Posts by Eric Swanson - Page 6

Coastal First Nations declare ban on tankers

March 25, 2010 | 

A pivotal moment in the collaborative campaign to keep BC’s coast oil tanker free occurred on March 23rd, 2010.   Click here to download a copy of the declaration, ...

RBC: Bankrolling the Tar Sands

March 3, 2010 | 

The responsibility for the damage caused by tar sands projects doesn’t stop with the oil companies. It continues on to the banks and investors that finance the industry. On ...

A Public Relations War on all Fronts

March 1, 2010 | 

BC government aims to win hearts and minds in battle to open the province up to more mining, oil and gas Beyond rhetoric about improving competitiveness and establishing the ...

British Columbia: an Energy Super Chump?

March 1, 2010 | 

A South Korean firm has recently announced over $1 billion of drilling and development money to help Encana pull natural gas from British Columbia’s northeast. This area of the ...

Closing Ranks – Full Version

February 13, 2010 | 

  Community opposition to Enbridge Inc’s proposed ‘Northern Gateway’ tar sands pipeline and tanker project through British Columbia is growing. In the summer of 2009, over 200 people from ...

Northern Gateway Kept Alive as a Threat

February 8, 2010 | 

Project is a waste of public time and money After six years of trying, Enbridge still does not have the necessary economic commitments it needs to build its Northern ...

Closing Ranks

January 12, 2010 | 

  On a blissfully sunny day in BC’s northwest this past summer, the Office of the Wet’suwet’en hosted several First Nations, non-governmental organizations, and community members in a discussion ...

What Are Your Thoughts?

January 1, 2010 | 

After viewing the short version of  ‘Closing Ranks’, also viewable here, or the extended version, viewable here, what are your thoughts? Two issues I’m particularly interested in are: (1) ...

Enbridge Boss Mixes Up Interests

December 18, 2009 | 

Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel was quoted today in a Globe and Mail Investor story: “We’re anticipating about a two-year regulatory process,” Daniel said, referring to the company’s Northern Gateway ...