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WHEREAS the Board of the Powell River Regional District supports the
objectives of the BC Energy Plan of the Government of British Columbia
which states:
1. Achieving electricity self-sufficiency is fundamental to our
future energy security and that BC shall
achieve electricity self-sufficiency by 2016.
2. For existing an new electricity plants the government will set
policy around reaching zero net
emissions through carbon offsets from other activities in
British Columbia.
3. The government is committed to ensuring that British
Columbia's electricity sector remains one of
the cleanest in the world and that the province will require
zero greenhouse gas emissions from
any coal thermal electricity facilities which can be met
through capture and sequestration
technology.
AND WHEREAS WestPac LNG is soliciting interest to build an LNG import
facility and and associated 600MW gas-fired electricity generating
plant on Texada Island, the emissions from which could negatively
impact the environment throughout the Powell River Regional District
and beyond;
AND WHEREAS WestPac LNG's plans will involve the passage of a
significant number of LNG tankers in the Georgia Strait, which will
interfere with existing commercial and recreational marine traffic, put
at risk these ecologically important and sensitive inland waters, and
negatively impact upland development along this route;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, consistent with the Province's goal of
energy self-sufficiency and clean power, the Board of the Powell River
Regional District urge the Provincial government, as part of achieving
the BC Energy Plan, to zero greenhouse gas emissions from new gas-fired
electricity generation stations and to support a federal government ban
on the passage of LNG tankers in the waters of the Malaspina and
Georgia Straits;
AND FURTHER that the Regional Board request the federal government to
implement a ban on LNG tanker as indicated above.
AND FURTHER that the Regional Board seek support for these initiatives
from other Vancouver Island and mainland communities potentially
impacted by WestPac LNG import plans.
respectfully yours,
Dave Murphy, Director Area "D" Texada Island, BC