Jul 22 2010
BP is selling off a number of assets world-wide to raise money to pay for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, including their Mist Mountain coalbed methane project near Fernie, BC. As long-time readers may recall, BP originally intended coalbed methane development in the Canadian Flathead as well, but pulled out of that [...]
Feb 10 2010
We’re starting to see more — and more detailed — coverage of British Columbia’s decision to forgo resource extraction activities in the Canadian Flathead River Valley. Two good articles appeared today. The Daily Inter Lake did a nice, balanced job . . . The lieutenant governor of British Columbia announced Tuesday that all types of [...]
Feb 09 2010
In the annual “Throne Speech,” British Columbia Lt. Gov. Steven Point declared the Canadian portion of the Flathead River Valley off limits to mining and energy extraction. Assuming no subtle weasel-wording, this means B.C. just shut the door to activities such as coal and gold mining and coalbed methane development in the Canadian North Fork. [...]
Jun 01 2009
The Flathead Coalition is less than amused at BP-Canada’s approach to environmental science. They don’t think much of British Columbia’s fox-guarding-the-henhouse rules for conducting environmental studies, either. A press release pubished today by Citizens Concerned About Coalbed Methane summarizes the issue . . . The Flathead Coalition announced today that its internal evaluation of BP-Canada [...]
Feb 06 2009
Here’s a curiousity. Just a year ago, Bill Bennett, British Columbia’s mining minister, was forced to resign due to some wildly intemperate remarks regarding opposition to resource development in the Canadian Flathead. Bennett, now Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister, is at it again. This time, he was responding to a Fernie area tourism operator accusing [...]
Feb 01 2009
From the Saturday, January 31, 2009 online edition of the Calgary Herald . . . Conservation groups are renewing calls for Waterton Lakes National Park to be expanded into the Flathead River Valley, despite British Columbia’s decision to close the door to coal bed methane development in the ecologically key area in southeastern B.C. The [...]
Jan 11 2009
From the Sunday, January 11, 2009 online edition of the Missoulian . . . The coal was here, hidden by a thin skin of wilderness, long before Rich Moy arrived; and it was still here, against all odds, when he left. That, he considers, is at least some sort of success, although much more work [...]
Dec 07 2008
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post regarding the Mist Mountain coalbed methane project, here are links to some additional information . . . Our friends in Fernie, BC are not very happy about BP Canada’s plans. See the Citizens Concerned About Coalbed Methane site for details. Wildsight posted a press release last Friday that does [...]
Dec 06 2008
From the Saturday, December 6, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . . BP Canada on Friday received natural-gas rights for a potential energy project in a segment of British Columbia watched closely by environmental activists in both the province and in Montana. British Columbia granted the rights to BP for its [...]
Nov 26 2008
From the Tuesday, November 25, 2008 online edition of the Keremeos Review . . . Seven out of ten Kootenay residents want to protect the Flathead River Valley as a national park, according to new polling results released today by Wildsight and Sierra Club BC. The poll, conducted by McAllister Opinion Research, found that 73 [...]
