In April 2010, when then-premier Gordon Campbell announced that B.C. was resurrecting plans to build the Site C dam, atmospheric scientist Andrew Weaver was along to lend support.
This was readily apparent in December when Premier John Horgan and Environment Minister George Heyman officially released the provincial government’s latest climate action plan known as Clean B.C. at a packed event at Vancouver’s main library, which Weaver attended. DCAT was built with the natural gas industry exclusively in mind. Now, a second line is slated for the same region. Known as the Peace Region Electricity Supply line , it too will supply the gas industry.
DCAT’s capital cost was $300 million. PRES’s estimated cost is $285 million. There will almost certainly be cost overruns. The roughly $600 million to build those two lines gets added to a growing roster of new capital projects and upgrades. All this plays out in a context where global emissions from natural gas and oil combustion continue going up, moving earth’s climate toward a dangerous and potentially irreversible tipping point.
AJWVictoriaBC he's calling you out as a fraud it seems... hey, it isn't all your fault. we know that. but now is the time for you to step up and demand the gov't drop LNG and fracking subsidies reported on in this article. will you?
I wondered when we were going to hear more about this 15billion dollar corporate give away. Will the LNG industry at least send the B.C tax/rate payer a thank you letter