SFU study says spill hazards for Kitimat from tankers and pipelines much...
A study by two scholars at Simon Fraser University says that the Enbridge Northern Gateway project is much more hazardous to Kitimat harbour, Douglas Channel and the BC Coast than Enbridge has told the...
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Apache sells some of its gas and oil assets, confirms commitment to Kitimat...
Apache Corporation said Thursday it will sell oil and gas producing properties in the Nevis, North Grant Lands and South Grant Lands areas of western Alberta, to Ember Resources Inc., a private...
View ArticleWhy BC should watch the Australian election: LNG and natural gas are suddenly...
Could the future of northwestern British Columbia’s hoped for natural gas boom depend on the outcome of this weekend’s Australian general election? While the mainstream media in North America has...
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Commentary: The earthshaking difference between Enbridge and LNG
The Northern Gateway Joint Review panel, Kenneth Bateman, Sheila Leggett and Hans Matthews, listen to final arguments in Terrace, June 17, 2013. (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) Buried deep...
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Is Kitimat ready for a “big one?”
Kitimat Emergency Coordinator Bob McLeod at the earthquake postmortem Oct. 29, 2012 (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) Studies of the October 2012 magnitude 7.8 Haida Gwaii earthquake show...
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New Douglas Channel geological studies near completion
Three studies of the geology of Douglas Channel are near completion and publication, according to Natural Resources Canada. That news comes as studies, released today, warn of a major megathrust...
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Strange ancient hippo-like Pacific coast mammal “vacuumed” shoreline plant life
Scientists have identified a new species of a strange marine mammal group that lived on the Pacific Coast between 33 million years ago and 10 million years ago. The new specimens — from at least four...
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Special Report: New study identifies earthquake hazards for Hartley Bay,...
UPDATED with comments from District of Kitimat, Terrace and the Gitga’at Nation A preliminary seismic hazard assessment by Natural Resources Canada has identified possible earthquake scenarios for the...
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The end of the Ice Age in coastal British Columbia may indicate what will...
If some travellers, perhaps about 12,000 years ago, had headed up what is now called Douglas Channel, around the north end of Hawkesbury Island they likely would have seen a glacial retreat driven by a...
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Analysis: New scientific findings likely confirm Haisla story of first...
Two related scientific papers published in the past two weeks, one on the First Peoples initial settlement of coastal North America and the second giving a probable new timeline of the retreat of...
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