VANCOUVER — A conservation group is suing the British Columbia government for exempting two oil patch dams from environmental rules years after the dams were built. “It seems like the government was really playing catch-up,” Olivia French, the lawyer handling the lawsuit for the B.C. The Sierra Club is suing the British Columbia government for deciding two oilpatch dams are exempt from environmental rules. ( Progress Energy )“Progress Energy acted with a bit of disregard for B.C.’s laws — one of those typical, ‘Ask for forgiveness, not for permission’ sort of positions,” said French. The lawsuit alleges the province’s environmental assessment office “received information” in 2016 that the Progress dams may be violating the rules.

Source: thestar November 05, 2018 18:44 UTC