Coal-fired gen protest: Thurs, Nov 23, Chilliwack
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2006
Environment Groups and concerned citizens converge on BC Environment Minister Barry Penner’s Chilliwack Constituency office to protest proposed coal fired power plants.
3:30 PM, Thursday, November 23
#105 – 8615 Young Street, Chilliwack (in parking lot)
The “Friends of the Similkameen” and “Save the Okanagan and Similkameen” groups are busing out from Princeton on November 23 to join people from across the Fraser Valley in protesting a proposed coal fired power plant in Princeton and BC government policies that support coal as an energy source in sensitive airsheds. A formal request for this meeting has been sent to Minister Penner to present 1000 letters of opposition from local families, teachers and doctors, as well as petitions from the BC Teachers Federation and a resolution from the Union of BC Municipalites.
Rumor has it that Santa might make an early appearance with interesting gifts for Ministers who have been naughty (lumps of coal?) and treats for Ministers who have been nice.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Angelique Wood, 604-215-9545 angelique@nethop.net
Brad Hope 250-295-3512 / 3524 bhope@nethop.net
Patricia Ross 778-549-0708 patiross@shaw.ca
John Vissers 604-308-0520 johnvissers@gmail.com
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RESOURCES
Follow the coal-fired generation issue at www.sqwalk.com
Power Struggle Over BC's First Coal-Fired Plant
http://www.sqwalk.com/current/000903.html
B.C.'s energy picture: Richard Neufeld
http://www.sqwalk.com/current/000900.html
Tiny B.C. town all fired up
http://www.sqwalk.com/current/000898.html
Confronting coal-fired generation in Princeton
http://www.sqwalk.com/current/000889.html
Check out these videos on www.youtube.com:
Compliance Energy Speaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJth8lzjMfQ
The Truth About Compliance Energy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKPwVCiLAf4
Chief Dennis Speaks About Compliance Energy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-OCc4Jpsb0
Protest at BC Liberal Convention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjHgo4Wb06M
Pembina Institute coal fact sheet:
http://www.pembina.org/energy-watch/doc.php?id=1327
CHBC News - video coverage - 02Nov2006
http://www.chbc.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13435
Environmental Assessment Office
AES Wapiti, 184 MW, Tumbler Ridge, AES Corp. and Hillsborough Resources
http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/epic/output/html/deploy/epic_project_home_276.html
Princeton, 56 MW, Princeton, Compliance Energy
http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/epic/output/html/deploy/epic_project_home_279.html
BC Hydro Report on F2006 CFT Process, 31-Aug-2006
(in which the two coal-fired generation projects were selected) http://www.sqwalk.com/current/BCH_ReportOnCFTProcess_2006-08-31.pdf
BC Utilities Commission Approval of F2006 CFT, 21-Sep-2006
(in which the two coal-fired generation project electricity purchase agreements (EPAs) were ratified by the BCUC as part of accepting all 38 EPAs, and in which the BCUC upheld BC Hydro's request to keep details of the agreements confidential) http://www.bcuc.com/Documents/Decisions/2006/DOC_12614_BCH-CFT-EPA-Decision.pdf