Erica Fisher, EnergeticCity.ca, Fort St. John, Feb 8, 2012

Site C and B.C.'s proposed LNG development go hand in hand, according to Premier Christy Clark. In an interview with Moose FM/energeticcity.ca, Clark explained that the newly approved licence for Shell to export liquefied natural gas out of Kitimat will use 100 per cent of the power Site C would create.

Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, November 15, 2011

By CHRIS PLECASH, Hill Times, Nov. 28, 2011

NDP Environment Critic calls exercise a ‘farce,’ accuses government of already drafting legislative overhaul of EA process.

Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 2011

On Dec. 22, 1854, the Snuneymuxw people signed a treaty that provided them with 668 blankets. In exchange, British settlers got to mine the rich coal seam in their territory.

By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun, November 11, 2011

A northeast British Columbia first nation chief confirmed Thursday that it rejects an $860-million, China-financed coal mine that was championed this week by Premier Christy Clark during her trade mission to Asia.

By Tom Fletcher, BC Local News, Victoria News, November 09, 2011

Premier Christy Clark continued her trade mission in China Wednesday with the announcement of a $1.36 billion in investments by Chinese companies to develop two new coal mines in northeast B.C.

Rich Coleman and Vaughn Palmer, Voice of BC, Oct 27, 2011

Minister of Energy, Mines and Housing talks to Vaughn Palmer about an array of interesting topics about electricity, natural gas, shale gas, mining, smart meters, carbon neutrality, deferral accounts, BC's GHG.
 

By Scott Simpson and Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun, October 20, 2011

New position with Jim Pattison Group too good to pass up, he says

Dave Cobb is stepping down as president and CEO of BC Hydro to take a job with the Jim Pattison Group, less than 17 months after he joined the Crown utility.

Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Oct. 10, 2011

VICTORIA— The industrial mega projects that provide the backbone of Premier Christy Clark’s jobs plan will require a huge increase in British Columbia’s electricity capacity – the equivalent of nearly three new Site C dams.

By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, October 7, 2011

The question of how best to handle the federal permit for the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline extension — which will transport crude oil 1,700 miles from Alberta to Texas — has evolved from a backwater process at the State Department to a high-profile political headache for the Obama administration.

By Paul Willcocks, Times-Colonist, October 5, 2011

Smart meters were expected to be a big deal at the UBCM meeting in Vancouver.

The surprise was Solicitor General Shirley Bond's bombshell revelation that the federal government had issued a takeit-or-leave-it final offer for a new 20-year RCMP contract.

The Honourable Steven L. Point, the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, delivered the Speech from the Throne Monday, October 3.

Brian Kieran, Monday Magazine, 09/28/2011

"Having observed the provincial government duck for cover in the face of lesser environmental opposition, I think it is a safe bet that the Raven mine will not be one of the eight [mines] approved by 2015 — if ever."

Tom Fletcher, Victoria View, September 10, 2011

I had a lively discussion with NDP energy critic John Horgan this week, after a presentation by independent power producers about the benefits of expanding the province’s small hydro and wind power network to replace coal- and gas-fired electricity. Here’s an edited transcript:

By PETER O'NEIL, Vancouver Sun, September 9, 2011

‘Big Oil,’ shipping industry influenced decision, coalition, NDP say

OTTAWA - Environmental groups on Friday accused the federal government of ignoring science and capitulating to pressure from the petroleum industry when it killed a funding agreement to develop a Pacific North Coast oceans management plan.

by Glenn Hurowitz, Grist, 2 Sep 2011

In his latest attack on the environment, President Barack Obama today announced that he is directing the EPA to withdraw standards that would have cut smog pollution from automobiles, power plants, and refineries. Obama might want to consider that wheezing kids, no jobs, and caving to Big Oil do not a reelection make.

by Lisa Hymas, Grist, 23 May 2011

The most prominent Republican voice for climate action is now in the (hound)doghouse. Turns out the Sperminator has been pumping more than iron.

If you're as revolted as I am, you might be tempted to toss the bum permanently overboard -- but can we afford to?

Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post, May 4, 2011

Stephen Harper's big election win bodes well for Canada's energy sector - but that doesn't mean it will get a free pass.

Gary Park, Petroleum News, April 10, 2011

Take it as read that Enbridge Chief Executive Officer Pat Daniel is very worried, or very angry, or both.

By KRISTEN SHANE, Hill Times, February 14, 2011

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has quietly handed over Cabinet control of the massive Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline project from former environment minister Jim Prentice and his temporary successor John Baird to rookie Indian and Northern Affairs Minister John Duncan (Vancouver Island North, B.C.), without key stakeholders in the $16.2-billion pipeline project even knowing, say stakeholders.

By Les Leyne, Times Colonist, December 11, 2010

A big new test for Liberal leadership hopefuls -- and likely the New Democratic Party contestants soon to come -- arrived at the legislature earlier this week.

It came in a letter from the B.C. Business Council to Environment Minister Murray Coell and Minister of State for Climate Action John Yap.

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, December 10, 2010

'Re-org' of resource, land ministries should go the way of tax cut

It has been called Gordon Campbell's last bad decision -- the massive reorganization of the Crown resource and land use ministries, launched just 10 days before he announced that he would be stepping down as premier.

John Horgan, Times Colonist, December 10, 2010

Most of us don't spend much time thinking about where our electricity comes from or the policies and politics behind it. We just flick on the switch and there is light; we turn on the tap and there's hot water. However, in light of the recent announcement that B.C. Hydro plans to raise your rates by 50 per cent over five years, perhaps we should all be taking a closer look.

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, 17 Nov 2010

Word out of the B.C. Liberal cabinet meeting in Vancouver this morning was that Energy Minister Bill Bennett had been asked to leave because of his emperor-has-no-clothes comments that the premier should go sooner rather than later.

IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail, Nov. 17, 2010

Energy Minister Bill Bennett, who urged resigning Premier Gordon Campbell to step aside for an interim leader, has been kicked out of cabinet.

A government spokesman confirmed the unusual move, which came as the cabinet met Thursday in Vancouver.