tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post4222390548462821970..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: This Day In Clarkland...Appealing The Appeals Board.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-39914678439166984842015-09-10T05:43:49.591-07:002015-09-10T05:43:49.591-07:00UK backing bid by fossil fuel firms to kill new EU... <b>UK backing bid by fossil fuel firms to kill new EU fracking controls, letters reveal</b><br />Europe’s biggest oil and gas firms try to block environmental controls on fracking, which the government calls ‘unnecessary red tape’<br /><br />by <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/10/uk-backs-bid-by-fossil-fuel-firms-to-kill-new-eu-fracking-controls-letters-reveal" rel="nofollow">Arthur Neslen</a>, The Guardian<br /><br /><i>The UK government has added its weight to a behind-the-scenes lobbying drive by oil and gas firms including BP, Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil to persuade EU leaders to scrap a series of environmental safety measures for fracking, according to leaked letters seen by the Guardian.<br /><br />The deregulatory push against safety measures, which could include the monitoring of on-site methane leaks and capture of gases and volatile compounds that might otherwise be vented, appears to go against assurances from David Cameron that fracking would only be safe “if properly regulated”.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-67945719233131301092015-09-09T22:34:09.029-07:002015-09-09T22:34:09.029-07:00Chiefs threaten courts and barricades without a si...<b>Chiefs threaten courts and barricades without a signed working agreement in B.C.</b><br /> <br />by <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/business/strike+says+aboriginal+leader+reconciliation+talks+begin/11351431/story.html" rel="nofollow">Dirk Meissner</a>, The Canadian Press<br /><br /><i>Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, said they're giving the government a one-year deadline to negotiate a reconciliation deal.<br /><br />"The underlying message is if we don't make any progress within the space of the next year, I would suggest all of this will fall through and it will be back to the courts and pretty much back to the barricades," said Phillip.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-15513484000811330202015-09-09T18:53:40.075-07:002015-09-09T18:53:40.075-07:00Grant G:
Can’t wait to hear Christy and her “Mr. F...Grant G:<br />Can’t wait to hear Christy and her “Mr. Fix-It” Coleman tell us they have different numbers than the F.P.<br /><br />While they’re at it, maybe they can explain these as well:<br />http://northerninsights.blogspot.ca/2015/07/patronage-corruption-and-cronyism.html - comment-form<br />Lewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-91972370406559270992015-09-09T18:44:50.263-07:002015-09-09T18:44:50.263-07:00China-FIPA means that Chinese investors (Nexen) ca...China-FIPA means that Chinese investors (Nexen) can now sue Canada over decisions made at any level of government in Canada, which they feel affect their profits.Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-56542167809461215162015-09-09T17:43:51.211-07:002015-09-09T17:43:51.211-07:00Read this...Pay special attention to the last few ...Read this...Pay special attention to the last few paragraphs of the article..<br /><br />http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/new-marcellus-pipelines-from-northeastern-u-s-squeezing-out-canadian-natural-gas?__lsa=a4a0-391a<br /><br />Grant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-1048130264451535152015-09-09T14:45:39.361-07:002015-09-09T14:45:39.361-07:00Section 97 of the Environmental Management Act, un...Section 97 of the Environmental Management Act, under which the Environmental Appeals Board is established, says:<br /><br />“The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, in the public interest, vary or rescind an order or decision of the appeal board.”<br /><br />No need to ask for a judicial review; in fact the enabling legislation doesn’t appear to allow it because it specifies the sections of the Administrative Appeals Act that apply and provision for it is not among them. If Cabinet wants to overrule the Board, they’ve designed the legislation to allow them to do so. Question is whether they have the cojones to assert it would be in the public interest.<br />Lewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-3141242346876401942015-09-09T14:25:09.764-07:002015-09-09T14:25:09.764-07:00Did you read Les Leyne`s gobbily goop...?
cut n p...Did you read Les Leyne`s gobbily goop...?<br /><br />cut n pasted<br /><br />"Citing those findings from earlier court cases, the EAB found that taking water from an area where band members hunt seasonally is industrial consumption, meaning the water isn’t returned to the system after it’s used.<br /><br />It didn’t help that the river system ran dry in 2012. Despite a protocol to restrict water usage during low flows, the stream bed dried up during a drought year and the EAB found that excessive water withdrawals in that year likely caused or contributed to that occurring."<br /><br /><br />- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/les-leyne-fracking-decision-an-advance-in-consultation-1.2053297#sthash.crxVgl8o.dpuf<br /><br /><br />Ross K....The way I read this, even though Nexen only used a little bit of the water they were granted by the Oil N Gas commission, the water source ran dry!!!!<br /><br />Meaning they couldn`t use the 2.1 billion litres they were granted, even using half their allotted water the water source ran dry....<br /><br />What part of the ruling might the province appeal?...The non-available 1 million litres Nexen didn`t access?..Deny the water source ran dry, deny the fact that fishes can`t swim in dry mud?<br /><br />And if droughts are the new normal? <br /><br /> Grant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.com