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WEB EXTRA: Shell drilling plans attacked


THIS SIGN protesting drilling plans for the Klappan area northeast of here will greet Premier Gordon Campbell when he visits Smithers later this week.

SKEENA NDP MLA Robin Austin says Shell Canada’s plans to drill for coalbed methane natural gas in the Klappan area northeast of here aren’t worth the risk for the economic benefit.

Referring to the area as the Sacred Headwaters, Austin, in a speech given in the provincial legislature, said the area is the origin of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine rivers.

“All three are also threatened by plans to develop coalbed methane in one of the most crucial and intact ecosystems left in the world,” he said.

“In return for a long-term sustainable industry that has the advantage of preserving the quality of our environment and our drinking water, we would get a poison-filled project that would destroy our environment, pollute our drinking water and employ very few people in the long term,” said Austin…

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