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)