Originally Published on Greenpeace International
By Rex Weyler
These days, when powerful corporations get caught breaking the law, polluting the Earth, violating human rights, or all of those crimes simultaneously, they don’t pay the fine and make amends, like normal citizens. They attack.
Continue reading Corporate Intimidation: Chevron SLAPPs Ecuadorians
By Roy L Hales
The Vancouver Observer just ran an excellent piece about the millions of dollars that gas and oil companies have been donating to BC’s Liberal Party. Calgary based Encana, for example, has sunk ten times as much into our political campaigns as they have spent in Alberta. Enbridge, Kinder Morgan, Spectra Energy, Chevron and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers have all invested more here. It makes you wonder, what are BC’s oil companies getting for their money?
Continue reading What Are BC’s Oil Companies Getting For Their Money?
by Roy L Hales
Business as usual is no longer a viable option for the fossil fuel industry. At the present rate of consumption, the World is heading towards a 6°C rise in global temperatures. Fossil fuel companies should be preparing for the carbon bubble, rather than exposing their investors to financial and climate risk.
Continue reading Preparing For The Carbon Bubble
By Roy L Hales
One of the first questions that needs to be addressed, in regard to the proposed dam at site C on the Peace river, is why BC needs to be embark upon a $7.9 billion project at this time.
Continue reading Does BC Really Need A Fracking Dam on Site C?
