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Global Connections, Alternative Fuel, Solar Coop and Ride Share
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
- Category: Transitioning Transitioning
- Published: 04 November 2015 04 November 2015
Transition Sunshine Coast CANADA is part of a global network that inspires us all to imagine and create a vibrant future that has alternatives to fossil fuels. We embrace building local resilience which is ecologically sustainable while nurturing and celebrating our community.
Global Connections Webcast
You can watch the video of the live stream broadcast from the September 19th International Transition Conference. Click here for Global Connections Webcast.
The Little Community That Could
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- Written by Sandra Wrightman Sandra Wrightman
- Category: Coast Views Coast Views
- Published: 29 October 2015 29 October 2015
Dear MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF GIBSONS:
It is patently obvious that this council and you our mayor, only represent one side of the community. Those with a different idea – a bigger idea, a self sustaining idea, an idea that would make us the envy of all, have been told to be quiet, and not always that nicely. While we were speaking we could watch your complete disinterest and dismissal.
Woodfibre LNG Receives Environmental Assessment Approval
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
- Category: Latest Latest
- Published: 26 October 2015 26 October 2015
In spite of large opposition, the Woodfibre LNG Project has received environmental assessment approval from Environment Minister Mary Polak and Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman. The decision was made after considering a review led by British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office. The ministers have issued the certificate with legally enforceable conditions.
Now the Real Work Begins
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
- Category: Editorial Editorial
- Published: 21 October 2015 21 October 2015
Harper is out as our Prime Minister, John Weston as our MP and many here on the Coast are celebrating. It took a lot of organization and thoughtfulness to get here. But now the real work begins.
BC Legislature Recall Set for July 13 to Debate LNG Agreement
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
- Category: Uncategorised Uncategorised
- Published: 24 June 2015 24 June 2015
Scientist Paints Dismal Picture for Howe Sound LNG Plant Proposal
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
- Category: News News
- Published: 05 May 2015 05 May 2015
Constant disruption to the ferry service may be the least of our worries if LNG tankers start traversing Howe Sound. If a tanker explodes, Horseshoe Bay, Bowen Island or parts of the Sea to Sky Highway are obliterated. And if the tanker captain chose Thornborough Channel, Gibsons would be utterly destroyed in case of an explosion. LNG tankers have the explosive power of 70 Hiroshima bombs.
Woodfibre LNG: Is This the Kind of Business BC Wants to Welcome?
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- Written by Rafe Mair Rafe Mair
- Category: Rafe here... Rafe here...
- Published: 21 April 2015 21 April 2015
The war against an LNG plant in Squamish is heating up, and as the late singer Al Jolson said, “You ain’t seen nothin yet.”
Know that on this issue, I am not in any way independent. Along with thousands of others, I’m in this fight to the finish.
Who's Who Behind Woodfibre LNG?
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
- Category: News News
- Published: 11 April 2015 11 April 2015
Who are the people working hard to get us an LNG plant on Howe Sound?
Woodfibre LNG, the proponent of the project, is a subsidiary of Singapore-based Pacific Oil & Gas Limited, part of the Singapore-based Royal Golden Eagle group. RGE is founded and owned by Sukanto Tanoto, a business tycoon with a personal wealth estimated at $2.3 billion US; he is considered one of the richest men in Indonesia.
Mr. Weston and C-51 - You Underestimate Canadian Resolve and Grit
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- Written by Frank L. McElroy Frank L. McElroy
- Category: Coast Views Coast Views
- Published: 30 March 2015 30 March 2015
In Response to John Weston, MP, “Weston: the silent majority supports bill” published in the Local Weekly, March 26, 2015.
“Bill C-51 [is] carefully attempting to balance freedom and security.” Mr. Weston asks Canadians to take the supposed benevolence of CSIS and his government on blind faith. He offers no formula for his “balancing” act, no criteria to justify further invasion of personal human freedoms which are already impaired. No case whatsoever. He fails to cite any facts or law which would even allow a government to engage in a balancing act, and such power is not granted from liberty itself, borne of mere human existence, not a gift from the leader.