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Pipelines, energy and natural resources
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I had to read the article to discover that Shell had not driven a spike in oil exploration but had, instead, driven a spike in oil exploration.
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More BC mills closing. This time in Quesnel.
The new government gets sworn in on Nov. 20th. Hopefully they can turn this around...
The new government gets sworn in on Nov. 20th. Hopefully they can turn this around...
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Is there much a government - any government - can do? I think part of the export market of wood pulp is subject to tariff but, generally, the market for wood pulp products; paper, newsprint, etc. has been drying up for years. The list of pulp mills that have closed in Ontario is long.
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Not sure what this band is hoping to achieve. Most of the lawsuits for the WAC Bennett dam were settled a long time ago. This is the only part I see as a valid claim and they have to show they were never consulted for it and that they never negotiated a settlement in the past.
As for the Site C dam, way to early to come to any conclusion. I wrote Terms and Conditions into the approval to review data from downstream Water Survey Stations at 5 and 10 years of operation and compare that to the predicted modelling. We are not yet at the 5 year mark for initial review.
How a dam in BC affect the Peace Athabasca Delta (PAD) is that occasionally (about every 5 years) the Peace river would create an ice jam at the confluence, causing the Athabasca river to back flood the PAD and recharge it's water levels, Weather and water flow conditions on both systems would have to be just right for it to happen. Since the WAC Bennett dam went in, it changed the frequency of the event to around 10 years if at all. Compounding the issue is that water withdrawal from the Athabasca River upstream of the PAD also affect the backflooding or lack thereof.
The government many years ago built some small dams to help create backflooding events, with some success, but not enough. Some expert argue the PAD was already in the process of drying out, before the dame. Needless to say, those ones get hired by the companies and the ones that disagree get hired by the bands. As I recall we did consult with this band and their concerns was one reason we put in the data review conditions.
This lawsuit might be a spoiler for another proposed "run of the river" dam on the Peace.
As for the Site C dam, way to early to come to any conclusion. I wrote Terms and Conditions into the approval to review data from downstream Water Survey Stations at 5 and 10 years of operation and compare that to the predicted modelling. We are not yet at the 5 year mark for initial review.
How a dam in BC affect the Peace Athabasca Delta (PAD) is that occasionally (about every 5 years) the Peace river would create an ice jam at the confluence, causing the Athabasca river to back flood the PAD and recharge it's water levels, Weather and water flow conditions on both systems would have to be just right for it to happen. Since the WAC Bennett dam went in, it changed the frequency of the event to around 10 years if at all. Compounding the issue is that water withdrawal from the Athabasca River upstream of the PAD also affect the backflooding or lack thereof.
The government many years ago built some small dams to help create backflooding events, with some success, but not enough. Some expert argue the PAD was already in the process of drying out, before the dame. Needless to say, those ones get hired by the companies and the ones that disagree get hired by the bands. As I recall we did consult with this band and their concerns was one reason we put in the data review conditions.
This lawsuit might be a spoiler for another proposed "run of the river" dam on the Peace.
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