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BC Green Party Interim Leader Adam Olsen Designated as Intervener in NEB Trans Mountain Pipeline Hearings - Available for Interviews and Op-Ed

VICTORIA, 3 April 2014 -- Adam Olsen, Interim Leader of the BC Green Party, was designated by the National Energy Board on 2 April 2014 to serve as an Intervener in upcoming public hearings for the NEB’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project, a role in which he will be questioning the legality and negative impacts of the pipeline proposal under the Douglas Treaty and the risks to First Nations and commercial fishing should a spill occur. First Nations and other citizen groups affected by the proposed project have raised significant questions and concerns regarding the piping of heavy oil across British Columbia and shipping it off the province’s ecologically sensitive coast.

Media Statement: April 2nd, 2014
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Andrew Weaver and BC Green Party Interim Leader Adam Olsen Approved as Interveners in NEB Trans Mountain Pipeline Hearings

Victoria BC – The National Energy Board has issued the list of approved interveners and commentators for the upcoming hearings on the proposed Kinder Morgan – Trans Mountain pipeline project. Out of more than 2100 applicants, 1250 have been accepted to comment and 400 to submit evidence as interveners and question the proponents, with the formal process to be completed by July 2015. 

Tens of thousands of people in BC have voiced their opposition to the recent passing of Bill 4 – the Park Amendment Act. They are demanding its repeal because of fears around industrial development taking priority over the protection of our most significant areas of ecological diversity and natural beauty. I share many of their concerns.

The Problem with Bill 4 – the Park Amendment Act.

The Park Amendment Act is a controversial piece of legislation that now allows the BC Government to issue park use permits for activities that are not necessarily related to the mandate and purpose of our BC parks. The Act allows for permits to be issued for two general categories: film production and research. Read more at Andrew Weaver's Community Website

The government of BC has introduced Bill 24, The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) Amendment Act. Despite the lack of formal public consultation, we have an opportunity to make our voices heard before this Bill gets passed.

Changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) have been nervously anticipated since last July when Hon. Bill Bennett, the Minister responsible for the core review, braced British Columbians for change. Now the Bill is on the table we see the changes are substantive, and in my opinion are not in the interests of our food security.

Days before the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the west coast’s signature oil spill, a barge carrying “heavy oil” collided with another ship spilling approximately nearly 650,000 litres into the water around Galviston and Texas City, south of Houston, Texas.