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Leaked Government Document Reveals Newly Lowered Environmental Standards for IPPs
For Immediate Release March 2009 document replaces decisions by Ministry of Environmental staff with political...
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Independent power projects 'ignoring rules'
Environment ministry faces 'substantial pressure' from power producers, documents say Some independent power projects...
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Is “run of the river” running away with the river?
British Columbians are hungry for power. Take a moment and think about how much electricity you use from the moment...
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Miller Creek IPP operators underperforming
Report Epcor working to correct eco-deficiencies, company official says A new report raising concerns about the...
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Miller Creek project failing: report
Power project is not meeting its commitment to go green and to protect species at risk An independent power project on...
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Anger grows over proposed B.C. river project
SQUAMISH — The head of the Lower Mainland chapter of the B.C. Wildlife Federation says he plans to tell his...
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Upper Pitt named B.C.'s most endangered river
METRO VANCOUVER - A prized Lower Mainland stream that touched off a provincial controversy about small-hydro projects...
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Size of Plutonic proposal raises alarms
Bute Inlet project 100 times larger than typical private venture Plutonic Power Corporation is scaling new heights for...
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B.C. Liberals selling out our energy future
Climate and terrain could make us the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy There is an energy "gold rush" happening in...
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Don't sacrifice Bute Inlet for the sake of a hydro project
I spent 20 years as a logger, and over those years I worked in almost all the major inlets on the British Columbia...
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Green' energy threatens B.C. rivers, report warns
Run-of-river power proposals that divert streams feared a significant impact on wildlife habitat Half of B.C.'s 10...
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Tapping Our Wild Rivers Can't Fix Climate Change
Veteran enviro says no to Tzeporah Berman's 'PowerUp' logic. A week into the provincial election the person grabbing...
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Private River Power Draws Diverse Foes
'Green' claims disputed. Tom Rankin, president of Save Our Rivers Society, used to have to pester people to get his...
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Gwen Barlee: Private run-of-river power projects make no sense in B.C.
Joint business ventures don’t often grab the public’s attention. In fact, the massive $4-billion hydroelectric...
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California rejects B.C.'s green power claims
British Columbia's effort to promote its hydroelectric energy exports to California as green power is failing. The...
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