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Natural Resources minister back in B.C. as clock ticks down on pipeline decision
Posted by Canadian Press: Dene Moore on June 9th, 2014
Canadian Press: With the clock ticking down for his government’s decision on Northern Gateway, Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford said Monday there have been significant strides in pipeline and marine traffic safety in talks between Ottawa and First Nations.
For at least the fourth time in as many weeks, Rickford was in British Columbia. This time, he was speaking at an aboriginal summit on pipeline and marine tanker safety.
“Obviously, there are varied reactions. We’ve all, I think to a certain extent,...
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Melting B.C. glaciers major issue American state-of-the-union report on climate change
Posted by Canadian Press: Dene Moore on May 18th, 2014
Canadian Press: The mountains of British Columbia cradle glaciers that have scored the landscape over millenia, shaping the rugged West Coast since long before it was the West Coast.
But they’re in rapid retreat, and an American state-of-the-union report on climate change has singled out the rapid melt in British Columbia and Alaska as a major climate change issue.
“Most glaciers in Alaska and British Columbia are shrinking substantially,” said the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released last week to much...
Vancouver near top of list of cities threatened by rising sea levels
Posted by Canadian Press: Dene Moore on August 21st, 2013
Canadian Press: Coastal flooding could cost the global economy $1-trillion a year a few short decades from now because of the rise in sea levels caused by global warming if action is not taken now to stem the flow and Vancouver is one of the cities most at-risk for losses, says a new study.
The article, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Climate Change, is part of an ongoing project by the Organization for Economic Co-operation.
"This work shows that flood risk is rising in coastal cities globally due...
Northern Gateway Pipeline Risk Assessment To Be Conducted by U.S. Coast Guard
Posted by Canadian Press: Dene Moore on January 7th, 2013
Canadian Press: Concerns south of the border over oil tanker traffic from British Columbia have spurred a U.S. Coast Guard review of proposed increases in Canadian oil exports. A legislative amendment proposed by Washington state Sen. Maria Cantwell and signed into law by President Barack Obama a couple of weeks ago gives the U.S. marine safety agency six months to conduct a risk assessment of the planned expansion of oil pipeline capacity to the West Coast. While several proposed projects would see oil from the...