This is a view of the beginning of a seven kilometer tunnel being drilled through Ashlu mountain at the Ashlu River near Squamish for a private company, who undersized the project to use easier approval rules and then who were denied a zoning change by the local regional government after a long, well-attended public re-zoning process. Then the Government of BC gave the project to Ledcor of Vancouver, a backer of the governing party, a huge construction company and owner of many private water power licences.
49 Megawatts
Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
A film showing the scenic, wildlife, and
recreational values of the Ashlu River, and the
destruction that has taken place.
Click here to view the QuickTime video.
Live from the Ashlu River
Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Witness the death of the river and destruction of
grizzly bear habitat, April 2007. Click here to view the QuickTime video.
BC's River Piracy
Written by Austin Boyd
Thursday, 01 March 2007
A select few industrialists and their politician friends are withholding vital information about BC Hydro that could destroy the Crown corporation and send power prices soaring. Billions of dollars worth of electric power contracts are being negotiated in secret and supporting legislation passed through orders in council, with no public debate.
Premier Gordon Campbell is not allowing the public, or even municipal governments which most closely represent the public, to have input on any private hydroelectric developments, following passage of Bill 30. As a result, various stakeholder and citizen groups are now organizing their own meetings to examine the facts.
Excerpt: "f there's one thing that guarantees unanimity in getting a resolution passed at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, it's any whiff of a threat to municipal powers.
"And it's clear that B.C.'s mayors and councillors see the provincial government's effort earlier this year to smooth the way for small-scale power producers as an intrusion into their domain. All but two delegates supported a resolution condemning the move, which is as close to unanimous as you can get in B.C. politics."
Robbery. The public energy and renewable energy assets of the people of BC.
Written by Tom Rankin
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Tom Rankin asking the citizens of British Columbia to wake up and claim their assets because no one is protecting the public energy asset.
Statement from Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians
Written by Administrator
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Maude Barlow of The Council of Canadians speaks out against the taking of your water resource by private corporations forever.
