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December 06 2008 » News Clippings » Globe and Mail

Coal-bed gas projects: one allowed, one stalled

Vancouver — The provincial government has temporarily closed the door to coal-bed gas in northwestern British Columbia, but has opened it to the same resource in the southeastern part of the province.

The government awarded tenure yesterday to BP Canada for the Mist Mountain project, which is proposed for a 500-square-kilometre area near Fernie.

At the same time, Energy Minister Richard Neufeld ruled out coal-bed activity in the Klappan Valley for two years.

Conservation groups in Canada and the United States are waging high-profile campaigns to protect the Flathead River, which flows from B.C. into Montana.

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