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Fast Facts: Environment
- BC Hydro is being forced to buy power from private producers at price of up to $120 megawatt hour, while the present cost of producing BC’s hydro is $6 a megawatt hour
- The BC government wants to end the 37 year moratorium on oil tankers and drilling for oil in BC’s coastal waters
- BC’s Park services have been gutted. On top of previous cuts, the 2009 budget cut $2.5 million so that this summer many parks will be closed for longer and will not have full time ranger staff
