Natural gas suspected in fatal Abbotsford fire Dec 18, 2000
How many deaths will it take before the natural gas business puts safety before profit? ....more

Environmental Assessment Office plays the monkey... Dec 18, 2000
Apparently incapable of embarrassment, the EAO hypes PAGP... ....more

Port Alberni Generation Project Announced Dec 7, 2000
BC Hydro and partner Calpine announce intention to build generation plant in Port Alberni ....more

SqWALK! Natural Gas Price Page Dec 5, 2000
Natural gas prices are of sufficient interest, that SqWALK! has a new page dedicated to the issue.  Expensive gas equals expensive electricity.  ...more

Price-fixing allegations sound alert Nov 28, 2000
The warrant suggests that no new energy was entering the system. Electricity was just transferred between companies who then sold it to the power pool at a higher price ...more
Floating power rules rapped
BC Hydro's Powerex linked to price fixing in Alberta

Smelter Raises More Pipeline Questions Nov 22, 2000
They say good things come in threes, but the reverse can also ring true. In the past several weeks, three developments have emerged that could spell trouble for the GSX ...more

Natural gas prices explode Nov 21, 2000
Natural gas prices shot through the roof Monday, shattering record across North America and hitting an eye-popping $22.90 per gigajoule at Sumas on the Washington-British Columbia border. ...more
Willis Energy Natural Gas Prices
Gas prices spike BC

Integrity and Advertising Nov 20, 2000
BC Hydro has a very expensive advertising campaign underway to sell its natural gas and pipeline strategy. Deceptive, though - many of the ads talk about everything but the generation plants and the pipeline ...more

Cooking With Gas Nov 18, 2000
Natural gas prices are soaring amid growing demand from U.S. power generators, and the market isn't likely to wane any time soon, ANDREW BELL writes. Some experts predict gas up to $13.00/mmBTU this winter ...more

Port Alberni Aluminum Smelter Nov 16, 2000
Premier Dosanjh is stuck in a Glen Clark movie - funding feasibility studies for a massive aluminum smelter in Port Alberni. How big the tax breaks? How cheap the power? How embarrassing...more

CAPLA: A Voice for Pipeline Landowners Nov 13, 2000
David Core, president of the Canadian Alliance of Pipeline Landowner Associations explains why it is necessary for the NEB to recognize landowners as other than a continued obstacle to the energy industry ...more

High Pressure, Explosive Contents Nov 13, 2000
Stuart Herzog, writing in Monday Magazine, gives the best overview of the GSX, BC Hydro's natural gas strategy, and the legacy of Glen Clark ...more

Port Alberni Generation Nov 13, 2000
BC Hydro's new generation project for Port Alberni. It isn't a cogen, it's located right in town, and Hydro is putting up our own money to make it happen ...more

Visual Introduction to Climate Change Nov 2, 2000
This excellent introduction to climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases, uses visual presentations to help us understand the complex underlying data. ...more

Earth Will Get Hotter Than Feared Nov 1, 2000
The leaked document suggests that the upper range of warming over the next century could be far higher than estimated in 1995 ...more

The World Gets That Sinking Feeling Nov 1, 2000
Can tree planting programs reverse global warming? ...more

Dosanjh wants to review Island Cogen Nov 1, 2000
Premier Dosanjh expressed concern Halloween night about pollution levels at Island Cogeneration in Campbell River, and said we should review that project... more

Island Cogen Plant generates pollution dispute Oct 31, 2000
Island power project billed as state-of-the-art draws criticism for high carbon monoxide levels...more

At Williams, it's hard to believe that safety matters Oct 30, 2000
Williams pipeline maintenance record in Washington State (see report) is scary enough. In Texas and New Mexico they are apparently hoping that by segmenting applications they'll get away with less-comprehensive environmental assessments ... more

You MUST SEE Turning Down The Heat Oct 27, 2000
Let this video be your introduction to The New Energy Revolution. Sustainable, real, viable energy alternatives. Be inspired! Narrated by David Suzuki, researched by Guy Daun ref="http://www.davidsuzuki.org/energy/energy.htm">more
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And let us tell you when something new is posted on SqWALK!... more

NDP allowing far `dirtier' plant than Sumas Oct 26, 2000
A power plant in Campbell River will emit 10 times as much carbon monoxide as one proposed for Sumas, Wash.. more
The full report on this is at:
www.elp.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/ar/airquality/sumas2.pdf
The "dirt" on Campbell River is in section 3.2, page 7 (page 19 in Acrobat).

Letter to Brad, a student from Shawnigan Lake Oct 24, 2000
I'm a youth from Shawnigan Lake and I'm doing an assignment on (the GSX) pipeline and I'm wondering if you could give me just a brief overview of why this is such a bad thing? And what some solutions would be... more

No reason to trust Island cogen plans Oct 22, 2000
Based on the Campbell River cogen example, neither BC Hydro nor the government has earned the right to the public's trust. Paul Willcocks reports on Island Cogen and lax pollution con ore

Dangerous Weapons: The Real Cost of a Hit Oct 23, 2000
It was mid-afternoon on a fall day when the 911 operator received the call: "We've got a suspected gas line hit". A contractor working in a residential area in Saanich on Vancouver Island had hit a Centra gas line... more

Residents call pipeline offer a bribe Oct 15, 2000
SWEETEN THE POT: B.C. Hydro won't comment on suggestions they've offered signing bonuses to affected property owners ... more

Regulations Do NOT Make Pipelines Safe Oct 11, 2000
Statistical evidence is emphatic: pipelines are not safe, despite regulatory ambitions to control the industry. And Williams is not an exemplary operator, according to a Washington State/OPS neSafety2.htm">more

Pipelines Breaking Rules, Failing: EUB Oct 10, 2000
Increasing numbers of pipelines in Alberta are corroding, leaking and failing to meet government regulations, says a new provincial report. Dennis Hryciuk, Edmonton Journal ... more
EUB Field Summaries Report

Cobble Hill approves GSX unfriendly bylaw amendments Oct 10, 2000
Cobble Hill proposes to amend its Official Community Plan with statements of support for Kyoto objectives, opposition to gas-fired plants, support for benign energy technologies ... Will Independent Rick Kasper Oppose The GSX? Oct 10, 2000
now that the heavy hand of cabinet is off his back, and he is able to speak on behalf of his constituents?

Michael Costello Knows What's Best Oct 8, 2000
Mr. Costello, CEO of BC Hydro, wrote an article which was printed in the two Duncan newspapers, the Times-Colonist, and ?  It is reprinted here, with commentary from SqWALK!. Also letters from Tom Hackney, Arthur Caldicott ... more

Pipeline Safety: Don't Sacrifice The Good Oct 6, 2000
We are the parents who lost children when the Olympic pipeline exploded on June 10, 1999. As we struggled with our own loss, we also have struggled to give meaning to that loss by trying to make pipelines safer in this country... Anderson Refers GSX To Panel Review Oct 4, 2000
Canada's Minister of the Environment David Anderson, today announced that the proposed Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline project will be sent to an independent environmental assessment review panel ... more

The GSX Files from ECONEWS Oct 3, 2000
While other jurisdictions are finding ways to build a green economy, the BC government has set its mind on more pollution and increased greenhouse gas emissions ... more

The Duncan Declaration, and other notes from
The Power Is Ours Forum Oct 3, 2000
BC to become Canada's first Kyoto Compliant Zone! Vancouver Island a Green Economy Zone! Presentations by Arthur Caldicott, Guy Dauncey, Glenn Thornton, Tom Hackney ... more

Washington to Canada: Fill'er up Oct 2, 2000 
It's no wonder Bill Clinton opened U.S. oil reserves last week, says MAUDE BARLOW. NAFTA guarantees that he can top up his country's tank with our fuel ... more

Minister of Environment Joan Sawicki on Sumas Energy 2 Sept 28, 2000    Press release
CVRD demands NEB announce new scoping deadline Sept 28, 2000
Environmental Groups Join Victoria In Opposing Sumas 2 Power Plant Sept. 27, 2000
Hydro likes independent review idea Sept. 24, 2000

August 23, 2000
Eleven die in New Mexico natural gas pipeline explosion August 22,2000
BC Hydro info sessions on Marine Route of GSX August 19,2000
BC Hydro's real plan for a Duncan generation plant August 19,2000
Land Reserve Commission gives its support to GSX August 2, 2000
Take Heart! BC Hydro says NO to Sumas Energy 2 August 16, 2000
Citizens Guide to the Canadian Environmental Process (CEAA) August 16, 2000
Alternative Energy Stocks - Put these in your investment portfolio August 15, 2000
Natural Gas: The Five Stages To Market Panic August 10, 2000
Environment Minister Sawicki's letter to EFSEC re Sumas Energy 2 August 9, 2000
The real story about natural gas pipeline safety August 8, 2000
Lay Guide to the NEB Environmental Assessment August 8, 2000 Download
Natural gas pipeline rupture closes Coquihalla August 7, 2000
Campaign builds, to open up offshore drilling in BC August 7, 2000
Peter Warren, CKNW, GSX interview August 5, 2000 (Windows Media Player req'd)
Overview notes to the GSX August 4, 2000 Download
Province Doesn't Support Sumas 2 Proposal August 4, 2000
David Anderson questions how B.C. regulates pipeline industry August 4, 2000
Running on empty - when natural gas reserves hit the crisis point August 3, 2000
1,000,000 litre oil pipeline spill threatens Chetwynd water supply August 2,2000
Earthquake hits Vancouver Island August 2,2000

Write to David Anderson Environment Minister Ask for An Independent Panel Review

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Why does Sumas Energy 2 developer have BC govt docs that are not available to citizens of BC? July 28,2000
Reports from NEB information sessions on southern Gulf Islands July 28,2000
The Power Is Ours: CCCE Report July 7, 2000
Wind power technology advancing rapidly July 3, 2000
Is Hydro close to a deal on the Port Alberni CoGen? July 3, 2000
Gas prices up. Jobs down. Hydro scores a cool $60 million. June 30,2000
Regional Govts on GSX Route Oppose Projects July 2,2000
Williams reps scare San Juan County July 2,2000
NEB moves scoping submission date to August 28 June 30, 2000
NEB starts GSX public scoping process June 20, 2000
A Bribe to Abbotsford to stop opposing Sumas Energy 2? June 16, 2000
Politicians tell Port Alberni residents what's good for them

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