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Our Water Blog
Our Water Blog
- Shale gas decisions in Quebec raise questions about B.C.’s approach
- The Quebec government has agreed to a pause on hydraulic fracturing for shale gas, or "fracking", due to significant gaps in understanding about the impacts. Should BC also proceed with caution?
- COMPARISON: Proposed Water Sustainability Act v. ENGO Statement of Expectations AND Living Water Smart
- A breakdown of the proposed Water Sustainability Act
- Fish out of water: Time for stronger rules to protect environmental flows
- One hot day last year, an inspector from the BC Ministry of the Environment faced a tough choice – whether to cut off a rancher’s water.
- Visionary laws protecting our water
- Sometimes, a few words on a piece of paper can dramatically boost nature protection.
- Comment needed: new Water Sustainability Act
- The Ministry of Environment is inviting public comment on the policy proposal on British Columbia’s Water Sustainability Act. This new water act is meant to modernize the century-old Water Act, a necessary policy move to steward water wisely for future generations.
- BC’s water to be sold to the highest bidder?
- Is the BC government really considering privatizing water rights? The new Water Sustainability Act proposal takes a step in the wrong direction.
- Water under the bridge: developments in 2010
- Ebbs and flows in water developments in BC for the year just ended
- What’s hot and what’s not in BC’s Water Sustainability Act
- Hot off the press – the Province has unveiled a new “policy proposal” for a Water Sustainability Act. This is the start of the next phase of public consultations on how to update BC’s century-old Water Act. What's good, what's bad?
- Live life health people animals rivers
- Today WWF-Canada, with support from the Vancouver Foundation, released a poll that asks British Columbians what they think about fresh water. It reveals some pretty interesting stuff. But my favourite by far is the word cloud.
- B.C. residents back stronger water protections: survey
- Overwhelming majority of B.C. residents say water a critical resource, government should implement more stringent regulations to protect fresh water's integrity.
- Gasland brings sickening reality of fracking home
- “Water’s not supposed to bubble like that unless it’s Perrier,” exclaimed the detective, as he examined tap water from a cattle ranch adjacent to natural gas drilling wells. The detective proceeded to light water streaming from the tap on fire.
- New Water Act may help protect endangered Sacred Headwaters
- The last Sunday of September marks Rivers Day, the day when people around the world celebrate one of the planet's greatest resources -- our rivers. This Rivers Day in British Columbia, however, may be one to mourn.
- Writing's in the well: Why B.C. needs a new Water Act, now
- As another long, dry summer in B.C. comes to an end and the rainy season settles in, it might be easy to forget about the drought the province experienced this summer. But we do so at our peril.
- Water Act Consultation results are flowing in
- On September 7th the Ministry of Environment released its long awaited “Report on Engagement” - analysis of the comments during its public consultations on plans to “modernize” the Water Act.
- Watershed Watch Advocates for Clear Standards for Environmental Flows in WAM Process
- Watershed Watch Salmon Society believes that BC’s main water law is long overdue for a major overhaul
- Will a new Water Act rein in Oil and Gas water use?
- The Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) is not properly regulating water use by oil and gas companies in the North East of the province. In fact, it may not be complying with provincial law.
- Fish out of water
- It’s hard to imagine that a rainforest could suffer from “drought”.
- Montana – a cautionary tale for BC?
- One of the big challenges of environmental law is that when laws are not properly written, people will inevitably find a way to get around them. A case in point is groundwater regulation in Montana.
- Fixing a century-old system: why modernizing the Water Act matters
- As the tinder-dry B.C. Interior fights forest fires and the Peace region faces the worst drought in 20 years, one thing becomes increasingly clear: water, or the lack of it, will shape B.C.’s future.
- A long dry summer — are we ready?
- When it comes to climate change, it is often said that mitigation (prevention) is about energy, and adaptation is about water.
