Breaching the Peace

Breaching the Peace
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Publisher : On Point Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9780774890281
ISBN-13 : 0774890282
Rating : 4/5 (282 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Breaching the Peace by : Sarah Cox

Download or read book Breaching the Peace written by Sarah Cox and published by On Point Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning journalist Sarah Cox comes the inspiring and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who stood up against the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that propelled it forward. In 2010, the BC government announced its plan to build a third hydroelectric dam on the Peace River. Although Site C would flood land of great significance to First Nations and some of Canada’s best farmland, BC Hydro, Premier Gordon Campbell, and his successor, Christy Clark, insisted it was necessary to generate jobs and clean energy. In this powerful work, Cox reveals the true costs and hidden dangers of the project, as told to her by the local farmers, ranchers, and First Nations leaders who tried to stop the dam and the wholesale destruction of their valley in courts of law and the court of public opinion. This modern-day David-and-Goliath story, told in frank and moving prose, stands as a much-needed cautionary tale during an era when concerns about global warming have helped justify a renaissance of environmentally irresponsible hydro megaprojects around the world.


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