Site-C Fight Not Finished

SITE-C CAMPAIGN UPDATE #5

by PVEA

April 4, 2016

Upcoming Event: Please Promote!

April 6, Royal BC Museum, noon

Biologists and other experts from BC take on a bio blitz to document the flora and fauna of the Peace River region. Presented by Sarah Cox and RBCM Natural History Curatorial and Collections Staff.

http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/events/live-lunch-peace-river-valley-biodiversity-and-conservation-initiatives/

IN THE NEWS

Peace Valley Landowners in Court Today and Tomorrow

"A group of landowners is back in court to appeal the Site C dam. The group will argue the province should not have given the green light for the $8.8 billion hydroelectric project.”

 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-landowners-challenge-appeal-1.3519495


 Check out the audio clip too!

First Nations File New Court Case

The West Moberly First Nations and Prophet River First Nation have filed an appeal of the main water licences for the Site C Project with the Environmental Appeal Board.

http://energeticcity.ca/article/news/2016/04/01/west-moberly-prophet-river-first-nations-appeal-site-c-water-licences

Not an April Fools Joke: BC Hydro's Bizarre, Multi-Million Dollar Boondoggle to Save Fish from Site C Dam

Sarah Cox continues her excellent reporting on Site C for DeSmog. "In a scenario that sounds like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, bull trout and other fish will travel in trucks past the Site C dam  for 100 years as part of BC Hydro’s strategy to save the threatened fish species from disappearing from the Peace River.”

http://www.desmog.ca/2016/04/04/bc-hydro-s-bizarre-multi-million-dollar-boondoggle-save-fish-site-c-dam

Steamed about Site C? Geothermal is a Real Alternative

"Geothermal energy offers a low-cost, clean and viable alternative to the $8 billion Site C dam proposed for the Peace River, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA). The report, Geothermal Energy: The Renewable and Cost Effective Alternative to Site C , estimates that geothermal power would ring in at about $73 per megawatt-hour (MWh). BC Hydro has estimated the cost of Site C at $83 per MWh.

The report also says the proposed geothermal plants could be built for approximately $3.3 billion, less than half the cost of the Site C dam.”

http://www.desmog.ca/2014/11/25/geothermal-offers-cheaper-cleaner-alternative-site-c-dam-new-report

And as always: Online actions

· Sierra Club BC’s letter-writing action to the federal government:
http://sierraclub.bc.ca/take-action-centre/site-c-first-nations/

· Amnesty’s online petition to the federal and provincial governments now has more than 33,500 signatures:

http://bit.ly/1Uwwbnz

Also take action online at:

· http://realsitechearings.org

· http://savebcfromsitec.ca

Donate to the court cases:

Donations to support the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations in their legal challenge to the Site C dam can be made through RAVEN Trust and will be matched:
http://raventrust.com/join-the-circle-no-site-c/

Joint NGO letter to Prime Minister Trudeau:

New organizations are most welcome to endorse:
http://www.amnesty.ca/news/theres-nothing-clean-about-site-c-dam

Follow the campaign: Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/PeaceValleyEnvironmentAssociation/?fref=ts>
Twitter Website
<http://savebcfromsitec.ca/>*


Andrea Morison, BA, MA
Peace Valley Environment Association
PO Box 6062
Fort St. John, BC V1J 4H6

pveacoordinator@gmail.com