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On November 5th, BC Premier David Eby joined Indigenous leaders and local mayors to launch the North Coast Protection Declaration — calling on Ottawa to uphold the moratorium on oil tankers along BC’s northern coast.  #NorthCoast #BCEnergy #AlbertaOil #TankerBan #EnergyMedia #CanadianPolitics

Recent insights reveal that, with only 17 inspectors overseeing a vast province, questions arise about whether the current system can handle the massive expansion of drilling activity.  #BCEnergy #RegulatorCapacity #IndustryCapture #OilAndGas #EnvironmentalOversight #EnergyExpansion

🔗 Read the full article by Matt Simmons: https://f.mtr.cool/izfkmdbewp
#BCEnergy #EnergyRegulation #EnvironmentalOversight #OilAndGas #ResourceManagement

Despite talk of “sweet deals,” LNG projects in BC aren’t getting discounted electricity—just the standard transmission rate. With electric compression costing billions more than gas, and no real financial incentive, will these projects ever go fully electric? #LNGdebate #BCEnergy

Low Snowpack, Early Melt Could Force B.C. to Import Power from U.S. British Columbia could be forced to buy electricity from the United States for the third summer in a row, an expert warns, after drier, warmer weather across much of the province last month contribute...

#Climate #BCEnergy tinyurl.com/y8r84fnn
Climate change has melted snow early in BC, the low snowpack leaves the province short on hydro power.
BAD news! May need to import power from the US!

We need to tap into the geothermal potential of central/northern BC. It would provide another clean baseload, and we already have the skilled workforce (NE oil & gas) to do it. #BCEnergy #GeoThermal #CleanEnergy