Concerned citizens will be travelling to Victoria to demonstrate opposition to the BC Hydro plan at the B.C. Legislature on Wednesday, JUNE 1st 2011 at 12 noon.
At the same time, Energy Critic John Horgan, MLA, and Sue Hammel, MLA, are presenting petitions with hundreds of signatures to the Legislative Assembly, demanding a halt to the smart metering and infrastructure program, before the session ends on Thursday, June 2nd
SURREY NOW MAY 31, 2011 7:06 AM The Editor, Recently, a new kid has appeared on the technological block. And, oh joy, Surrey could likely be one of BC Hydro’s seven provincial “hubs” for this technology. BC Hydro’s misguided plan to deploy wireless “smart meters” throughout B.C. is being inaccurately promoted as a “green initiative” and […]
MPUC votes to require smart meter opt-out program for consumers – www.pennenergy.com/index/power/display/5774460652/articles/pennenergy/power/grid/2011/may0/mpuc-votes_to_require.html May 18, 2011 Source: Maine Public Utilities Commission The Maine Public Utilities Commission voted to require Central Maine Power (CMP) to offer an opt-out program for customers who choose not to have a standard smart meter installed as part of CMP’s smart meter […]
May 27
05/23/2011 Mark Huffman | ConsumerAffairs.com Since the days when cell phones were the size of bricks, there has been debate over the safety of these devices, which use radio waves to transmit voice and data. A number of studies, stretching back more than a decade, have suggested extended cell phone exposure increases the risk of […]
For Immediate Release The impossible has happened. After about seven months of fierce opposition by residents of both Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, by the PAC of Coquitlam River Elementary, and by the school board 43 itself, Rogers formally withdrew their application. It was announced during a regular council meeting on Tuesday, May 24th. A letter […]
BY SUSAN FLETCHER, VANCOUVER SUN MAY 26, 2011 A wireless Smart Meter (SM), the type mandated for all BC Hydro customers, emits one hundred times the radiation of a cellphone. That’s the conclusion of nuclear expert, Daniel Hirsch, after finding flaws in a report to the California legislature which claimed Smart Meter radiation is 100 […]
by Sue Earle, Salt Spring Island – Times Colonist Life section – May 21, 2011: www.timescolonist.com/life/Smart+meters+should+matter+choice/4822031/story.html B.C. Hydro is installing smart meters around B.C., and Saltspring has been targeted for blanket installations. We are opposed to this, as our own experience, as well as much research, shows that this wireless technology has a deleterious effect […]
— For immediate release — Thursday, May 19th, at 4pm, around twenty concerned parents and citizens from Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam gathered in front of the Port Coquitlam City Hall to send a clear and unmistakeable message to the council that they are unwilling to sacrifice their park space for cell towers and endanger the […]
May 18
www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/saltspringislanddriftwood/opinion/letters/122093828.html I am a 56-year-old wife and mother. I do not use wireless technologies/microwave. I have had multiple chemical sensitivities for 19 years and I am very worried about wireless smart meters that will fill my home and neighbourhood with electro-magnetic radiation 24/7. Wireless technologies proliferate without using the precautionary principle: “if an action or […]
May 18
Gulf Islands Driftwood – Letters Published: May 18, 2011 10:00 AM Re: “Smart meters safe” letter, May 11 Driftwood. Interesting comment by Dr. John Blatherwick regarding safe smart meters. I notice he doesn’t mention the considerable communications industry influence on the World Health Organization, Health Canada and with former industry executives working for these supposedly “health […]
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