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Selling First Nations down the river
OIL AND GAS interests and the government recently offered a First Nation in the Skeena River estuary (BC, Canada) $1 billion to consent to construction of a controversial terminal to load fossil fuels onto tankers. Despite the First Nation rejecting the... -
British Columbia Environmental Assessment Act and Regulations
British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act requires that certain large-scale project proposals undergo an environmental assessment and obtain an environmental assessment certificate before they can proceed. The current legislation came into effect in...