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They’re Killing the Peace River Valley Now
They’re Killing the Peace River Valley Now The $9 billion flaying, then drowning of a fertile zone has begun. We still don’t know why. Photos by Garth Lenz. Last month the B.C government commenced the destruction of the fertile Peace River Valley, awarding a civil works contract worth $1.5 billion as construction crews methodically denuded […]
After Summer of Drone Dramas, BC Calls for Crackdown
After Summer of Drone Dramas, BC Calls for Crackdown Province tells feds all UAVs should be registered and pilots certified. The British Columbia government wants all drones to be registered and pilots certified, according to a submission to a federal panel looking at the expanding technology. Whether it’s reports of near-misses with airplanes or spying […]
The Trouble With Tailings: Toxic Waste ‘Time Bombs’ Loom Large Over Alaska’s Salmon Rivers
The Trouble With Tailings: Toxic Waste ‘Time Bombs’ Loom Large Over Alaska’s Salmon Rivers There are a few unarguable truths about mine tailings, the pulverized rock, water and sludge left over from mineral extraction — mining is a messy business, the leftovers have to be dealt with forever and it’s impossible to guarantee against another […]
RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern B.C chiefs fear
RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern B.C chiefs fear RCMP say they are just working to keep the peace A dispute over energy projects and aboriginal rights is heating up at a pipeline protest camp in northern B.C. where First Nations leaders fear police are planning mass arrests. Since 2009, Wet’suwet’en people, […]
Living Downstream of B.C.’s Gold Rush: Alaska’s Fishermen Fear End of ‘Last Wild Frontier’
Living Downstream of B.C.’s Gold Rush: Alaska’s Fishermen Fear End of ‘Last Wild Frontier’ No fish in the car, warned the rental car attendant at Juneau airport, with the weary tone of someone who had cleaned too many fish guts out of returned vehicles. It was a warning underlined by signs in hotels pleading with […]
Fracking triggered 2014 earthquake in northeastern B.C.
Fracking triggered 2014 earthquake in northeastern B.C. Quake one of world’s largest ever triggered by hydraulic fracturing Fracking triggered a 4.4-magnitude earthquake in northeastern B.C. last year, CBC News has learned, making it one of world’s largest earthquakes ever triggered by the controversial process. B.C.’s Oil and Gas Commission confirmed the cause of the earthquake in an email statement to CBC this […]
Another Industry Reported Quake in BC’s Fracking Grounds
Another Industry Reported Quake in BC’s Fracking Grounds Regulator says tremor likely industry-caused, but company says it’s too soon to say. Progress Energy, an arm of the Malaysian oil company Petronas, temporarily shut down operations at a wellsite after a 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit an area 114 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John on Aug. […]
Petronas’s Silence on BC LNG Act Sends Disquieting Signal
Petronas’s Silence on BC LNG Act Sends Disquieting Signal Busy passing project terms, BC forgot to check on events abroad. As the British Columbia legislature passed its “historic” Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act on July 21 after a lively eight-day debate, the most important player for which the special summer session of Parliament was […]
BC’s Gas Export Hopes Face ‘Scandal that Ate Malaysia’
BC’s Gas Export Hopes Face ‘Scandal that Ate Malaysia’ Asian nation’s PM, key to $36 billion LNG bid by Petronas, in corruption probe. The prime minister of Malaysia, who is central to British Columbia’s liquefied natural gas development ambitions, is the subject of a major financial corruption scandal rocking his country. Earlier this month The […]
B.C. fires: More than 100 new wildfires in 24 hours
B.C. fires: More than 100 new wildfires in 24 hours Lightning, heat and high winds combine to create challenging conditions for firefighters In just 24 hours, 115 new wildfires have flared up across B.C. — most of them in the Kamloops area and the southeast part of the province. “Lightning was a huge driver of increased fire activity yesterday […]
Nine LNG Questions for British Columbians to Ask Their Politicians
Nine LNG Questions for British Columbians to Ask Their Politicians Pressing queries in light of high-stakes Petronas agreement just passed. The British Columbia legislature has just ratified a long-term agreement to lower royalties and taxes for a $38-billion liquefied natural gas project proposed by Malaysia’s state-owned oil company, Petronas. Pacific Northwest LNG, a consortium that […]
Fracking Industry Has Changed Earthquake Patterns in Northeast BC
Fracking Industry Has Changed Earthquake Patterns in Northeast BC Impact on groundwater and migrating gases mostly unknown, critics say. A special report. New research and presentations by both provincial and federal scientists show that the shale gas industry, which the B.C. government hopes will eventually supply proposed liquefied natural gas terminals with fracked gas, has caused […]
BC LNG Deal Lets Petronas off Hook for Two Kinds of Emissions
BC LNG Deal Lets Petronas off Hook for Two Kinds of Emissions Carbon ‘free pass’ imperils BC’s climate targets, say critics. The B.C. government plans to subsidize Malaysian gas giant Petronas to the tune of $16 million, in part due to a promise to exclude a significant chunk of the greenhouse gas emissions from the Pacific NorthWest LNG […]
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs If negotiators get their way, data could more freely flow across borders. British Columbia’s privacy laws are in the crosshairs of the nearly completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. If you’re wondering what the heck data privacy protections have to do with trade, you’re not alone. Public […]
