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?