In B.C. the government uses propaganda not only to integrate its citizens into its wacky LNG fantasy, but to subsidize foreign companies and pay for unneeded dams and transmission lines at the same time. It is designed to make taxpayers smile while they are being robbed.
NEB serves industry, not the public
This article is an updated and extended version of one published in January 2012. Particularly since it gained majority control of the House and Senate, Canada’s Conservative Party has been crippling the […]
Regrets might will come later
Chairman Harper and the Chinese Sell-Out, Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee “By Nov. 1 three of China’s national oil companies will have more power to shape Canada’s energy markets as well as challenge […]
Nikiforuk examines Enbridge
Spill Crisis: ‘Whatever, We’re Going Home’, Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee “…damning U.S. regulatory reports portraying Calgary-based Enbridge as a company that ignored safety protocols and warning alarms as well as the recommendations […]
Covering for mistakes, folly & stupidity
Palmer: Taxpayers overpaid by millions to prevent more Liberal dirty laundry from being aired in court, Vancouver Sun, April 24, 2012 “After months of delay, the B.C. Liberals finally released Tuesday a […]
Harper’s anti-science shame
Don’t miss Andrew Nikiforuk’s latest contribution at The Tyee: Understanding Harper’s Evangelical Mission “…While government and industry PR folk spin fabrications about Canada’s environmental record, Scott Vaughan, Federal Environment Commissioner in the […]
Toward amoral petro-state
An Open Reply to Joe Oliver’s Propaganda for the Petro StateENERGY & EQUITY: Nikiforuk joins the fray.Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee “Canada’s Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver has just pulled a Hugo Chavez: […]
New pipelines hurt Canadian consumers
Cushing Oklahoma is a price settlement point for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light crude oil and the town proclaims itself to be the “Pipeline Crossroads of the World,” However, petroleum stored there […]
Taking on Goliath
Salt Spring Forum and Salt Spring Island Conservancy hosted noted western Canadian journalist Andrew Nikiforuk Wednesday to hear details of his new book, Empire of the Beetle. It is an examination of “how human folly and a […]
Disaster in the making
Danger to the environment of northeast British Columbia increases steadily as natural gas producers pump billions of gallons of water and billions of pounds more of sand and chemicals underground in what […]
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