Carbon boondoggle robs poor to fuel rich
Brian Kieran, Monday Magazine, August 16, 2012
Government spin is usually merely tedious. However, on occasion it slips into a deceptive state and that is where B.C.’s much-lauded “carbon neutral” status resides today.
Council extinguishes incineration proposal
by Andy Rice, Powell River Peak, July 19, 2012
Motion carried July 19 shows city is against waste-to-energy facility
Biologist trashes plan to burn Vancouver waste in Powell River
Pieta Woolley, Globe & Mail, Jul. 16 2012
When Mark Biagi left Nova Scotia 15 years ago, he scoured British Columbia for a town that fit his requirement: no incineration.
Directors discuss waste-to-energy proposal
Laura Walz, Powell River Peak, July 11 2012
Regional districts have jurisdiction for solid waste
A proposal to develop a waste-to-energy facility in Powell River generated discussion at the June 28 Powell River Regional District board meeting.
Burning trees for energy puts Canadian forests and climate at risk
Greenpeace, November 2, 2011
Greenpeace released a science-based report today that highlights the dangers of the large-scale use of wood and tree harvesting for heating, electricity generation or liquid biofuels. The report, entitled ‘Fuelling a Biomess’, argues that burning woody biomass on an industrial scale could severely harm Canada’s public forests and further contribute to the global climate crisis.
Burning wood waste for energy not entirely a clear-cut call
By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun, November 5, 2011
Debate continues over use of forest debris to develop bioenergy industry
Forest management in British Columbia is coming under scrutiny as the province's drive to develop a bioenergy industry moves into the beetlekilled pine stands of the central Interior.
B.C. should remove roadblocks to renewable fuels sector
By Brian Roberts, Adam Kreek And Chris McDowell, Vancouver Sun September 27, 2011
Environmentally friendly products taxed as if they were derived from the fossil fuels they aim to replace
BC’s Bio Boondoggle
Arthur Caldicott, Watershed Sentinel, September-October 2011
The BC Bioenergy Strategy is based on hard-to-pin down and diverse guesstimates of wood volumes, supply forecasts, conversion factors. Hundreds of millions of public dollars have been committed to increasing the use of forest-based biomass for electricity, heat, and steam. The long-term beneficiaries of these programs are corporations and their shareholders. Millions of dollars in the bioenergy sector are flowing from the public treasury to private interests while the forests are slated to be burned.
Bioenergy projects approved for Interior
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, August 5, 2011
Aids regions hit by pine beetles, U.S. crisis
BC Hydro has approved $300 million in bioenergy projects in the Interior and north-central B.C., regions hard hit by the mountain pine beetle epidemic and the U.S. housing collapse.
Bioenergy coming to the north
By Ruth Lloyd - Caledonia Courier, June 28, 2011
Harvie Campbell, director of Western BioEnergy Inc. explained the proposed new bioenergy plant which would go in near the Apollo Mill. (Ruth Lloyd/Caledonia Courier) |
It’s all in the wood.
New projects could help bring stability to the forest sector in north-central B.C., using wood biomass now being burned along roadsides or in beehive burners.
Western BioEnergy Inc. is awaiting a decision on their proposed BC BioEnergy Network which would include three biomass-fired, electricity generating stations, one in Burns Lake, one in Merritt and one in Fort St. James.
The three projects have been short-listed by BC Hydro, and are now awaiting the completion of a review of BC Hydro currently underway.
BC Hydro purchases clean power from Zellstoff Celgar pulp mill
Pulp and Paper Canada, November 16, 2010
Castlegar, B.C. - BC Hydro is now purchasing clean electricity from the Zellstoff Celgar's Green Energy Project as a result of a series of upgrades that allow the pulp mill to direct more steam to energy production. A new 48-megawatt condensing turbine is now generating electricity for use in the BC Hydro power grid. Once the turbine is fully optimized, the pulp mill will produce enough surplus electricity to power the equivalent of 20,000 homes in B.C.
Government aims to spark anaerobic digestion boom
James Murray, BusinessGreen, 06 Jul 2010
Ministers meet with industry to identify barriers to adoption of waste-to-energy technology
Biofuels learn to eat less
Helen Knight, New Scientist, 26 May 2010
THE feast is coming to an end for biofuel producers. Their supposedly clean, green fuel has been gobbling up some of the choicest food crops, including corn, rape and soya, leading to controversy and protests around the world.
The great biofuels swindle
DAN GARDNER, Vancouver Sun, April 19, 2010
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Clean Energy Investments Power B.C.'s Future
NEWS RELEASE, Office of the Premier, Feb. 15, 2010
VANCOUVER - Premier Gordon Campbell officially kicked off Clean Energy Day at Robson Square during the 2010 Winter Games by announcing three new major clean energy and technology investments in the province of British Columbia.
