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As seen in: The Narwhal, National Post, Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Factor This, Roanoke Times, The Tyee, Lexology, The Province, DeSmog UK, The Franklin News-Post
Join Blue Sky & follow me: @sarahcox.bsky.social. I write about the natural world. Author of Signs of Life & Breaching the Peace. Words at www.thenarwhal.ca
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Opinion: B.C. Hydro, like Trump, takes aim at media

Opinion: B.C. Hydro, like Trump, takes aim at media

When Donald Trump held his first news conference this month following his election as U.S. president, observe…

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Besties? BC Hydro and Premier's Office Too Close for Comfort, Experts Suggest

Besties? BC Hydro and Premier's Office Too Close for Comfort, Experts Suggest

Fast-tracking Site C dam construction before May's provincial election is an unusual decision driven more by …

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Revealed: Inside the B.C. Government's Site C Spin Machine

Revealed: Inside the B.C. Government's Site C Spin Machine

BC Hydro officials and members of Premier Christy Clark and Energy Minister Bill Bennett's offices were all i…

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BC Hydro Plans to Expropriate Farmers' Home for Site C Before Christmas

BC Hydro Plans to Expropriate Farmers' Home for Site C Before Christmas

BC Hydro plans to expropriate the home of Peace Valley farmers Ken and Arlene Boon before Christmas, followin…

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First Nations Chiefs Say Site C Highway Route Will Desecrate Graves, BC Hydro Disagrees

First Nations Chiefs Say Site C Highway Route Will Desecrate Graves, BC Hydro Disagrees

The route chosen by BC Hydro for a Site C dam highway relocation will "desecrate" a First Nations burial grou…

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BC Hydro Missed Rare and Vulnerable Species During Site C Environmental Assessment, New Research ...

BC Hydro Missed Rare and Vulnerable Species During Site C Environmental Assessment, New Research ...

Scientists have discovered rare and notable species in the Site C dam flood zone that were missed in BC Hydro…

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BC Hydro Applies to Demolish Rare, Ancient Wetland for Site C Construction

BC Hydro Applies to Demolish Rare, Ancient Wetland for Site C Construction

Talk about the government fox guarding the hen house. BC Hydro has applied to the provincial government for a…

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Is B.C.'s Tunnel Vision Forcing out Solar Power?

Is B.C.'s Tunnel Vision Forcing out Solar Power?

A cute graphic of white houses with rooftop solar panels is featured on the U.S. Department of Energy's websi…

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U.S. Hydropower Vision Exposes B.C.'s Short-Sighted Thinking on Site C Dam

U.S. Hydropower Vision Exposes B.C.'s Short-Sighted Thinking on Site C Dam

It sounds like a renewable energy utopia of the distant future. Twelve million houses with roofs covered in s…

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Site C Dam Already Cost $314 Million More than Expected, Behind Schedule, New Documents Show

Site C Dam Already Cost $314 Million More than Expected, Behind Schedule, New Documents Show

In only its earliest phases of construction, the Site C dam project has already spent more money than project…

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'Our Way of Existence is Being Wiped Out': B.C. First Nation Besieged by Industry

'Our Way of Existence is Being Wiped Out': B.C. First Nation Besieged by Industry

The B.C. government has significantly accelerated the rate and scale of industrial development in the Blueber…

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BC Hydro Tells Farmers Fighting Site C Dam to Vacate Property By Christmas

BC Hydro Tells Farmers Fighting Site C Dam to Vacate Property By Christmas

Peace Valley farmers and outspoken critics of the Site C dam Ken and Arlene Boon say BC Hydro intends to forc…

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BC Hydro Apologizes for Bennett Dam's 'Profound and Painful' Impact on First Nations at Gallery O...

BC Hydro Apologizes for Bennett Dam's 'Profound and Painful' Impact on First Nations at Gallery O...

BC Hydro deeply regrets the impacts of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam on First Nations and will not repeat the "mista…

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Sarah Cox: B.C. Hydro should drop SLAPP suits against protesters

Sarah Cox: B.C. Hydro should drop SLAPP suits against protesters

Before B.C. Hydro took Site C dam opponents to court in February, it did something highly unusual for a Crown…

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BC Hydro Suing Opponents of Site C Dam in SLAPP-style Suit, Legal Experts Say

BC Hydro Suing Opponents of Site C Dam in SLAPP-style Suit, Legal Experts Say

Nothing remains at the Rocky Mountain Fort site where Peace Valley farmers and First Nations camped for 60 da…

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BC Hydro's Bizarre, Multi-Million Dollar Boondoggle to Save Fish from Site C Dam

BC Hydro's Bizarre, Multi-Million Dollar Boondoggle to Save Fish from Site C Dam

In a scenario that sounds like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, bull trout and other fish will travel in tr…

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BC Hydro Injunction Against Site C Dam Encampment 'Fundamentally Flawed': Former CEO Marc Eliesen

BC Hydro Injunction Against Site C Dam Encampment 'Fundamentally Flawed': Former CEO Marc Eliesen

Former BC Hydro CEO Marc Eliesen says BC Hydro's claim that a one-year delay in Site C dam construction will …

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Old-Growth Threatened by Site C as Ecologically Important as Great Bear Rainforest, Former B.C. B...

Old-Growth Threatened by Site C as Ecologically Important as Great Bear Rainforest, Former B.C. B...

The Peace Valley old-growth forest slated to be clear cut for the Site C dam is just as important, if not mor…

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Female Site C Opponents Allegedly Intimidated, Harassed by Security Firm with Ties to BC Hydro

Female Site C Opponents Allegedly Intimidated, Harassed by Security Firm with Ties to BC Hydro

First Nations women camping at the Rocky Mountain Fort site and opposing ongoing construction for the Site C …

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B.C. Taxpayers Paid Millions for the Prime Farmland BC Hydro Will Flood with Site C Dam

B.C. Taxpayers Paid Millions for the Prime Farmland BC Hydro Will Flood with Site C Dam

Over the past four decades, B.C. taxpayers have footed a multi-million dollar bill for BC Hydro to purchase p…

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Valuable First Nations Historic Sites "Will Be Gone Forever" if Site C Dam Proceeds: Archaeologis...

Valuable First Nations Historic Sites "Will Be Gone Forever" if Site C Dam Proceeds: Archaeologis...

One of the archaeologists who excavated the Rocky Mountain Fort site in the 1980s says much remains to be dis…

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Sarah Cox: With Site C protest, history is again being made at the Rocky Mountain Fort

Sarah Cox: With Site C protest, history is again being made at the Rocky Mountain Fort

It is no accident that Treaty 8 First Nations members and their farming neighbours have chosen an historic Eu…

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Impact of Site C Dam on B.C. Farmland Far More Dire Than Reported, Local Farmers Show

Impact of Site C Dam on B.C. Farmland Far More Dire Than Reported, Local Farmers Show

Clay and Katy Peck are just the type of young farming family that B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick says…

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