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Shaking the Peace: Fracking-induced earthquakes rattle BC Hydro execs and farmers alike
BC Hydro officials were so alarmed by an earthquake that shook the ground at its sprawling Site C dam construction project in late November, they…
How clean is a BC that subsidizes accelerated fossil fuel extraction?
When the provincial government unveiled its new climate plan late last year, Environment Minister George Heyman, Green Party leader Andrew Weaver and Premier John Horgan…
False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby
As an Alberta-born and -raised earth scientist who has made a career studying fossil fuels and energy issues, I am dismayed at the bombardment of…
Through the front door, then the back: How government methodically killed environmental oversight of major gas industry projects
Few regulations in British Columbia have died as quick and ignoble a death as a 2014 Order in Council exempting proposed natural gas plants from…
BC’s shiny new climate plan: A look under the hood
BC’s new climate plan, Clean BC, is a big and visionary document and was instantly lauded by environmental groups and businesses alike. In this post,…
Trans Mountain pipedreams and other energy follies: Why Canada needs a viable energy plan
Like it or not, we need to plan for a major transition over the coming decades from our reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy.…
Dangerous precedent: Petronas subsidiary gets free pass after building unlicensed fracking dams
In a decision without precedent in its 25 years of existence, British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has told Progress Energy that two massive unauthorized…
LNG Canada: Short-term politics trumps long-term climate responsibility
LNG Canada’s final investment decision to build a natural gas liquefaction facility in Kitimat is a triumph of short-term politics over long-term responsibility to act on…
Paved with good intentions: A guide to evolving climate policies in BC
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, an economics professor of mine used to say back in the late 1980s. Concerned about the…
The Petro State Lackey: How BC’s zest for natural gas fuels Alberta’s oil sands
In the past year, an energy dispute for the ages has played out in Canada, culminating in the federal government announcing that it will buy…
The problem with BC’s “clean growth” climate rhetoric
The BC government recently released three “intentions papers” on climate policy—transportation, buildings and industry—all wrapped in the term “clean growth.” In fact, the term “clean”…
LNG is incompatible with BC’s climate obligations
Now that we are in a sunny lull between the end of flooding season and the start of fire season, it’s time we had a…