Posts from ‘In Depth’ - Page 7

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 ...

New Year Reflections

January 9, 2008 | 

The New Year brings with it the opportunity to take stock of our accomplishments and look to the future. 2007 was a momentous year for Dogwood Initiative. Not only ...

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 ...

Coastal Vigilance

December 20, 2007 | 

Since the late sixties David Anderson has kept a lookout for oil and gas projects on BC’s coast. Now it’s time for the next generation to take the watch. ...

Same old sweetheart royalty schemes

December 7, 2007 | 

The last few months saw another Canadian province facing scrutiny for its failure to collect a “fair share” of the monetary value of public assets granted to resource companies. ...

Hope vs. Fear

December 3, 2007 | 

A little over two weeks ago my wife gave birth to our first baby. Asha Hope was born after being in her mothers womb only 25 weeks and weighed ...

Lessons from the Queen

November 29, 2007 | 

As oil continues to seep from the sunken Queen of the North, the community of Hartley Bay is preparing to defend itself against larger threats; oil tankers. Caitlyn Vernon ...

East/West Divide

November 13, 2007 | 

The Harper government is aggressively defending the East Coast against several LNG proposals. Why isn’t British Columbia getting the same treatment? “…let me be absolutely clear. We oppose the ...

Spills will happen

November 12, 2007 | 

  The habitat and species that would be impacted by an oil spill along the coast of BC’s Great Bear Rainforest.