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NO BIDS in Crowsnest Coalfield auction
The two blocks of drilling rights in the Crowsnest Coalfield which have been the subject of so much concern by British Columbians and Montanians attracted no bids in the ...
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 ...
Montana Governor challenges Campbell on coalbed methane
Montana Governor Judy Martz has written to Premier Gordon Campbell to inform him that she is “exploring the possibility of asking the Canadian Government to conduct an environmental assessment ...
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. ...
BC gov’t contradicted by leaked internal report
The BC government already has a credibility problem with BC’s First Nations and communities. Now they’re putting BC’s credibility rating at risk in the USA. A sizable delegation of ...
