Posts from ‘In Depth’ - Page 28
Sept 2004 issue of the Land Advocate
Montana’s Coal Bed Methane Challenge, The Future of Farming, A Primer On Groundwater, Seismic in the Boreal and Gas in the Great Sand Hills plus Encana Watch…..Must be the ...
BC Green Party calls for ban on coalbed methane development
The Green Party is the first provincial party to take a clear position against coalbed methane development. The NDP is developing a policy. And of course, the Liberals have ...
Streamlining (privatising) resource decisions
A news release this summer from Land and Water BC, which we have posted and annotated in our news stories section, trumpets the elimination of a backlog in applications ...
Opposition to recent privatization growing
The privatization of much of the land over which Weyerhaeuser holds tree farm licenses (TFLs) has dropped out of the news, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over. ...
The uncertain quest for certainty in Lillooet
After many delays the Campbell government finally released their Lillooet Land and Resource Management Plan on July 22. The provincial government’s spin indicated a desire to create certainty on ...
Gov Martz writes Ottawa: stop CBM tenure auction now
Montana Governor Martz follows her letter to BC Premier Gordon Campbell of July 19 ( link) with a letter to the federal government. In it she asks that – ...
Princeton chosen as coalbed methane "pilot project"
The East Kootenays isn’t the only place under seige by Energy & Mines. Princeton is a target as well, along with Hudson’s Hope, Hat Creek, and soon, communities on ...
Energy & Mines ignores advice
The Ministry of Energy and Mines is ignoring recommendations from everywhere, even from the consultants they’ve paid to advise them. The Summit Environmental Consultants report is not the first. ...
Secret privatizations benefit Liberal donors
The BC Liberal government is a good investment for corporate donors. One can’t help but wonder what influence the almost $1 million dollars donated to the Liberal party by ...