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Help BC rivers and creeks! |
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Published by Jakub Drnec on May 07, 2007
Category: Environment
Region: Canada
Target: Richard Nuefeld, BC Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
Web site: http://bc-creeks.org
Background (Preamble):
Run-of-river hydroelectric projects and their construction have an enormous ecological footprint on some of our Province's most environmentally sensitive areas, its free-flowing rivers and creeks.
The changes outlined above will ensure that British Columbia´s rivers and creeks are protected for generations to come.
The changes outlined above will ensure that British Columbia´s rivers and creeks are protected for generations to come.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, request the British Columbia Provincial Government change the current practices affecting BC’s free flowing watercourses (rivers and creeks).
We ask for the following:
A province-wide environmental assessment concerning the cumulative effects of run-of-river hydroelectric projects.
A temporary halt of all run-of-river hydroelectric projects pending the results of the above assessment.
A mandatory environmental assessment for every run-of-river hydroelectric projects within British Columbia.
Reverse Bill 30 rulings pertaining to new energy projects and municipalities right to accept or refuse run-of-river hydroelectric projects operations.
We ask for the following:
A province-wide environmental assessment concerning the cumulative effects of run-of-river hydroelectric projects.
A temporary halt of all run-of-river hydroelectric projects pending the results of the above assessment.
A mandatory environmental assessment for every run-of-river hydroelectric projects within British Columbia.
Reverse Bill 30 rulings pertaining to new energy projects and municipalities right to accept or refuse run-of-river hydroelectric projects operations.
The Help BC rivers and creeks! petition to Richard Nuefeld, BC Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources was written by Jakub Drnec and is hosted free of charge at GoPetition.
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