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March 11 "Take Back the Power" Rally |
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:40 |
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 Here is a picture of part of the crowd that turned up at the Wosk Centre in downtown Vancouver.
Story by Ian Austin and Michaela Hillery in The Province: Protesters pan private power
The article quoted a spokesman for "B.C. Citizens for Green Energy", but failed to disclose who is behind this organization. |
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Run-of-River Power Projects Concealed by a Green Curtain |
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 10:42 |
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An op-ed piece by Craig Orr of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society published in the Vancouver Sun: Run-of-river power projects concealed by a green curtain (PDF; click here for direct link to article). Excerpt: "B.C. refuses to consider a planning process that would measure or manage the cumulative impacts of these projects, or that would ensure development spares sensitive areas with high environmental, cultural and social values." |
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Save Fries Creek: Keep the West Side Wild |
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Monday, 17 December 2007 06:48 |
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A press release from the Squamish Environmental Conservation Society: Save Fries Creek: Keep the West Side Wild. Excerpt: "BC Hydro issued an electricity purchase agreement to Pacific Greengen Power to divert water from Fries Creek for seasonal electricity generation. This project needs to be rejected in its entirety and protection needs to be put in place to prevent any development of any kind of the Squamish River including crossings of any type." |
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John Calvert on CBC Almanac |
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 11:09 |
 Dr. John Calvert, Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University and author of Liquid Gold: Privatization, Power and Water in British Columbia, was on the CBC Radio program Almanac on Nov. 14. You can listen to this interview by clicking here. |
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SFU Study Slams Energy Plan |
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 06:02 |
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A study by Dr. Marvin Shaffer, Adjunct Professor in the Public Policy Program at Simon Fraser University: Lost in Transmission: A Comprehensive Critique of the B.C. Energy Plan (PDF) Article about it in the Globe and Mail: SFU study slams Energy Plan as inefficient. Quote from Energy Minister Richard Neufeld: "The people who don't like IPPs don't like them because it's private. It's that simple." |
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It's All About Stock Promotion, Not Lighting and Heating Homes |
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 09:13 |
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Connor, Clark & Lunn, an "asset management group", is investing in six so-called "run of river" projects and one substation at the north end of Harrison Lake. Story from Canadian Press: CC&L asset management invests in B.C. hydro plant, plans Canadian expansion (PDF). There's a lot of remarkable material in this story. For example, the president of Toronto-based CC&L says that this project has "generally protected market positions" and "stable cash-flow streams". He also says that "the B.C. government underspent on power infrastructure development for years." |
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BC's Hinterlands Are Opened Up for Business |
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 01:28 |
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Article by Colleen Kimmett in thetyee.ca: BC's Hinterlands Are Opened Up for Business. Kimmett documents two projects that would divert Glacier and Howser creeks, in the Purcell Mountains near Invermere. |
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Tahltan people come to Vancouver to protect their water. |
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 18:14 |
August 31st 2007 saw Royal Dutch Shell fail to get an injunction against the Tahltan. A huge coal-bed methane exploration project in the Sacred Headwaters of the Stikine, Skeena and Nass River watershed in BC is an exchange of a natural environment for fossil fuels that pollute both air and water. The aboriginal people there have said no and Minister of Energy Neufeld has given Royal Dutch Shell a permit to proceed which contrasts what the Premier says about a New Realationship with natives and his promise to cut greenhouse gas and pollution both of which would increase dramatically with a coalbed methane project. The Elders and their supporters have vowed they will maintain their vigilance over this sacred culturally significant area. "It is for our grandchildren that we are still here after two and a half years and we will remain here as long as we are breathing to protect this land." http://www.sacredheadwaters.com/commentary/
www.skeenawatershed.com
British Columbia: Nigeria North
Article by Mark Hume in the Globe and Mail: Tahltan Not Alone in Fight for Wilderness
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