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VICTORIA, BC - The Federal government today committed $130 million of federal "green infrastructure" funding to a British Columbia project designed to support mining proposals. According to Prime Minister Harper, the proposed 335-kilometer Northwest Transmission Line would contribute to "a more efficient energy grid" and provide "cleaner, greener energy"- but he overlooked the fact its main purpose is to extend the existing electrical grid to support resource extraction in the province's northwest corner.

VICTORIA, BC—The September budget update stimulates the old, fossil fuel economy while failing to invest in the new, green economy of the future, says Guy Dauncey, President of the BC Sustainable Energy Association.

“People are looking for leadership to move off the old, fossil fuel based economy,” said Dauncey. “Economic stimulus spending is a golden opportunity to invest in the new, green economy. Unfortunately, this budget falls back on highways and oil and gas development.”

Green stimulus would create jobs and protect BC’s valuable environment, say conservation groups

BC environmental groups warn that the 2009 budget update released today will result in not just a financial deficit but also an increasing ecological deficit that will weigh heavily on future generations. In the face of challenging economic circumstances, the groups call on government to focus economic stimulus on building a new, environmentally sustainable economy instead of propping up the old economy that continues to fail us and jeopardizes BC’s environmental future.

Victoria, BC - The BC Sustainable Energy Association is very happy to congratulate AltaGas, Aeolis Wind Power Corporation and the Peace Energy Cooperative on the first delivery of wind energy into British Columbia’s grid.

“It has been a long time coming, but it’s finally here. We hope this marks the beginning of a period of major growth for the wind energy sector,” said Guy Dauncey, President of the BCSEA.

Victoria, BC – The BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA) today delivered 85 copies of Thomas Friedman’s new book “Hot, Flat, and Crowded” to the offices of new and returning members of the Legislative Assembly, who will take their seats next week for the opening of the 39th Parliament of the BC Legislature.

Copies of the books were presented personally to Minister of State for Climate Action John Yap and Opposition Environment Critic Rob Fleming.