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Ben Parfitt
BC needs to better monitor water consumption
For some time, the men and women tasked with ensuring there is enough clean, safe water in Greater Victoria have understood two simple things: the water that local residents and…
It’s time to modernize BC’s Water Act
Shortly after the 2009 BC election, a commitment was made to modernize the province’s century old Water Act to meet the challenges of a new century. It was one of…
The campaign to discredit BC Auditor General’s report on carbon neutrality
For months, vested interests in government and the private sector have known that a damning report was in the offing by BC’s outgoing Auditor General, John Doyle. Doyle’s office has…
Industry gets credits, schoolyards get stumps
Picture a savvy land developer who has just purchased 1,000 acres of forestland on a city’s outskirts. He plans to cut most of the trees down to build hundreds of…
Planning a BC forest giveaway
Given the short duration of the upcoming legislative session and the provincial election to follow, a government plan to introduce a scant two-paragraph bill granting it powers to fundamentally alter…
Getting the fracking facts
Natural gas is not and never has been a clean fuel. Yet almost daily, industry and government alike assert that it is a vitally important “transition fuel” that must be…
From Stream to Steam
Emerging Challenges for BC’s Interlinked Water and Energy Resources Attachments From Stream to Steam: SUMMARY…
BC must get serious about its water supply
In 2010 BC’s South Peace Region, downstream from the massive W.A.C. Bennett Dam, was so arid that the province ordered natural gas companies to temporarily halt their water withdrawals from…
Remarks to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia’s Special Committee on Timber Supply
Attachments Remarks to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia’s Special Committee on Timber Supply…
BC’s focus on liquefied natural gas makes no sense for climate or economy
In 2009, British Gas, a leader in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, submitted a voluminous environmental assessment report for a massive new gas processing plant and export terminal…
BC mills are quickly running out of wood
On January 20, the town of Burns Lake received national attention when a horrific explosion and ensuing inferno at the local sawmill killed two mill workers, and triggered the loss…
Log exports: waving the white flag of economic defeat
As more and more raw, unprocessed logs leave British Columbia’s coast in ocean freighters bound for the far side of the world, a common refrain from some in our forest…
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