC. The Tsilhqot'in First Nation and supporters in the environmental community rejoiced in a victory that took four years to achieve, through multiple environmental assessments and battles in the courts.

Meanwhile, the BC Liberal Party continues to promote its grand LNG vision, which involves freezing gas into liquid so it can be shipped to new customers in Asia. But, as Common Sense Canadiancontributor Anna C. Novacek explains, it's global investors who may be cooling to the business case for LNG, in spite of the heated rhetoric surrounding the proposed industry.

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Damien Gillis
Publisher BC LNG Shale gas expert David Hughes debunks minister’s math Joe Clark blasts PM Harper for attacks on environmentalists

On a US book tour, former Conservative PM Joe Clark attacked Stephen Harper's 'adolescent' foreign policy, juvenile domestic politics over the Ukraine and attacks on environmentalists. Read More Rich Coleman extolling the virtues of LNG. No prosperity for Taseko: Harper govt rejects BC mine

After three years, several court cases, two project designs and as many federal reviews, the Harper government has rejected Taseko Mines' controversial Properity Mine proposal for BC. Read More Troubled Waters - New video investigates northeast BC fracking LNG Pipedreams: Global investors getting cold feet?

LNG involves freezing gas for export - but it may be global energy investors who are now getting cold feet about BC's proposed market, as Anna C. Novacek explains.
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