Nelson Bennett
Steel duty removal would create level playing field for LNG
Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 5:43 PM MDT
Now that a nascent LNG industry has been placed on an even footing with other industries in B.C. – and…
B.C. Green Party Leader reiterates vow to bring down NDP government over LNG
Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 5:42 PM MDT
Think of B.C.’s climate change reduction targets like a bathtub full of water that must have 40% drained by 2030,…
Moratorium on B.C. wine sparked buying spree in Alberta
Friday, March 30, 2018, 1:54 PM MDT
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s boycott of British Columbia wine, designed to punish B.C. for its efforts to delay the Trans…
BC government gives major tax breaks to LNG Canada
Thursday, March 22, 2018, 3:42 PM MDT
The B.C. government will scrap a special LNG income tax, exempt plant construction from the PST and charge LNG plants…
Clean-tech firm touts oil ‘magnet’ for spill response
Thursday, March 22, 2018, 3:24 PM MDT
As the B.C. government conducts another public engagement exercise on how to respond to oil spills, a clean-tech startup from…
Why clean-tech executives are telling Horgan to back off on Trans Mountain
Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 2:37 PM MDT
More than two dozen clean-tech executives and venture capitalists have penned a letter to B.C. Premier John Horgan asking him…
The great fossil fuel phase-out debate: Coal, oil, gas produce about 80% of world’s energy and getting to zero won’t happen overnight
Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 2:26 PM MDT
Despite aggressive adoption of renewable energy by a number of industrialized countries, roughly 80% of the world’s energy for heating,…
Pain ahead in B.C. if Alberta follows through on threat to cut off oil: Analysts
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 3:24 PM MDT
When GasBuddy petroleum analyst Dan McTeague made predictions recently about Lower Mainlanders paying $2 per litre for gasoline, he wasn’t…
Site C spillway contract $300 million over original estimate
Friday, March 16, 2018, 3:09 PM MDT
BC Hydro has awarded the second largest contract for Site C dam to a consortium that includes Aecon Group Inc.,…
LNG Canada aims for construction start this year
Thursday, March 15, 2018, 5:37 PM MDT
In 2016, when LNG Canada hit the pause button on its multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas project in Kitimat, CEO…
Geoscience BC, UBC to monitor groundwater for methane in gas fields
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 5:56 PM MST
To address persistent concerns that hydraulic fracturing could result in methane seeping into ground water, Geoscience BC and the University…
Surrey-based natural gas engineering firm says B.C. location gives it an edge
Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 2:10 PM MST
Five years ago, Solaris Management Consultants Inc. was getting set up to double its workforce in Surrey, B.C.One of the…
