Site C Summit

Huge new landslide ~1km down from the #SiteC dam. Town of Old Fort which again faces evacuation. This is the geology of the Peace River area—as we've said all along, a v. dicey place to put a dam. We spent easily an extra 8bn on fixes at that dam #bcpoli msn.com/en-ca/news/can…

Key miscalculation on Site C: discounting geotechnical risks known well in advance. BC Hydro branded "low risk" but "high consequence" if they materialized. BC Liberals started construction 2015. NDP inherited overrun when risks materialized. But Liberals made the call.

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I think a lot about what happens to the hundreds of people employed at a work camp when a boom/bust megaproject is finished. I've thought less about what happens to the actual physical camp. This is good coverage of that part of the story: cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

Still no word from @BChydro, @adriandix or @BCEnergyReg on this video. Comment please. #bcpoli #SiteC

Big leak at #SiteC. Awaiting better video of this, but you can see a leak from the penstock (intake pipe into the dam). It's -30 up there but dam should withstand that typical temp! I'll relay comments from watchers in the area in this thread. That audio isn't mine! #bcpoli

#bcpoli. #sitec leaking. Reports from site indicate serious leakage from penstock joints. -30 weather the last few days.

More seriously though, it’s striking how quickly those in power admit we can interfere with markets and divert supply chains at the stroke of a pen after they’ve spent years insisting they can’t to do so to pull people out of poverty, fight climate change or protect ecosystems.

Finally, media reporting on BC's fracking madness. It caused a massive quake at #SiteC in 2018. Why has it taken this long to look at this? Fracking leaks/vents methane, the most rapid of the climate-destroying gases. And the NDP back this. cbc.ca/amp/1.7447400 #bcpoli

If BC people knew we don't need new power in BC would they support spending $9 billion on the #SiteC Dam? #climate twitter.com/sarmcbride/sta…

Interesting numbers from @bchydro financials. Virtually no increase in demand and average industrial rates just over half of what residential rates are. And we haven’t even started to it for the #sitec dam yet. H/t to @Norm_Farrell #respond" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">in-sights.ca/2025/01/01/bc-…

#SiteC Dam destroyed farm & forest for energy that will power fracking & #LNG & will cost more. It will take 80 years to pay off & the public will pay the extra cost not the LNG Companies. Wind, solar & geothermal are all cheaper. thhttps://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6587882

Good news! Squamish Nation has shut down tunneling on FortisBC's 14-foot wide, 9km long tunnel under the Squamish estuary. Please join us in thanking Squamish Nation for acting in their role as a regulator to hold FortisBC accountable. 🔥#CancelthePermits squamishchief.com/local-news/env…

@maggiemcgeek @burnabymartin I'm shocked - but not - that we're hearing all these rumours of debt/deficit panic in the NDP govt but no one in media has brought up the cost of #SiteC, whose $20bn (at least) bill comes due in 2025. We could have had the same amount of power from wind for about $3bn! #bcpoli

🎉The City of Vancouver has voted to keep gas out of new buildings! 🎉 This is a hard-won victory for health, climate & justice. 🙌 CAPE's offical response here: cape.ca/press_release/… #VanPoli #ClimateVictory

You have got to be f&^%ing kidding me. thenarwhal.ca/site-c-dam-get…

!!! After flooding Treaty 8 territory to build the #SiteC dam, BC Hydro plans to give the $16+bn dam & its newly created reservoir Indigenous names. “I find it extremely offensive" - West Moberly First Nations Chief Roland Willson thenarwhal.ca/site-c-dam-get… #bcpoli

$6 billion in 2007 ballooned to $16 billion by 2021, just wondering what the final cost will be once Site C is fully operational? timescolonist.com/national-busin…