Archive to April 11, 2009

Informing you about the destruction* of the inside waters of beautiful British Columbia by the proposed pipelines to The Private Port of Kitimat to fill supertankers with crude oil.

* History has shown us that a major spill is not a matter of "IF" but "WHEN."

In case you didn't know, although a 2006 independent poll showed that 75% of British Columbians support an oil tanker ban, our federal government is funding the oil industry to develop a supertanker port in Kitimat, B.C. at the head of Douglas Channel, a 140 km fjord that opens near Gil Island where a B.C. Ferry sank in 2006. A federal funding news release was issued on February 22, 2008 , one day after Enbridge announced it had rekindled plans for a C$4 billion pipeline from the oil sands to Canada's West Coast.

It's happening! If we don't stop them now, we never will.

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Play the music Tip: During the 8 bar intro, minimize the player and sing along (8 bar intro) B.C. waters, rollin’ ocean Don’t want no supertankers hangin’ around From sea to shining sea - slick to slick? Ugh! Don’t want no supertankers runnin’ aground The oilmen, they don’t give a damn, they Do it every time Risk the whole environment To save themselves a dime B.C. waters, fishin's plenty Don’t need no supertankers crossin my line B.C. waters, oooh how we love ya, Don’t let them do it, we can stop them in time Don’t let them do it, we can stop them in time Don’t let them do it, we can STOP THEM! For current news, click here. October 24, 2008 Enbridge mulls pipeline stake for native groups October 10, 2008 Complaint filed over B.C. 'Shun Lunn' campaign September 26, 2008 Taking risk should mean reward September 26, 2008 UPDATE 3-Canada PM oil sands plan puzzles industry, greens September 23, 2008 Oil Tankers Still a Potential Threat to B.C. Coastline September 20, 2008 Rally calls for ‘courage’ photos: Jordan Leighton September 18, 2008 Tanker rally set for Saturday August 16, 2008 China's Energy Strategy: Panda or Dragon? July 31, 2008 Enbridge advances plans to ship oil to Asia July 26, 2008 CFRO Vancouver Co-op radio Animal Voices Show - Interview with Linda and Bill Gannon July 2, 2008 Kinder Morgan ramping up pipeline plans July 1, 2008 - CANADA DAY! Alberta Vacation Adventures June 25, 2008 Court slashes Exxon Valdez damages Path of Destruction Exxon Valdez oil spill timeline of events June 24, 2008 Oil fears prompt call for tanker exclusion zone Obama's fight against 'dirty oil' could hurt oil sands June 18, 2008 Legislation Introduced to Ban Oil Tanker Traffic from the Great Bear Rainforest’s Coastal Waters C-571 An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (prohibition against oil tankers in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound) First Reading in the House of Commons - Current status June 12, 2008 Opposition to British Columbia oil project 'misleading' June 9, 2008 Drawing the tanker line June 3, 2008 Tankers? No thanks June, 2008 Not so sweet: condensate and oil tankers in Kitimat May 20, 2008 Skating Around the Tanker Issue May 20, 2008 The Tar Sands, Downstream May 1, 2008 PROJECT BRIEFS MAY, 2008 Investment Summary 2007 - 2014 - From the office of Kitimat Mayor: Richard W. Wozney April 24, 2008 Robson Bight Update April 7, 2008 Whale risks rise in Robson Bight March 13, 2008 Please buy our dirty oil A new American law could limit oil-sands production in Alberta March 21, 2008 Bateman smears famous work to protest pipeline February 22, 2008 A federal investment of $160,000 will enable the Kitimat Port Development Society to complete a study ... February 21, 2008 Enbridge rekindles oil sands pipeline plan. Enbridge, the country's second-largest pipeline operator, has convinced enough potential customers to fund the remaining costs to get the Gateway pipeline project to the regulatory approval stage, CEO Pat Daniel said. February 6, 2008 Enbridge estimates the Gateway in-service date will be in the 2012 to 2014 timeframe. December 29, 2007 Pipeline to B.C. back on track August 30, 2007 B.C. Orcas' last sanctuary. July, 2007 A little vodka, a little reef June 3, 2007 Tankers sailing into Kitimat May 16, 2007 China begins building out its supertanker fleet April 1, 2007 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) Putting investors first and the public last. A new free trade pact went into effect between Alberta and B.C. It's called the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) and it will have a devastating effect on local democracy, public health and the environment. TILMA official website March 13, 2007 Census gives Kitimat dubious distinction B.C. mining town leads the country in declining population Figures from the 2006 census released Tuesday show it leads the country in declining population. Kitimat's population dropped 12.6 per cent — 10,285 in 2001 to 8,987 in 2006 — following a 12.1 per cent reduction from 1996 to 2001. This is how the elected politicians of Kitimat, with their Private International Port, have decided to save their dying town. If they are going down, so is everything around them going to die. And there is no law to stop them. SUPERTANKER POLLUTION Oil spills have devastating effects on the environment. Crude oil contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which is very difficult to clean up, and lasts for years in the sediment and marine environment.^[89] Marine species constantly exposed to PAHs can exhibit developmental problems, susceptibility to disease, and abnormal reproductive cycles. December 20, 2006 The Enbridge Gateway Project September 9, 2006 Touring an Alaskan Supertanker July 7, 2006 PROVINCE FUNDS STUDY FOR BREAK-BULK PORT IN KITIMAT June 3 , 2006 Ipsos Reid Poll: 3 out of 4 British Columbians Support Oil Tanker Ban April 10 , 2006 Letter to the Kitimat Sentinel Editor November 10, 2005 Kitimat savours victory in pipeline decision Kitimat has won the nod over Prince Rupert as the West Coast terminal for two proposed pipelines. October 15, 2005 $4-billion pipeline to land in Kitimat 1857 to July, 2006 Appendix A: Oil Pipeline Timeline Chronological information includes the history and discovery of crude oil production in Alberta and B.C. by primarily American corporate interests, including the establishment of crude oil pipeline structures, and the grave concerns of British Columbians and Americans on proposed oil tanker traffic of the western Pacific coastline.		Chords E7 / / / A7 / D/ E7 / / / A7 / D/ D / / / D7 / / / G / / / D / / / D / / / D7 / / / G / / / D / / / D / / / G / / / E7 / / / A7 / / / D / / / D7 / / / G / / / D / / / D / / / D7 / / / G / / / D / / / G / / / D / / / G / / / D / Download lyrics and chords WANNA SEE SOMETHING REALLY SCARY? If you have Google Earth installed, read on, or download Google Earth here. Take the KITIMAT SUPERTANKER TOUR NOW! Download Tour A here. The WinZzip file that you Open or Save will contain a file named doc.kml. Double click on doc.kml to load the tour into Google Earth. In Google Earth, highlight the tour shown in the Places tab and click on the Play button at the bottom of the Places window to start the tour. The SCARY PART is imagining supertankers navigating in these waters during every type of weather. In Google Earth, you can see a great aerial view of the proposed supertanker route by going from the port in Kitimat, down a 140 km fjord, past Gil Island, where a B.C. Ferry sank in March, 2006, and on to Asia and California. This is where they propose to send oil-filled supertankers! March 12, 2008 Total safety breakdown sank B.C. ferry March 22, 2006 Queen of the North B.C. Ferry Sinking FACT: When the oil spill occurs between Kitimat and the Pacific ocean: Nine Provincial Parks and Protected Areas will be ENDANGERED for all time. Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park and Protected Area WeeWanie Hot Springs Provincial Park Coste Rocks Provincial Park Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Park Eagle Bay Provincial Park Sue Channel Provincial Park Union Passage Marine Provincial Park Lowe Inlet Marine Provincial Park Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park Take the Google Earth ENDANGERED Provincal Parks and Protected Areas TOUR NOW! Download Tour C here (see instructions at Tour A) Suggested audio during tour FACT: When the oil spill occurs between Kitimat and the Pacific ocean: The numerous islands, channels, sounds and beaches will be ruined forever. Take the Google Earth ENDANGERED Islands, Channels and Sounds TOUR NOW! Download Tour B here (see instructions at Tour A) FACT: The Effects of Maritime Oil Spills on Wildlife including Non-Avian Marine Life Please send editorial contributions, relevant links and information to the Editor. 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One minute version

B.C. WATERS

Bill Gannon (1977)

- written during the Ambush in Douglas Channel

Play the music

Tip: During the 8 bar intro, minimize the player and
sing along

(8 bar intro)

B.C. waters, rollin’ ocean
Don’t want no supertankers hangin’ around
From sea to shining sea - slick to slick? Ugh!
Don’t want no supertankers runnin’ aground

The oilmen, they don’t give a damn, they
Do it every time
Risk the whole environment
To save themselves a dime

B.C. waters, fishin's plenty
Don’t need no supertankers crossin my line
B.C. waters, oooh how we love ya,
Don’t let them do it, we can stop them in time
Don’t let them do it, we can stop them in time
Don’t let them do it, we can STOP THEM!

E7 / / / A7 / D/
E7 / / / A7 / D/

D / / / D7 / / /
G / / / D / / /
D / / / D7 / / /
G / / / D / / /

D / / / G / / /
E7 / / /A7 / / /

Download lyrics and chords

Play the song

This is an old recording by Ambush Crew members Bill Gannon and Rex Weyler.

A new demo is in progress.

B.C. WATERS

Three minute version

(Bill Gannon and Rex Weyler 1977)

B.C. waters, rollin’ ocean,
Don’t want no supertankers hangin’ around
Sea to shining sea - slick to slick? Ugh!
Don’t want no supertankers runnin’ aground

The oilmen, they don’t give a damn, they do it every time
Risk the whole environment, to save them selves a dime

B.C. waters, rollin’ ocean,
Don’t want no supertankers crossin’ my line
B.C. waters, oooh how we love ya
Don’t let them do it we can stop them in time
Don’t let them do it we can stop them in time
Don’t let them do it we can STOP THEM!

B.C. Waters, rollin’ ocean
There’s an eagle flyin’ over my head
Some people got some kind of crazy notion
‘Bout havin smokestacks risin’ up there instead

Some people just don’t understand, if ya turn the ocean black
All the money in the world will never buy it back.

B.C. waters, rollin’ ocean
Don’t need no super tankers hangin’ around
B.C. waters, oooh how we love ya
Don’t let them do it we can stop them in time
Don’t let them do it we can stop them in time
Don’t let them do it we can STOP THEM!

B.C. waters, land of plenty
The ocean gives us our supper for free
Your sons and daughters won’t need that oil money
If we just leave them the land and the sea

Some people just don’t understand, they think it could be sold
They’d fill the sea with poison just to fill their purse with gold.

B.C. waters, rollin’ ocean
Don’t need no super tankers crossin’ my line
B.C. waters, how we love ya
Don’t let them do it we can stop them in time.
Don’t let them do it we can stop them in time.
Don’t let them do it we can STOP THEM!

(the next verse was written by J. Scott for the 2007 Ambush at the Victoria, B.C. Parliament Buildings)

Alberta Tar Sands, we don’t want ‘em
Releasing CO2 into the air
Global Warming, it’s getting hotter
It’s time for action by all people who care.

Your oil men they don’t give a damn, they’ll do it every time
They’d declare a war upon our shore just to save themselves a dime


	Don't let them do it, we can STOP THEM!

	Douglas Channel, British Columbia

	EXXON VALDEZ
	Don't let them do it, we can STOP THEM! Have you signed the petition? PRIVACY POLICY Publiher and Editor: Bill Gannon, CMA

Archive to April 11, 2009

Informing you about the destruction* of the inside waters of beautiful British Columbia by the proposed pipelines to The Private Port of Kitimat to fill supertankers with crude oil.

* History has shown us that a major spill is not a matter of "IF" but "WHEN."

It's happening! If we don't stop them now, we never will.

February 19, 2009

DON'T LET THEM TURN B.C. INTO ALBERTA'S BACK ALLEY!

Our government cannot stop them unless there is a law.

You can help make that law.

What YOU can do

Have you read the facts?

Be sure to read our Letters

B.C. Waters

For current news, click here.

October 24, 2008

October 10, 2008

September 26, 2008

September 26, 2008

September 20, 2008

July 31, 2008

June 24, 2008

June 18, 2008

C-571 An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (prohibition against oil tankers in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound) First Reading in the House of Commons - Current status

June 12, 2008

May 1, 2008

Enbridge rekindles oil sands pipeline plan.

August 30, 2007

B.C. Orcas' last sanctuary.

May 16, 2007

Putting investors first and the public last.

A new free trade pact went into effect between Alberta and B.C. It's called the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) and it will have a devastating effect on local democracy, public health and the environment.

B.C. mining town leads the country in declining population

WANNA SEE SOMETHING REALLY SCARY?

Take the KITIMAT SUPERTANKER TOUR NOW!

In Google Earth, you can see a great aerial view of the proposed supertanker route by going from the port in Kitimat, down a 140 km fjord, past Gil Island, where a B.C. Ferry sank in March, 2006, and on to Asia and California.

March 22, 2006

FACT:

Take the Google Earth ENDANGERED Provincal Parks and Protected Areas TOUR NOW!

FACT:

Take the Google Earth ENDANGERED Islands, Channels and Sounds TOUR NOW!

FACT:

Please send editorial contributions, relevant links and information to the Editor.

Please send Petition Raising Ideas to the crew@bcwaters.org

You can help to support the overhead of this site by purchasing any number of the MadAdder talking, printing calculators here

B.C. Waters Online Store

Links

Free downloads:

MORE DIRECT ACTION

WE NEED YOU!

Join the Crew

Don't let them do it, we can STOP THEM!

Have you signed the petition?

Take the
KITIMAT SUPERTANKER TOUR NOW!

Take the
Google Earth ENDANGERED Provincal Parks and Protected Areas
TOUR NOW!

Take the
Google Earth ENDANGERED Islands, Channels and Sounds TOUR NOW!