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March 27 2008 » News Clippings » Prince Rupert Daily News

Activist calls on council to fight gas projects

By Leanne Ritchie, The Daily News
If Shell Canada proceeds with coal bed methane development in the Klappan, the company would need to develop thousands of wells that would pump up salty water full of heavy metals to the surface of a wilderness area that encompasses the birthplace of the province’s greatest salmon bearing rivers, a critic is warning.

Speaking about plans for coal bed methane development at this week’s city council meeting, Shannon McPhail executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition told Prince Rupert city council that following a four-year long quest for answers about possible coal bed methane development in the Klappan, the information doesn’t paint a pretty picture.

“We know there is good development and bad development. We aren’t anti-mining or anti-oil and gas … but we believe developments must pose minimum risk and maximum opportunities for the communities and with coal bed methane, the opposite is true,” she said…

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