UBCM calls for LNG tanker ban and no GHGs

At its convention in Pentiction from September 22-26, 2008, the Union of BC Municipalities approved these two resolutions:

B76 - GAS-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATING FACILITY EMISSIONS

BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM urge the provincial government, as part of achieving the BC Energy Plan, to require zero greenhouse gas emissions from new gas-fired electricity generation stations. (link to full resolution)

B143 - LNG TANKER TRAFFIC BAN IN GEORGIA STRAIT

BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM urge the federal government to ban the passage of LNG tankers in the waters of the Malaspina and Georgia Straits. (link to full resolution)

All regional governments around Georgia Strait have now passed resolutions calling on the provincial and federal governments for these policies to be adopted.

• Powell River Regional District
• Capital Regional District
  
• Islands Trust
• Regional District of Nanaimo
  
• Comox Valley Regional District
  
• former Comox-Strathcona Regional District
• Sunshine Coast Regional District
• Cowichan Valley Regional District
  

Until the polls open on October 14, the Alliance to Stop LNG will be asking candidates in the Federal Election: Do you support a LNG tanker ban and will your party work in Ottawa to implement a LNG tanker ban?

Cowichan Valley calls for LNG tanker and GHG bans

At its September 10 meeting, the Board of the Cowichan Valley Regional District joined all of the regional districts around Georgia Strait as well as the Islands Trust in passing two resolutions:

1. A call to the Federal Government for a ban on LNG tankers in Georgia, Malaspina and Haro Straits, and Boundary Pass.

2. A call to the Provincial Government in support of zero GHG emissions from new natural gas fired power plants

And it undertook to support the two similar Powell River Regional District resolutions at the UBCM which meets in Penticton on September 22.

• the Powell River Regional District (UBCM resolutions, May 2008
  
• the Capital Regional District (both resolutions, Aug 2008)
  
• the Islands Trust (both resolutions, Jun 2008)
  
• the Regional District of Nanaimo (LNG tanker ban, Aug 2008)
  
• the Comox Valley Regional District (LNG tanker ban, Aug 2008)
  
• the former Comox-Strathcona Regional District (GHG ban, 2007)
  
• the Sunshine Coast Regional District (both resolutions, Sep 2008)

Sunshine Coast calls for LNG tanker & GHG ban

On September 4, 2008, the Board of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) passed a resolution with three points:

1. Send a letter to the Provincial Government in support of zero GHG emissions from new gas fired power plants

2. Send a letter to the Federal Government calling for a ban on LNG tankers in Georgia, Malaspina and Haro Straits.

3. Support the Powell River Regional District resolutions on above at the UBCM which meets in Penticton on September 22.

The SCRD joins all other regional districts, plus the Islands Trust, which have addressed these issues around Georgia Strait.

the Powell River Regional District (UBCM resolutions, May 2008)

the Capital Regional District (both resolutions, Aug 2008),

the Islands Trust (both resolutions, Jun 2008),

the Regional District of Nanaimo (LNG tanker ban, Aug 2008),

the Comox Valley Regional District (LNG tanker ban, Aug 2008),

the former Comox-Strathcona Regional District (GHG ban, 2007)