When to Say No
Editorial, New York Times, March 11, 2013The State Department’s latest environmental assessment of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline makes no recommendation about whether President Obama...
View ArticleBitumen's Extraordinary and Popular Delusions
Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, 9 Mar 2013Behold the latest mystical and ecstatic pronouncements of Keystone XL acolytes.read more
View ArticleEnvoy to deal with First Nations concerns on pipelines
The Canadian Press, CBC News, Mar 19, 2013Vancouver lawyer Doug Eyford to submit preliminary report to Harper by JunePrime Minister Stephen Harper has named an envoy to deal with aboriginal opposition...
View ArticleCorporate welfare not needed for LNG on West Coast
Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post, March 21 2013While Ottawa agreed in Budget 2013 to extend tax breaks for manufacturers for two years, a request by developers of liquefied natural gas terminals on...
View ArticleSenate endorses construction of Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas
By Associated Press, Published: March 22WASHINGTON — The Senate has endorsed construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from Canada to Texas oil refineries.Senators voted...
View ArticleOne tale told twice
Government critics beginning to smell a rat over Kitimat oil refinery proposal Government critics beginning to smell a rat over Kitimat oil refinery proposal read more
View ArticleStephen Harper’s “omnibus” strategy to overhaul green laws was proposed by...
Mike DeSouza, O.Canada.com, April 10 2013OTTAWA – Lobbyists from Canada’s oil and gas industry recommended the Harper government’s 2012 strategy to put multiple changes to a series of environmental...
View ArticlePipeline dreams turn to ashes for Big Oil
Rick Smith, The Star, May 17 2013The arrogance of oil companies and the Harper government turned a previously obscure environmental issue into a much more potent concern regarding the erosion of...
View ArticleEnergy portfolio could blow up in Clark’s face
Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Jun 02 2013VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark will announce her new cabinet on Friday: Pity the new energy minister who has to find a credible way to power all her...
View ArticleB.C. Liberals under the gun on LNG
Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, June 7, 2013 When Premier Christy Clark takes the wraps off her new and expanded cabinet in Vancouver today, the most urgent to-do list will be the one handed to the...
View ArticleB.C.'s LNG export industry could provide 75,000 permanent jobs, report claims
Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, July 23 2013VANCOUVER — In its latest bid to demonstrate the potential scale of its nascent liquefied natural gas industry, the province has unveiled a scenario that...
View ArticleBC Hydro forecasts 'massive' rate increases
Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, September 11, 2013Energy Minister Bill Bennett says efforts are underway to reduce potential 26-per-cent hikeread more
View ArticleProvince, Hydro face off over rate increase
Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, Sept 12 2013Top bureaucrats can 'grind' utility some more on proposed 26 per cent rate hike, minister saysread more
View ArticleB.C. touts cold climate in bid to land LNG investment
Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Sep. 15 2013VICTORIA — In the global race to capture billions of dollars of investment to develop liquefied natural gas, British Columbia has started to tout its...
View ArticleSilencing Scientists
Verlyn Klinkenborg, Editorial, New York Times, Sep 21, 2013Over the last few years, the government of Canada — led by Stephen Harper — has made it harder and harder for publicly financed scientists to...
View ArticleAsian buyers want cheaper BC gas
Asian Pacific Post, 25Sep2013Premier Christy Clark upcoming 13-day trade mission to China, Korea and Japan to deepen British Columbia’s relationships with those key liquefied natural gas Asian markets...
View ArticleMalaysian LNG promise is actually a massive BC giveaway
Kevin Logan, CommonSenseCanadian.ca, 10 Oct 2013What was touted as a $36 Billion investment commitment by Malaysian LNG giant Petronas is actually a massive giveaway of natural gas by BC – valued at...
View ArticleAlberta and British Columbia reach agreement on opening new markets
News Release, BC Government, Nov 5 2013VANCOUVER - After officials worked through the night, Alberta Premier Alison Redford and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark today announced a framework...
View ArticleB.C. Premier Clark, Alberta Premier Redford reach deal on pipelines
Ian Bailey & Gary Mason, Globe and Mail, Nov. 05 2013Vancouver — B.C. Premier Christy Clark and her Alberta counterpart Alison Redford have reached a broad framework for an agreement to satisfy...
View ArticleChristy Clark and Allison Redford Choose Short Term Politics Over Future...
Kevin Grandia, Rabble.ca, November 5, 2013read more
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