B.C. must learn from Site C dam before starting new projects, says environmentalist

By Wolfgang Depner An environmental group is condemning plans by the British Columbia government to consider building two new hydropower projects, including a fourth dam on the Peace River, saying the province first needs to “come to grips” with the negative impact of the recently completed Site C dam. Joe Foy with the Wilderness Committee said damming and diverting big rivers had big negative impacts, which continue far into the future. He said the John Horgan Dam on the Peace River — as the Site C project is now known — had massive cost overruns leading to public debt, huge losses of farmlan…