BC Business Examiner – Vancouver Island Edition Letters December 01, 2008 Re: “Pumping offshore oil and gas” (Business Examiner, Nov 3), it is unfortunate that former, interim premier-turned-industry-consultant Dan Miller is once again advocating for industry to open up British Columbia’s coast to oil rigs, tankers, pipelines and the risk of an Exxon Valdez-style catastrophe.
Winnipeg Free Press Oct. 22, 2008 by Chris Genovali Re: Ex-premiers sing praises of BC offshore oil development; Campbell nixes notion, (Free Press, Oct. 21). It is unfortunate that former interim premier turned industry consultant Dan Miller is once again advocating for industry to open up British Columbia’s coast to oil rigs,
Alaska governor Sarah Palin is really more frightening than fiesty CounterPunch, October 20, 2008 Monday Magazine,’a0 October 15, 2008 By Chris Genovali Victoria’s Times-Colonist writer Iain Hunter’s recent column on John McCain’s vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin (“Our election needs Palin’s feistiness,” September 8, 2008) exemplifies the type of feckless punditry plaguing so much of the…
BY: CHRIS GENOVALI MONDAY MAGAZINE August 27, 2008 The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently released its 2008 list of threatened species of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises). While this news was reasonably encouraging for the global recovery of populations of humpback whales, these assessments have far-reaching impacts on their conservation management.
Montreal Gazette Published: July 21, 2008 by Chris Genovali Re: “Canada should play big role in new world oil order: IEA” (Gazette, July 13). Your article states that “the Geological Survey of Canada has estimated there could be close to 10 billion barrels of oil and 26 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Queen…
Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, May 17, 2008 Re: “Premier counters dirty oil threat,” May 9. Premier Ed Stelmach is in for a rude awakening if he thinks he’s going to snap his fingers and build a pipeline to the north coast of British Columbia in order to send oilsands products to Asia.
Monday Magazine Last Word By CHRIS GENOVALI Feb 13 2008 One of the biggest industrial projects on the planet is about to get even bigger with corporate giant British Petroleum recently announcing their intention to heavily invest in Alberta’s oil sands. British Columbians should be concerned about what is happening with the oil sands, as…
By Jody Weir, Raincoast Conservation Foundation Prince Rupert Daily News, January 11, 2008 In response to the article titled “Scientists furious at Canada as project is ditched”1 (Prince Rupert Daily News, January 4th, 2008), it is important for readers to know that several scientists (myself included) are pleased, if not delighted, at the fact that…