Save Our Rivers
@SaveOurRivers
protecting bc's rivers and public power from environmentally damaging run-of-river (river diversion) private power projects
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The province entered into way too many private power contracts and now has to pay $17.5 million to NOT buy power vancouversun.com/news/politics/…
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B.C. Hydro spent $17.5 million to not buy power
B.C. Hydro spent $17.5 million to not buy power
Our rivers were never protected BC's environmental assessment process. BC's Auditor General writes a scathing report: tinyurl.com/5vwxq5e
Why are BC Hydro rates going higher and and higher? You can thank the government's poorly conceived Clean Energy Act. tinyurl.com/3b76blm
Last year the BC government axed Livesmart. Now they are airing ads about how much green energy there is in BC. http://tinyurl.com/37ak8xk
Plutonic drops it's massive Bute Inlet run-of-river project from the environmental assessment process. http://tinyurl.com/2b7hguh
Tzoonie 'Run-of-River' project shut down due to environmental concerns triggered by drilling into lake bottom. http://tinyurl.com/2fypsvq
BC Hydro to lose more than $300 million per year. Read about the economics behind 'run-of-river': http://tinyurl.com/ipp-high-costs
Vote for Rafe Mair as newsmaker of the year and help put 'run-of-river' back in the news: http://www.cbc.ca/bc/features/newsmaker2009/
Rally to save wild salmon, downtown Vancouver at the Art Gallery. Oct 3 @ 1pm. For more info see: www.wildsalmoncircle.com
Canada the most energy inefficient nation in the world. Time to put conservation before new Run-of-River projects. http://tinyurl.com/mw2d2c
BC has been a next EXPORTER of electricity in 7 of the last 11 years. Why do we need Run-of-River? Stats here: http://tinyurl.com/kqwnvf
Plutonic Power has given $51,906 to the BC Liberals and their CEO Donald McInnes gave another $10,000. http://tinyurl.com/qye7yz
GE (a major investment partner in the Bute Inlet 'run-of-river' project) named #1 Greenwasher in America: http://tinyurl.com/dlf4by
Run-of-river energy or energy conservation? New study finds potential to reduce energy demand by 23% in US. http://tinyurl.com/ntttd2
Let's not forget, the government ignored the 2007 BC Hydro recommendation to ramp up energy conservation: http://tinyurl.com/nbmyjy
Will the government overturn the independent BCUC's decision and resume destroying BC's Rivers for energy export? http://tinyurl.com/lqeho7
BC Utilities Commission rejects the BC Hydro Long Term Acquisition Plan. Plutonic Power stock plunges 20%. http://tinyurl.com/kpnyfy
Run of River Inc's Brandywine IPP suffers $500K loss, 24% year over year decline due to lower snow melt. http://tinyurl.com/kr6yq5
IPP near Harrison Lake breaches environmental standards because the fines are cheap: http://tinyurl.com/m5zgw4
The close relationship between the current government and the IPP industry is outlined here: http://tinyurl.com/kup3b8
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