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to see another recent picture of the construction site on the Ashlu River.
It takes a lot of imagination to characterize this as an "environmentally benign" project.
Video: Hundreds of Rivers Are Being Given To Private Corporations
Written by Administrator
Saturday, 13 October 2007
Film by Conrad Schmidt ("Five Ring Circus") with excellent video footage of the Ashlu River. Includes interviews with Gwen Barlee of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, NDP Environment Critic Shane Simpson, Adriane Carr of the Green Party, Elaine Golds of the Burke Mountain Naturalists, and Tom Rankin of Friends of the Ashlu. Tens of billions of public dollars being given to a few private hands to build private renewable energy assets which will never stop making money for the private owners.
According to BC government this is not a dam.
Written by Administrator
Friday, 12 October 2007
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for a recent picture of the construction site on the Ashlu River.
This is a dam on a river that was saved by due process and then given to a developer friend of the Premier of BC. The regulatory process and the environmental processes are a farce.
Ruining a highly productive salmon river would cause the public to react and so the government spares no expense to keep the truth from the public.
Under Gordon Campbell's BC Rivers are being given away. Absolutely no one is speaking for the public who own the electric energy system, the rivers, wind , thermal and tidal sites all being given away since 2002.
Global TV Story about Private Power Projects
Written by Administrator
Monday, 02 July 2007
A story by Mike Chisholm on Global TV about the Ashlu and Pitt Rivers and private power projects. Includes interviews with Tom Rankin and Joe Foy. MP3 clip
BC Rivers Are Being Taken Into Private Hands Against Public Will
Written by Administrator
Friday, 29 June 2007
If you have Google Earth installed n your computer, click here to view the alarming number of BC rivers being taken from public control for private power while the public pays billions for private projects and receives virtually nothing.
Statement from Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians
Written by Administrator
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Maude Barlow of The Council of Canadians speaks out against the taking of your water resource by private corporations forever.
Robbery. The public energy and renewable energy assets of the people of BC.
Written by Tom Rankin
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Tom Rankin asking the citizens of British Columbia to wake up and claim their assets because no one is protecting the public energy asset.
The Ashlu Tunnel
Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
This is a view of the beginning of a seven kilometer tunnel being drilled through Ashlu mountain at the Ashlu River near Squamish for a private company, who undersized the project to use easier approval rules and then who were denied a zoning change by the local regional government after a long, well-attended public re-zoning process. Then the Government of BC gave the project to Ledcor of Vancouver, a backer of the governing party, a huge construction company and owner of many private water power licences.
49 Megawatts
Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
A film showing the scenic, wildlife, and
recreational values of the Ashlu River, and the
destruction that has taken place.
Click here to view the QuickTime video.
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