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A Victory For Climate & Communities

A Victory For Climate & Communities

The ECOreport reposts en environmental response to Petronas’ decision to pull out, a victory for climate & communities

Originally Published by the Wilderness Committee

Tuesday, July 25, 2017 – After a hard-fought campaign from environmentalists and Indigenous peoples to stop Pacific Northwest LNG, the cancellation of the project is a massive win for communities on the Skeena River and the global…

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Canada Delaying Urgently Needed Methane Regulations

Canada Delaying Urgently Needed Methane Regulations

The ECOreport reposts an Op-ED about Canada delaying urgently needed methane regulations

Originally Published on the Wilderness Committee

Today’s announcement by the federal government delaying urgently needed methane regulations has no justification and is dangerous to our climate, charges the Wilderness Committee. (more…)

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Stop British Columbia's Bad Deals

Stop British Columbia’s Bad Deals

The ECOreport reposts an OP-Ed and appeal for action to stop British Columbia’s Bad Deals

From the Sierra Club BC

By Galen Armstrong

In less than two weeks, BC Hydro will force Ken and Arlene Boon to leave the land they’ve farmed for thirty-seven years. They and other farmers are already being evicted to make way for the Site C dam. The traditional territory of Treaty 8 First Nations is being…

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Canada Needs A Consistent Energy Plan

Canada Needs A Consistent Energy Plan

The ECO report asks a leading energy expert about fossil fuels, emissions & pipelines; Canada Needs A Consistent Energy Plan

By Roy L Hales

Alberta’s much-lauded “emissions cap” leaves room for a 53% ramp up of oil sands development, over 2014 levels. Only most of the oil sector’s sweet spots have already been tapped. Far from being a deterrent, producers may have difficulties reaching this…

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BC's LNG Dreams May Be Over

BC’s LNG Dreams May Be Over

The ECOreport looks at the 2016 provincial election’s outcome, BC’s LNG Dreams May Be Over.

By Roy L Hales

The final outcome of British Columbia’s election may not be known until absentee ballots are counted. Premier Christy Clark currently leads, with 43 seats as opposed to the NDP’s 41 and the Green party’s 3. Unless these results change, BC’s LNG Dreams May Be Over.

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The Dark Side of BC’s Oil & Gas Industry

The Dark Side of BC’s Oil & Gas Industry

The ECOreport reposts an OP-ED about the province’s #1 emitter, The Dark Side of BC’s Oil & Gas Industry

From the David Suzuki Foundation

By David Suzuki

We’ve long known extracting oil and gas comes with negative consequences, and rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, increases the problemsand adds new ones — excessive water use and contamination, earthquakes, destruction of…

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Will BC'S LNG Exports Reduce Global Emissions?

Will BC’S LNG Exports Reduce Global Emissions?

The ECOreport reposts an OP-ed pertaining to Christy Clark’s credibility, Will BC’S LNG Exports Reduce Global Emissions?

Originally Posted on the Pembina Institute

By Josha MacNab

The claim that B.C. LNG will result in emissions reductions in China is one that British Columbians have heard repeatedly over the past four years. The story by now should be familiar: producing and shipping liquefied…

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Behind The Documentary Fractured Land

Behind The Documentary Fractured Land

The ECOreport interviews filmmaker Damien Gillis to look behind the documentary Fracture Land

By Roy L Hales

The award-winning documentary “Fractured Land” follows the life of First Nations warrior and lawyer, Caleb Behn as he explores the impacts hydraulic fracturing is having on his community. It will soon be aired on the Knowledge Network. I had an opportunity to ask filmmaker Damien Gillis,…

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