Apr 302018
 

A half-hour interview.  Michael Enright has a large audience.   CBC Radio, “The Sunday Edition”. This author Chris Turner is presented as an authority.    His book, The Patch. The interview is  . . .        http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/a-primer-on-the-kinder-morgan-pipeline-1.4638118 – – – – – – – – – –   Sent to The Sunday Edition: I believe I […]

Apr 292018
 

Public consultations, BC residents   (https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018ENV0003-000298# ) All feedback will be summarized into a public ‘What We Heard’ report that will be posted to this site in summer 2018. New spill regulations are anticipated in 2019. From the Govt website,  http://engage.gov.bc.ca/spillsregulation: . . .   Email your written submission to SpillResponse@gov.bc.ca before April 30, 2018.  Written submissions will […]

Apr 282018
 

Chief Maureen Thomas said: Short clip, 2016, Chief Maureen Thomas (National Observer). Transcribed,  (29 second marker): At the end of the day, it comes right down to   water,  food.  For us, a number of our community members have fallen ill because the shellfish is so poisoned.  They continue to eat it. When you keep depleting […]

Apr 252018
 

My appreciation to Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee for his patience in the CBC interview of him, and for taking the nuclear waste issue to the United Nations. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/nuclear-waste-disposal-in-canada-is-an-accident-waiting-to-happen-says-indigenous-leader-1.4629258 Nuclear waste disposal in Canada is ‘an accident waiting to happen,’ says Indigenous leader ‘People are gambling with people’s lives,’ says grand council chief of the […]

Apr 142018
 
2018-04-14   What’s really criminal in Canada’s Kinder Morgan pipeline debacle, by Martyn Brown, in the "straight"

Re the author   Martyn Brown was former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell’s long-serving chief of staff, the top strategic adviser to three provincial party leaders, and a former deputy minister of tourism, trade, and investment. He also served as the B.C. Liberals’ public campaign director in 2001, 2005, and 2009, and in addition to his other […]

Mar 232018
 

Catherine McKenna was interviewed on CBC Radio – – 2018-03-18   Environment minister Catherine McKenna on contradiction at heart of Canada’s energy policy, CBC Sunday Edition News, three days earlier,  Justin Trudeau’s government sees nuclear energy as “an important part of Canada’s current clean energy basket”and is lobbying foreign nations to include it in climate change […]

Mar 232018
 

Recall:  this is pipeline and tanker EXPANSION.  It’s always “more”.   They are never satisfied, no matter the consequences. Catch a quick overview at:    https://protecttheinlet.ca/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit     From: Atiya Jaffar – 350.org Sent: March 22, 2018 1:21 PM Subject: This is Trudeau’s worst nightmare   Over 80 arrests at the Kinder Morgan terminal with more expected. […]

Mar 062018
 

NOTE:   Thousands are expected in Vancouver on Saturday, March 10th,  in protest over the Kindermorgan proposed new pipeline.  I will be there.   Please help circulate the details: Protect the Inlet:   https://protecttheinlet.ca/   – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  – – –  – – To: Sandra […]

Mar 012018
 
2018-03-02  Rio Tinto faces $84bn shareholder revolt over membership of Minerals Council,  The Guardian

Global shareholders file motion calling for rethink on membership of coal lobby groups  https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/02/rio-tinto-faces-84bn-shareholder-revolt-over-membership-of-minerals-council Michael Slezak The Rio Tinto action was coordinated by the same group which forced BHP to agree to similar demands. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters The voice of Australia’s coal lobby is under renewed threat as the country’s second biggest miner, Rio Tinto, […]