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Kitimat Watch: March 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Sunday, March 06, 2005. Alcan CEO plans to preach the value of corporate social responsibility - Defends own company's performance. Arvida smelter in Jonquière lasts for 60 years. How long will Kitimat Works last until the only corporate socially responsible thing to do is put it out of its misery to preserve the green? What do you think? The Globe and Mail Reports. Friday, March 4, 2005 - Page B4. Montreal-based Alcan - a global aluminum and packaging company with opera...
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Kitimat Watch: Good News For Kitimat?
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Sunday, April 17, 2005. Good News For Kitimat? Alcan's Europe smelters hurt by energy costs. By Peggy Hollinger in Paris. Published: April 18 2005 03:00 Last updated: April 18 2005 03:00. Alcan, one of the world’s leading producers of aluminium, might be forced to close 20% of its smelting capacity in Europe as the industry reels under the impact of high energy prices and the strong euro. Europe's smelting base is under attack from costs and this could have a major impac...
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Kitimat Watch: Corporate Social Responsibility and Tobacco
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Tuesday, April 19, 2005. Corporate Social Responsibility and Tobacco. Alcan Inc (C-AL) - In the News. Globe says Alcan smoking in Malaysia. 2005-04-19 05:18 PT - In the News. The tobacco issue leads me quite naturally into a discussion of corporate social resposibility:. Corporate Social Responsibility and Tobacco. Is it unethical to work for or with a cigarette company? Is yes. Am I being harsh? In an open and free domestic and international market environment, the inte...
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Kitimat Watch: February 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Wednesday, February 23, 2005. Kitimat, BC: Power and Potential. As a Kitimat resident, I long to see a reduction in the excessive, unnecessary and unproductive negative atmosphere that is consuming this place. To this cause, I want to share with you some of my personal thoughts and opinions that may have some relevance for the future of this community. Who knows what other businesses could be enticed to take advantage of energy products that Alcan could provide? If only ...
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Kitimat Watch: Alcan CEO really does care about Kitimat?
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Friday, March 04, 2005. Alcan CEO really does care about Kitimat? Another news item puts Alcan CEO Travis Engen in the spotlight of sustainability. It is time for Kitimat and Alcan to talk, not fight. WillGordon Campbell, our power hungry and partly stoned premier suppport Kitimat. Is it on his agenda? Here is the recent article. Globe says Alcan's Engen hugs a tree and the little guy. 2005-03-04 06:32 ET - In the News. Para; 10:05 PM. Comments: Post a Comment.
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Kitimat Watch: Wasted Opportunity
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Saturday, April 16, 2005. While Alcan is not currently using it’s full generating capacity, just to give you an idea of how much water this is, 700 cubic meters per second is just short of a quarter of a billion liters of water per day. At this moment in time, the price of a liter of bottled water is on par with the price of a liter of gasoline. And collecting this water is much less costly and leaves a much smaller footprint on the environment than drilling for oil.
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Kitimat Watch: Alcan Understands Energy in Quebec. Does BC have a clue ?
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Friday, March 04, 2005. Alcan Understands Energy in Quebec. Does BC have a clue? BC, and in particular Northwest BC has an abundance of water, power, minerals and potential. But where is BC in the politics of power? Do our politicians even care? Will we export everything, including our firstborns? First the raw logs, then the raw energy. But never the raw spirit. A recent Canjex news post says:. Alcan wants Quebec's leading energy position maintained. Para; 6:53 PM.
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Kitimat Watch: I wonder how this fits in with Alcan's espoused Corporate Social Responsibility
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Sunday, April 17, 2005. I wonder how this fits in with Alcan's espoused Corporate Social Responsibility. Alcan Workers Refuse to Smelt Alumina from Kashipur. According to activists, the proposed mining project would displace tens of thousands of people and destroy self-sustaining Adivasi communities. The Adivasis are an indigenous people who live outside of the traditional Hindu social system. In 2003, Alcan't in India, a Montréal-based solidarity group "inspired by succ...
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Kitimat Watch: April 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Tuesday, April 19, 2005. Corporate Social Responsibility and Tobacco. Alcan Inc (C-AL) - In the News. Globe says Alcan smoking in Malaysia. 2005-04-19 05:18 PT - In the News. The tobacco issue leads me quite naturally into a discussion of corporate social resposibility:. Corporate Social Responsibility and Tobacco. Is it unethical to work for or with a cigarette company? Is yes. Am I being harsh? In an open and free domestic and international market environment, the inte...
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Kitimat Watch: May 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Energy: Canada's competitive advantage. In a world of rapidly shrinking energy sources that are more and more in demand, when will we, and our politicians realise that energy is our real Canadian competitive advantage in the global economy? Para; 7:12 AM. Links to this post. Tuesday, May 03, 2005. Sarah Heiberg, mardi, 03/05/2005 - 08:30. ALCAN Annual General Meeting Demonstration. Para; 10:17 PM. Links to this post. A forum for issues in Kitimat B...
