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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Sep 11 2007
In a Washington D.C. meeting with executives for British Petroleum, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., issued his harshest rebukes yet for BP’s coalbed methane exploration proposal in the Canadian Flathead.
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