Energy and BC, An Essay by Roger Gibbins

The discussion  about LNG and BC resources is repetitive and does not go away. This article from Alberta Oil Magazine is from February of this year.  As we experience and assess more and more weather events due to climate change, our collective conscience surely must ask if we really should continue to 'say yes' to massive resource developments as Premier Clark emphatically stated in her address to the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce.  What is so wrong with 'no' and a commitment to consume less, be more self-sufficient and hold growth to something more sustainable as much of the world is doing?  We are players too.

http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2014/02/christy-clark-bc-premier/

Like her or loathe her, B.C. Premier Christy Clark is possibly Canada's most influential energy player.

An Essay from the former president of the Canada West Foundation by Roger Gibbins
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark embodies the tension Canadians feel between energy development and environmental protection. The fate of her political career depends on finding the right balance.

This conclusion stems only in part from B.C.’s vast, if hardly unique, natural gas reserves. Of greater significance is that the most pressing energy challenges we face – access to Asian markets and investment, First Nation participation in rather than opposition to energy projects, strident environmental campaigns against any form of resource development, community deference to the National Energy Board, and public concerns about tanker traffic along B.C.’s iconic coast – are all coming to a boil on Premier Clark’s watch.

To read the whole essay, go to the link above.