BC environmental assessment process flawed, says expert
B.C.’s Environmental Assessment (EA) process is flawed and not able to fully address the interests of First Nations, according to an expert. “The EAO...
The problem with (self-regulated) environmental assessments
As capital investment in B.C.’s natural resource sector grows, the role of environmental assessments has become critical to a project’s viability. A negative assessment...
New realities of environmental reviews in B.C.
When the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office hit the pause button on the Woodfibre LNG project in Squamish on June 30 following the conclusion of...
A case of too much public input – Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project enters final review stage
The proposed $5.4-billion expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia coast has already up-ended a provincial election, provoked...
Trans Mountain Files Final Argument For Expansion Project – Documents
In a significant step in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, Trans Mountain today filed its written Final Argument with the National Energy Board (NEB)...
