Posts from ‘In Depth’ - Page 7
Fabric of a Community
Community is in some respects like a fabric, with all its individual strands woven together into something functional, robust, and often beautiful. The strength of both, fabric and community, ...
The stillborn history of LNG in BC
From financial woes to community opposition, LNG proposals have never taken route in BC. 1982 The province approved a $1.7 billion pipeline and liquefaction terminal project called Western LNG, ...
Valuing our Coastal Values
reprinted from Lands and People, Autumn 2007 Close your eyes and think of your special place on BC’s coast. What do you value about that place? What’s your dream ...
WFP TFL scheme: Born in Scandal
Another betrayal of the public trust? Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. -George Bernard ...
Shell plans full steam ahead in Sacred Headwaters
Shell’s plans to renew drilling for Coalbed methane in the Sacred Headwaters of the Stikine, Skeena and Nass watersheds, this winter if possible. To expedite this Shell plans to ...
Oil executives are right (kind of…)
National energy strategy needed I seldom agree with the policy suggestions of corporate CEOs, particularly oil and gas executives. Their proposalsare usually a self-serving brew of tax cuts, subsidies ...
Shell Campaign Escalates
Royal Dutch Shell is in for a run for its money in BC’s Sacred Headwaters. The struggle to “Get the (S)hell out of the Sacred Headwaters” should inspire people ...
Cavalry Intercepts Roxgold
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; ...
Shell standoff brewing in northern BC
Two years after Shell was forced to shut down their coalbed methane drilling operations in the Sacred Headwaters (Klappan), it looks like another face-off is brewing. Royal Dutch Shell ...