Posts by Eric Swanson - Page 11

Western Forest Products threatens to build acreages if Ida Chong approves new rules

April 11, 2008 | 

Before I, and the rest of us at Dogwood, head off to enjoy a weekend in the sun, I thought I would take a minute to comment on a ...

BC Securities Commission investigating strange Western Forest Products trades

April 3, 2008 | 

UPDATE (April 14th 2008): Due to the possible financial consequences associated with revealing who or who isn’t being investigated, the BC Securities Commission does not confirm or deny who ...

The Truth Hurts

March 3, 2008 | 

Last week, a Globe and Mail story by Norvall Scott broke news of a “business-led lobbying effort to create a partial moratorium on oil sands development in order to ...

Addicted to Revenue

January 16, 2008 | 

<P>When commentators refer to a global ‘addiction’ to fossil fuels, the addiction is typically meant to refer to the actual use of oil, gas, coal, etc. to power the ...

Shell's Dirty Hands

December 21, 2007 | 

In the latest chapter of a story that has seen the third largest corporation in the world arrest grandmothers, and sue elders for lost revenue, Royal Dutch Shell appears ...

Cavalry Intercepts Roxgold

August 15, 2007 | 

Clashes between First Nations and resource companies are erupting in northern BC. The Sacred Headwaters conflict between Royal Dutch Shell and the Tahltan is on the verge of igniting; ...

Gateway to nowhere

July 12, 2007 | 

Following the frustrated pullout of one of its biggest customers, Enbridge Inc.’s Gateway project is facing it’s 7th major delay since the twin pipelines, slated to open up the ...