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  • PREMIER LOBBYING LEGISLATORS IN CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH HST AT HOME
    17 Aug, 2010

    For Immediate Release

    Aug. 17, 2010

     

    PREMIER LOBBYING LEGISLATORS IN CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH HST AT HOME

     

    VICTORIA— Instead of using our tax dollars to lobby lawmakers in California on behalf of his friends in the private power industry, B.C. Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell should be focused on listening to voters at home, say New Democrats.

     

    Rather than dealing with the fallout from the HST petition here in British Columbia, Premier Campbell has been in California lobbying against Proposition 23, a measure that would put the brakes on the state’s plan to purchase more green energy.

     

    “The problem with Premier Campbell’s appeal to California legislators to defeat Prop 23 is that B.C. run-of-river projects have too many negative environmental impacts to be considered green energy,” asserted Guy Gentner, New Democrat critic for intergovernmental relations. “Most private power projects in B.C., including those run by the B.C. Liberal government’s flagship donor Plutonic Power, do not meet California’s standards for green energy.”

     

  • Canada has big geothermal potential, industry says (Reuters)
    13 Aug, 2010

    By Nicole Mordant

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia , Aug 9 (Reuters) - Canada has the potential to generate enough clean, low-cost electricity from geothermal sources to power 5 million homes, the country's geothermal association said on Monday.

    As things stand though, the resource-rich country does not produce a single unit of geothermal energy, which comes from hot water and steam produced by heat deep below the earth's surface.

    This is a result of a lack of government funding, a shortage of land made available for development, a dearth of knowledge and the existence of other cheap and more traditional power sources like hydro and natural gas, Alison Thompson, chairman of the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association said.

  • B.C. LIBERALS MISSING OPPORTUNITY TO FOSTER TRADE WITH ASIA, CREATE GREEN JOBS
    7 Jul, 2010

    For Immediate Release

    July 7, 2010

     

    B.C. LIBERALS MISSING OPPORTUNITY TO FOSTER TRADE WITH ASIA, CREATE GREEN JOBS

     

    VANCOUVER – The B.C. Liberal government has dropped the ball on an important opportunity to foster innovative economic ties with Asia while creating green jobs here at home, the New Democrats said today.

     

    Exponics Canada, a B.C.-based group of businesses, is slated to represent Canada at the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition from November 6, 2010 to April 25, 2011.  The proposed exhibit would promote sustainable soilless gardening technology for both indoor vertical farms and outdoor green roofs, as well as wind and solar energy.

     

  • BCTC MERGER WITH B.C. HYDRO LATEST PROOF OF B.C. LIBERALS’ ENERGY POLICY FAILURE, SAYS NDP
    6 Jul, 2010

    For Immediate Release

    July 6, 2010

     

    BCTC MERGER WITH B.C. HYDRO LATEST PROOF OF B.C. LIBERALS’ ENERGY POLICY FAILURE, SAYS NDP

     

    VICTORIA – The B.C. Transmission Corporation moved back under B.C. Hydro control Monday, seven years after the B.C. Liberals tore apart the Crown corporation. The move marks the end of an expensive failed experiment and proves that the B.C. Liberals should not be making important energy decisions without public scrutiny, say New Democrats.

     

  • NEW DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT CLEAN ENERGY ACT ‘BY EVERY MEANS NECESSARY’
    1 Jun, 2010

    June 1, 2010

     

    NEW DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT CLEAN ENERGY ACT ‘BY EVERY MEANS NECESSARY’

     

    VICTORIA – New Democrats are vowing to fight the B.C. Liberals’ Clean Energy Act in the legislature this week. The bill would allow $10 billion in spending without appropriate public oversight, remove consumer protection from unnecessary hydro rate hikes and shift more of British Columbians’ money into the hands of private power companies, say New Democrats.

     

    “You don’t have to dig very deep to see that behind this legislation is an agenda to put public money directly into the hands of private corporations,” said John Horgan, New Democrat energy critic.

    “The B.C. Liberals are throwing out the consumer rate protection that the B.C. Utilities Commission provides, and replacing it with a reckless plan to concentrate energy decision-making around the cabinet table.

  • B.C. LIBERALS BREAK PROMISE TO PROTECT HYDRO CUSTOMERS FROM POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
    29 Apr, 2010

    VICTORIA – The introduction of the Clean Energy Act has gutted the regulatory powers of the B.C. Utilities Commission, and will lead to further rate increases for B.C. Hydro customers, say New Democrats.

  • FUEL REGULATION FAILURE SHOWS B.C. LIBERAL ENVIRONMENTAL HYPOCRISY
    28 Apr, 2010

    VICTORIA— New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming says a report released by two major environment organizations today concludes that the B.C. Liberals so-called low carbon fuel requirement could actually result in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and is more evidence of the B.C. Liberals environmental hypocrisy.

  • Carbon Tax would fund transit, green infrastructure under NDP's BC Green Fund
    9 Apr, 2010

    In September, at the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) 2009 Convention, Carole James called on the provincial government to cancel two years of corporate tax cut rebates related to the carbon tax, and instead put the money into a Provincial Green Fund for transit improvements and climate change solutions in communities across the province.

  • Tourism agencies brace for cuts
    13 Feb, 2009

    Tourism B.C. has told regional tourism agencies that promote Victoria, Vancouver and other regions to brace for possible budget cuts in 2009.

    The Crown corporation recently warned the regional marketing partners to prepare budgets scenarios with "austerity measures" that will cut funds for destination advertising and visitor information centres.

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