How B.C. quietly found a way to permit natural gas plants without environmental reviews
Internal documents released via Freedom of Information laws show that, while the B.C. government was...
Leaked document shows B.C. Oil and Gas Commission undermining efforts to save threatened caribou
This piece also appeared on Policy Note, for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. On...
B.C. Supreme Court Overturns Gas Pipeline Approval Because Regulator ‘Unreasonable’ in Dealings with First Nations
The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) was “unreasonable” and “intransigent” in its dealings with...
Fort Nelson First Nation Files Legal Challenge to Gas Pipeline Claiming It Will Threaten Caribou Habitat
A First Nation in northeastern B.C. is challenging the province’s approval of a proposed gas...
B.C. Handed Out Scientifically Flawed Fracking Water Licence to Nexen: Appeals Board
The B.C. Environmental Appeal Board has ruled the province failed to properly consult the Fort...
B.C. Pulls About-Face After First Nations Call Removal of Gas Development Environmental Assessment a ‘Declaration of War’
B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak has reversed and apologized for excluding First Nations from two...
