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.
South Surrey incinerator pitched
By Kevin Diakiw, Surrey North Delta Leader, October 19, 2011
A waste incinerator for South Surrey has been considered by city council, which was willing to sell land in north Campbell Heights to a developer interested in building a waste-to-energy facility there.
Trash-to-energy proposal troubles Fraser Valley voters
By GORDON HOEKSTRA, Vancouver Sun, October 13, 2011
Communities fear an incinerator will further reduce air quality
A Metro Vancouver plan that could see a half-million tonnes of garbage burned annually to produce energy is expected to be a key municipal election issue in the Fraser Valley.
Tackling huge landfill headache a winning idea for top B.C. startup company
By SCOTT SIMPSON, Vancouver Sun, September 23, 2011
Polymer Research recycles polyurethane foam into liquid chemical
A company that promises to cure a major headache for landfill operators won first prize this week at an annual competition among British Columbia’s most promising startups.
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.
Vancouver waste decision watched closely by RDN
By Toby Gorman, Nanaimo News Bulletin, August 19, 2011
Island communities are watching closely as Metro Vancouver writes a plan to deal with its growing garbage problem.
Burning trash a success in the EU: Metro board
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, July 27, 2011
Incinerators eliminate garbage while powering homes
Waste-to-Energy Facilities Gaining Support in Alberta
By Justina Reichel, Epoch Times, Jul 20, 2011
Turning garbage into energy a proposed alternative to landfills
Garbage could be Alberta’s newest energy source once engineering studies for a new waste-to-energy facility are completed.
Gold River's bid to burn garbage from Metro Vancouver smoulders
Jack Knox, Times Colonist, July 27, 2011
Whether Gold River ends up burning Metro Vancouver's garbage could come down to pollution politics versus cold cash.
The chances of the Lower Mainland's trash finding it way to the north Island inched forward this week when Environment Minister Terry Lake approved Metro Vancouver's waste-management plan.
Province approves Metro Vancouver's plans to build waste incinerator
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, July 25, 2011
But region required to work with Fraser Valley to address air quality concerns if it builds facility in the Lower Mainland
METRO VANCOUVER -- The provincial government has approved Metro Vancouver's plans to build a waste incinerator to burn the region's trash in or out of the Lower Mainland.
Incinerator plan has Metro Vancouver politicians feeling ‘sabotaged’
FRANCES BULA, Globe and Mail, Jul. 25, 2011
A controversial garbage incinerator in Metro Vancouver has been pushed one big step closer to reality after the provincial government approved the region’s new waste and recycling plan.
Shocked to find incinerator on list
By Paul J. Henderson, The Times, Chilliwack, December 10, 2010
Stam says it's a clarion call to 'fight a little harder'
Metro waste-burning plan heads to Victoria
Jeff Nagel, BC Local News, August 27, 2010
Three Metro Vancouver mayors will go to Victoria Wednesday to present their controversial waste plan opening the door to increased garbage incineration.
Metro Vancouver to look at burning region's garbage -- though maybe not locally
KELLY SINOSKI, Vancouver Sun, July 30, 2010
Metro Vancouver will go ahead with plans to investigate burning the region's garbage -- but not necessarily in Metro Vancouver.
Companies to pitch incinerator plan for Gold River
Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, July 21, 2010
Covanta Energy and Green Island Energy will hold an open house in Gold River on Vancouver Island tonight to pitch their plans for a "thermal electric power plant" capable of converting 750,000 tonnes of post-recycled solid municipal waste per year to clean energy.
Unions pitch for Island burner at final waste hearing
Jeff Nagel, Surrey Leader, July 15, 2010
Fans and foes of a possible new regional garbage incinerator got one last chance Wednesday to sway Metro Vancouver directors ahead of a decision expected later this month.
Federal panel warns of environmental damage from proposed Williams Lake mine
By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun July 2, 2010
VANCOUVER — The adverse environmental impacts from a proposed copper-gold mine near Williams Lake are too large to be overcome by the tradeoffs suggested by the mine's proponents, a federal review panel reported Friday.
BC's Own Fake Lake Scandal
By Tony Pearse, TheTyee.ca, June 30, 2010
'Prosperity' mine builder wants to kill an entire trout-rich lake and build a new artificial one with no guarantees.
Within days, likely, the federal review panel conducting the environmental assessment of the Taseko Mines 'Prosperity' gold-copper mine will issue its final report to the minister of environment.
Voters getting incendiary about plan to burn waste
Brian Lewis, The Province, June 29, 2010
It looks as if some politicians and senior civil servants in B.C. are not immune to the dreaded Gordon Campbell Disease, or "GCD" as it's commonly called.
Valley manure digester branded waste-to-energy
Jeff Nagel, BC Local News, Tri-City News, May 14, 2010
The City of Abbotsford has approved a manure digesting plant that Metro Vancouver officials say amounts to a waste-to-energy facility that will result in air emissions in the Fraser Valley.
Valley residents oppose incineration
Glenda Luymes, The Province, May 16, 2010
A new poll shows 59 per cent of Fraser Valley residents who know about Metro Vancouver's proposed plans for garbage incineration oppose them -- and 74 per cent connect the issue to the fight against Sumas Energy 2.
Judge rules coal bed methane wastewater ponds unconstitutional
News Release, Northern Plains Resource Council, April 30, 2010
Will burning Durham's garbage make us sick?
By Catherine Porter, The Star, Apr 4 2010
Protesters who showed up in gas masks outside Durham Region’s Whitby headquarters one night last May weren’t mollified by assurances that today’s incineration technology is far cleaner than that of 20 years ago.
Incineration: a recycling killer?
By Catherine Porter, The Star, Apr 3 2010
DETROIT—Just off the city’s main strip, beyond a row of decaying car plants, a parade of dump trucks rumbles into a sprawling grey and red building with four smokestacks.
