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Some of you may have heard about the ongoing battles between the Squamish Lillooet Regional District & Ledcor, the energy developer that wants to construct a run-of-the-river micro-hydro operation on the Ashlu R. in BC .. The problem extends far beyond the Ashlu & is indicative of a systemic political weakness that promotes grabbing ankle & letting US corporations privatize Canadian resources at the expense of evironmental, recreational & local social concerns.
I've provided a link to a really great article from the Georgia Straight, that explains this in great detail. It's kinda long, so check it out when you have some time:
http://www.straight.com/Print_Page.cfm?id=16584
Losing the Ashlu to micro-hydro development would be a huge tragedy, but like I said, it's only one of the threatened waterways, so I think that the more people that are educated about the overarching political challenges, the better ...
Some of you may have heard about the ongoing battles between the Squamish Lillooet Regional District & Ledcor, the energy developer that wants to construct a run-of-the-river micro-hydro operation on the Ashlu R. in BC .. The problem extends far beyond the Ashlu & is indicative of a systemic political weakness that promotes grabbing ankle & letting US corporations privatize Canadian resources at the expense of evironmental, recreational & local social concerns.
I've provided a link to a really great article from the Georgia Straight, that explains this in great detail. It's kinda long, so check it out when you have some time:
http://www.straight.com/Print_Page.cfm?id=16584
Losing the Ashlu to micro-hydro development would be a huge tragedy, but like I said, it's only one of the threatened waterways, so I think that the more people that are educated about the overarching political challenges, the better ...
