Northeast Pennsylvania is home to the state’s largest landfill, almost three square kilometres of household and industrial waste, a grey moonscape of trash almost the size of Stanley Park. On the dump’s western corner, not far from the town of Scranton, a column of silver compressors works away, turning the landfill’s methane into “renewable natural gas” by a company owned by BP, formerly British Petroleum. Its biggest customer so far is FortisBC, British Columbia’s largest natural gas utility, supplying 1.2 million customers across the province . . . . CLICK HERE for the full story
Polling might indicate good fortunes for the NDP across the board, but the West Vancouver-Sea to Sky riding could be in for quite a lot in the way of kissing hands and shaking babies in the upcoming provincial election as the riding comes back into play with a repeat strong Green candidate, a retiring incumbent and a well-known challenger for the governing NDP. Any and all politicians will respond to a query about polling numbers by telling you the only numbers they live by are the ones that come in on election day. It’s a trite response anyone asking can expect to get (sort of like a polite greeting), but polling does tell a story, and what a story it is telling in 2024 . . . . CLICK HERE for the full story