Vivian Luk, The Canadian Press, Globe and Mail, May 17 2013

Vancouver — The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a hydro-electric development in northeastern B.C. should be allowed to proceed without an environmental assessment.

Canadian Press, Globe and Mail, May 2 2013

Internal government documents show a startling number of compliance issues with British Columbia’s independent power producers and say the province does not have the staff to monitor the projects.

Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, April 30, 2013

KPMG report sees LNG, population and industry growth as catalysts for new wave of IPPs

Wind power development could boom in British Columbia as the province scrambles to support a potential LNG export industry, according to a study.

Colleen Kimmett, TheTyee.ca, April 30 2013

They split the enviro vote in 2009, but can they still spark trouble across the province?

Chad Skelton, Vancouver Sun, April 18, 2013

Four of the five most active companies soliciting provincial politicians are in the energy sector

“The real way an industry moves politicians is by moving blocks of voters to align with their interests."
Francesco Trebbi, Assoc. Professor, Economics, UBC

Andrew Duffy, Times Colonist, April 19, 2013

Victoria businessman David Black has taken a major step forward in fulfilling his dream of an oil refinery built on B.C.’s west coast after making a deal that could be worth billions of dollars with a major bank in China.

Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, April 11 2013

A BC Hydro policy that slaps extra costs onto major new industrial customers could prompt natural gas producers to “abandon their plans” to support an international LNG export industry, according to documents obtained by The Vancouver Sun.

CBC News,  Mar 31, 2013

Pipeline will run 450 km from Prince George to Kitimat

Nearly one hundred costumed demonstrators marched to Chevron's North Burnaby refinery on Saturday, protesting the company's involvement in the proposed Pacific Trails Pipeline.

Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, March 29, 2013

Provincial government pulls two projects from utility commission scrutiny

An energy watchdog group is alarmed by a government decision this week to exempt two major BC Hydro transmission projects from review by the B.C. Utilities Commission.

Michael Smyth, The Province, March 22, 2013

Note: Within hours of this article appearing on the Province's website, it was "disappeared" without explanation. This version was obtained from the Google cache.

While B.C. newspaper publisher David Black pursues his audacious dream of a massive oil refinery on the province’s North Coast, a pre-election political scrap has flared up around the plan.

Mike Hager, Vancouver Sun, March 21, 2013

VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s largest oil spill response vessel got stuck on a sandbar en route to a federal news conference about strengthening Canada’s oil spill defences.

Robin Rowland, NW Coast Energy News, March 21 2013

The announcement Monday that the federal government intends to turn the private port of Kitimat into a public port, an announcement confirmed by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver in Terrace, Tuesday, came as a surprise to Rio Tinto Alcan, which now operates the port.

News Release, BC Government, March 15, 2013

CBC News, March 12, 2013

Port Metro Vancouver has approved the expansion of a coal facility in North Vancouver and is looking for a new facility to be built in Surrey, but the plans are generating opposition from regional mayors, environmentalists and residents.

Dene Moore, The Canadian Press, March 5, 2013
 

A federal review panel weighing the future of a stalled gold and copper mine in the B.C. Interior is wondering just what, exactly, the panel is supposed to be assessing after federal changes to the environmental assessment process.

Carrie Saxifrage, Vancouver Observer, Feb 28th, 2013

Bob Weber, The Canadian Press, Edmonton Journal, March 3, 2013

EDMONTON - Alberta aboriginals are lining up against an energy project deemed crucial to the B.C. economy.

Michael Smyth & David Hughes, Post Carbon Institute, followed by A.J. Goodman, Shale Resource Centre for Canada, CKNW, Feb 27 2013

Click here to listen to the discussion

Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, Feb. 25 2013

VANCOUVER —

It will be years before Canadian natural gas heats Asian homes. But as the industry considers billions of dollars of investment to export liquefied natural gas, it faces a difficult path to shipping its energy overseas.

Pamela McCall & David Hughes, CFAX, Feb 23 2013

Click here to listen to the discussion

Canadian Press, Times Colonist, Feb 22 2013

VICTORIA - The massive, energy windfall British Columbia pocketed more than a decade ago at the expense of power-starved Californians has sparked an ongoing high-voltage legal case that currently has an arm of Crown-owned BC Hydro potentially owing hundreds of millions of dollars.

CBC News, Feb 21, 2013

B.C. taxpayers could end up refunding Californians millions in electricity sales

The B.C. government and official opposition are defending a BC Hydro subsidiary that is accused of manipulating energy prices during the California energy crisis more than 12 years ago.

Western Investor, 16 February 2013

It now appears increasingly unlikely that neither the $6 billion Enbridge Inc. Northern Gateway pipeline or the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Inc.'s Trans Mountain oil pipeline will be approved in British Columbia.

Matt Horne, Pembina Institute, Feb 19 2013

I spent today in the B.C. budget lockup, and yes, it was as inspiring and exciting as I’m sure you can imagine a budget lockup would be. One of the things I was interested in was the outcome of the province’s carbon tax review, which was announced in last year’s budget.