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LNG

English Bay oil spill, Tories, Harper government

Political leadership nowhere to be found in B.C.

A funny thing happened on April Fools' Day in West Vancouver at Gleneagles Golf Club. There was, you see, a protest with over 300 people, a full house and then some. The funny thing was that no...
Creating a Green Social Contract for BC's Resource Workers.

Making a just transition: op-ed

The steady stream of bad news from Alberta's oil patch is a potent reminder of the boom-and-bust nature of being a resource commodity exporter. It's a story deeply understood in Canada's resource...
2015 to shape new liquefied natural gas industry, accroding to BC government

2015 to shape new liquefied natural gas industry, according to BC government

"We have enough natural gas to help fuel our world for the next 150 years," says Coleman.
Naomi Klein photo by Ed Kashi

Naomi Klein on fracking, Indigenous rights and Canada's federal election

Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything, synthesizes much that environmentalists have been warning about the social, environmental, political consequences of climate change. Her thesis...
Gitxsan protesting LNG development in New Hazelton

Gitxsan chiefs blockade highway to protest government's LNG project approvals

Gitxsan hereditary chiefs blocked Highway 16 at New Hazelton, in northern B.C. on Saturday, to protest recent LNG project approvals by the BC Environmental Assessment Office. The chiefs say the...

First Nations Oppose Petronas LNG Plant due to "shocking" lack of consultation

Skeena Watershed First Nations declared opposition to proposed Petronas LNG project on Lelu Island citing a lack of consultation and massive damage to salmon habitat.

Russian ship crisis near Haida Gwaii raises big questions about oil and LNG tankers

Haida citizen Valine Crist asks: if B.C. can't respond quickly to the Russian ship, what would it do in the event of an oil or LNG tanker spill?
Christy Clark photo

After Petronas' threats, BC tries to deliver LNG tax plan that pleases both industry and citizens

The B.C. government getting ready to announce the specifics of the LNG Income Tax.

Why Gitxsan built a camp to blockade an LNG pipeline in BC's north

In their own words from "Camp Madii Lii"

Drillers illegally using diesel fuel to frack: report

A new report charges that several oil and gas companies have been illegally using diesel fuel in their hydraulic fracturing operations, and then doctoring records to hide violations of the...