EXCLUSIVE: B.C. Gov Should Have Deferred Site C Dam Decision
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 13:46
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In his first interview on the Site C dam, the chair of the federal-provincial panel appointed to review Canada's largest current infrastructure project said the B.C. government was unwise to green-light the project without a review by the B.C. Utilities Commission and would have been better off to delay the decision by a few years.
In the second part of our exclusive interview with Harry Swain, the chair of the Site C review panel says the B.C. government has failed for 32 years to investigate geothermal as an alternative to the mega dam.
Swain also addresses how the province's statements about LNG and Site C don't match up and calls B.C.'s refusal to consider its entitlement under the Columbia River Treaty “inexplicable” Read More
Opacity is winning the war against transparency. And if Canadian journalists want to turn the tide, they must do more in the fight against that secrecy – something some American news outlets expressly allow their reporters to do.
B.C. First Nation Sues Province for 'Unprecedented Industrial Disturbance' in Treaty 8 Territory
The Blueberry River First Nation from northeastern B.C. has filed a lawsuit against the province for allowing “unprecedented industrial disturbance” to threaten “their way of life,” according to a press statement released Wednesday.
The suit will call into question the future of industrial development in the northeast region of the province, including the Site C dam and natural gas fracking projects intended to feed B.C.’s burgeoning LNG industry. Read More
By midnight March 3 the National Energy Board (NEB) received 1,801 applications from groups and individuals wishing to express their views on the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. At least 1,250 applicants indicated they want to comment on the impacts the west-to-east pipeline will have on climate change, according to environmental organization 350.org.
The NEB, Canada’s federal pipeline regulator, has been clear it will not accept public comments on the climate impacts of TransCanada's Energy East pipeline. r0
