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At its convention in Pentiction from September 22-26, 2008, the Union of BC Municipalities approved these two resolutions: B76 - GAS-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATING FACILITY EMISSIONS BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM urge the provincial government, as part of achieving the BC Energy Plan, to require zero greenhouse gas emissions from new gas-fired electricity generation stations. (link to full

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At its September 10 meeting, the Board of the Cowichan Valley Regional District joined all of the regional districts around Georgia Strait as well as the Islands Trust in passing two resolutions: 1. A call to the Federal Government for a ban on LNG tankers in Georgia, Malaspina and Haro Straits, and Boundary Pass. 2. A call to the Provincial Government in support of zero GHG emissions from new

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On September 4, 2008, the Board of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) passed a resolution with three points: 1. Send a letter to the Provincial Government in support of zero GHG emissions from new gas fired power plants2. Send a letter to the Federal Government calling for a ban on LNG tankers in Georgia, Malaspina and Haro Straits. 3. Support the Powell River Regional District

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At its meeting of August 26, 2008, the Board of the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) passed a resolution in support of a ban on LNG tankers in Georgia Strait, Haro Strait, and Boundary Pass. The resolution was introduced by Nanaimo councillor Diane Brennan, and followed a delegation consisting of Deborah Conner, chair of the Alliance to Stop LNG and Executive Director of Georgia Strait

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Will Horter of the Alliance to Stop LNG and Dogwood Initiative on CKNW with host Sean Leslie Download (6.8 MB MP3 file)

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The Powell River Regional District has submitted two resolutions related to LNG and gas-fired generation to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) annual convention, which begins on September 22, in Penticton. B76 GAS-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATING FACILITY EMISSIONS WHEREAS the BC Energy Plan states that: • Achieving electricity self-sufficiency is fundamental to our future energy security and

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LNG traffic deemed too hazardous for Inside Passage route Bill Cleverley, Times Colonist, August 14, 2008 Liquefied natural gas tankers have no place travelling up and down the Inside Passage, Capital Regional District directors say. The CRD yesterday endorsed a resolution supporting the Powell River Regional District in calling on the federal government to ban LNG tankers from using the

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Colleen Dane Comox Valley Record August 14, 2008 The rights of Texada Island residents were defended by the CVRD’s committee of the whole this week. A request from the Powell River Regional District for support in opposing a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) electrical generation plant on the Island was approved by directors. While many directors didn’t raise their hands in support of the motion,

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Tanker traffic in strait poses danger: environmentalists/ Bill Cleverley Times Colonist July 27, 2008 Capital Regional District directors want to hear from both sides before they weigh in on whether a liquefied natural gas plant, with its accompanying tanker traffic on the Inside Passage, should be built on Texada Island. CRD environment committee members this week heard from representatives

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Any B.C. LNG facility is eyeing markets outside the province, predominantly in the U.S. B.C. already produces plenty of gas to fill growth in demand at home. [WestPac's proposal to send its LNG tankers directly to California in summer] are almost laughable to analysts such as CAPP's Greg Stringham. "If you build a billion-dollar facility, you want to use it all the time," he says./ Ryan Stuart BC

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Proponents of a combined liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and natural gas-fired electrical generation facility for the north-end of Texada Island say their project will provide a stepping-stone to the goal of producing power without emitting greenhouse gases (GHG)./Laura Walz -- Peak Editor Powell River Peak Feb 7, 2008 BC introducing emission hard caps Proponents of a combined

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WestPac faces the peril of having its entire operation counted as a net addition to the province's greenhouse gas tally, meaning that it would need to buy carbon credits in order to meet B.C.'s requirement that any new power project be emissions-neutral./ PATRICK BRETHOUR pbrethour@globeandmail.com Globe and Mail January 4, 2008 VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's dirty little secret has just become

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Jill Bennett of CKNW interviews Chuck Childress of Texada Action Now and Stu Leson of WestPac LNG. CKNW_JillBennett_ChuckChildress&StuLeson_20080105.mp3 This file may stream, but if you download it, or are on dial-up, be forwarned: it is nearly 12 mb.

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A spokeswoman said WestPac has decided to put off filing its project description - which would have triggered the environmental assessment process - until the company has a better sense of new greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations that may come into effect. WestPac had planned to file its project description in the fall of 2007 but now plans to file it in early 2009./ WENDY STUECK Globe and Mail

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For many, the island’s environment is their first worry, and the project will create over two million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, estimates Chuck Childress of Texada Action Now/ Written by Darren Altmayer Pacific Yachting January 2007 A site map (top) of the proposed LNG terminalA $2-billion, 600-megawatt liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal

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"The known risks that come with the tankers and the LNG project are not acceptable to Texada Islanders," said Childress. "We consider Texada an affordable paradise and want to keep it that way. This project is not wanted, not needed and certainly not green."/Andrew A. Duffy Times Colonist Tuesday, December 18, 2007A community group organized to fight a proposed $2 billion megaproject on Texada

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MEDIA RELEASE TEXADA RESIDENTS REJECT GAS PLANT For Immediate Release December 17, 2007 TEXADA ISLAND – Texada Island residents have soundly rejected a proposal by Westpac LNG Corporation to build an LNG (liquefied natural gas) unloading facility and Gas fired generation station on the northwest tip of Texada Island. Texada Action Now (TAN), a local community association formed to help combat

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MEDIA RELEASE Community groups unite to fight Texada gas project For immediate release December 17, 2008 Nanaimo, BC – Fifteen community groups from around the Strait of Georgia have banded together to fight a proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project on Texada Island. The Westpac LNG Corporation wants to build an LNG plant facility, a gas-fired generation station, as well as a high voltage

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Company moving office to be closer to engineering and communications teams/Laura Walz, Editor Powell River Peak A company planning to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage terminal on Texada Island is moving its head office to the Lower Mainland and changing senior management. WestPac LNG president Mark Butler is stepping down. Stu Leson, vice-president of business development, will

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It will take time, much money and political will to transition to a way of life less and less dependent on greenhouse gas-producing fuels. Why not start now while society has the wealth of existing supplies of gas and oil to afford the expense of development?/ By Rob Southcott Powell River Peak Natural gas is taken for granted, and British Columbians benefit from it greatly through the creation

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Powell River Regional District directors have declined to adopt a motion mirroring a resolution passed by the Comox-Strathcona Regional District in August./ Laura Walz, Editor Powell River Peak November 29, 2007 Powell River Regional District directors have declined to adopt a motion mirroring a resolution passed by the Comox-Strathcona Regional District in August. Texada Action Now (TAN), a

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An organization has called for no liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility anywhere on the BC coast./ JUST SAY NO: Denise Reinhardt, spokeswoman for Malaspina Communities for Public Power, presented a resolution to New Democratic Party (NDP) MLA Nicholas Simons [middle], who represents Powell River-Sunshine Coast, and MLA Shane Simpson, the NDP's environment critic, during a rally on November 14.

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This was a meeting of power and influence. Housing Minister Rich Coleman, of course, has the power. Geoff Plant is all about influence. It is what the former B.C. attorney general sells. In case you were wondering, Plant is on the board of a company called West Pac LNG. That's the Alberta based outfit that wants to build a $2 billion liquefied natural gas plant at the north end of Texada Island./

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A proposal to build the second-largest liquefied natural gas plant in British Columbia has Texada Island residents banding together to fight it, and Sunshine Coast residents recalling the fight to prevent a similar plan for Port Mellon in the late 1990s./ By Greg Amos/Staff Writer Coast Reporter A proposal to build the second-largest liquefied natural gas plant in British Columbia has

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Representatives from Texada Island are in Victoria, Thursday, October 25-07 for meetings with Government and to attend the Question Period in the Legislature./ Texada islanders are looking for answers to their concerns about the LNG mega project proposed for Texada Island Contact: Chuck Childress, Chair, Texada Action Now. 604-414-3537

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