My colleague, Nathan Cullen MP – Skeena-Bulkley Valley recently issued the following Op-ed which I would like to share with you. Days after the Deepwater Horizon offshore oilrig blew up off the coast of Lousiana killing 11 workers, British Petroleum assured the public that they would contain the leak quickly. They were wrong. The leak [...]
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010NEW DEMOCRAT CLIMATE CHANGE BILL PASSES FINAL VOTE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
Friday, May 7th, 2010OTTAWA – On Wednesday, May 5th, the New Democrat Climate Change Accountability Act (Bill C-311) passed its final vote in the House of Commons by a vote of 149 to 136. “It has been too long coming,” said Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior, “but I am delighted it has passed, once again. Now [...]
NDP Climate Change Bill One Step Closer to Law
Friday, April 16th, 2010Keep up the pressure; the climate clock is ticking, says Atamanenko OTTAWA – The Federal NDP’s Climate Change Accountability Act (Bill C-311), which will commit the federal government to achieving practical, science-based greenhouse-gas reduction targets, moved one step closer to becoming law yesterday. “It was great to see a majority of the members come together [...]
Climate Change Accountability Act
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010HELP SUPPORT BILL C-311: THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT! After four years of the federal NDP building and working to get this bill through Parliament, the final Committee Report will hopefully, at long last, be coming before the House of Commons this Spring (tentatively March 31st.) This House of Commons Environment Committee Report will be [...]
The World Wants a Real Deal! Vigil in Nelson
Saturday, December 12th, 2009It was a very cold evening in Nelson, BC (Canada) on Dec. 12, but despite the weather 300+ residents created a candle light spiral, a symbol of solidarity with peoples most imminently threatened by climate change. Women’s choir Shenango opened the event, followed by speakers Hillary Vipond of the West Kootenay Ecosociety, MLA Michelle Mungall, [...]
Commit to Climate Change Action!
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009This December the world will gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen to discuss our children’s future on this planet, and the affect that Climate Change will have upon it. Campaigns have been mounting, coincidentally timed, to discredit climate change scientists and their science. It is important to remember that while [...]
Atamanenko Disappointed with Vote on Climate Change
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009OTTAWA – Today, BC Southern Interior NDP MP Alex Atamanenko slammed Liberal and Conservative MPs for passing a motion that will further delay Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, from passing in the House of Commons. “A similar NDP bill was passed in Parliament in 2008, but Mr. Harper killed the Bill before it [...]
Atamanenko Nominated as Federal NDP Candidate
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Federal Environment Critic Duncan slams Harper Castlegar – MP Alex Atamanenko was acclaimed Saturday September 26th as the NDP candidate for the federal riding of BC Southern Interior in the next federal election, at a Nomination and Annual General Meeting in Castlegar. Back from a series of public MP Community Forums across the Similkameen and [...]
Glacier Howser and Other BC IPP Projects
Friday, July 31st, 2009Letter to Premier Campbell Dear Premier Campbell: On 24 July 2009 I submitted a letter to the Environmental Assessment Office, expressing concerns with the proposed Glacier Howser Private Hydroelectric Project. Attached please find a copy of this submission. An overwhelming majority of people in our area are against this project as evidenced by over 1100 [...]
MP Atamanenko Throws Support Behind Community Opposition to Kootenay IPP
Friday, June 26th, 2009“Where is the benefit to the people of BC?” Castlegar, BC – Before a public meeting in Kaslo on Wednesday that drew 1100 citizens from the town and other Kootenay communities, MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) told one of the largest crowds ever assembled against a proposed Independent Power Project (IPP) “This Glacier-Howser IPP [...]