British Columbia

30/11/19
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Once again, Extinction Rebellion has held a nonviolent protest in downtown Vancouver. RYAN DOUCET

[A toungue in cheek account!]

November 29th, 2019

Tonight, the Vancouver Police Department issued a terse five-line news release after a climate protest blocked downtown traffic.

Here's a line-by-line translation of what was said and what was meant.

What the VPD said in the first sentence: "The protest that impacted downtown Vancouver today has ended."

30/11/19
Author: 
Charlie Smith
The Red Brigade first showed up last year at Extinction Rebellion protests in the United Kingdom. GAZAMP

November 29th, 2019

For Black Friday, Extinction Rebellion activists incorporated several theatrical elements in their Vancouver street protest for the climate.

27/11/19
Author: 
Mia Rabson The Canadian Press
Bill Morneau, who remains Minister of Finance, arrives for a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

November 26th 2019

The federal government says the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will bring another $500 million a year in corporate tax revenue to be spent on fighting climate change, but the Liberals won't say where they got that number.

The figure was cited by the government when it approved the project a second time last June and was also included in the Liberals' campaign platform.

27/11/19
Author: 
Ross Belot

Nov. 26, 2019

Justin Trudeau and Jason Kenny are peddling a fantasy when it comes to fossil fuel development in Canada. Both play to Alberta’s desire for the boom years to return, rather than dealing with the likely future.

27/11/19
Author: 
Chris Turner
Jason Kenney and Justin Trudeau. File photo

n a recent speech at an oil industry conference, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney trafficked, as he often does, in climate inaccuracy. In itself, that’s not remarkable. The sun also rose and set that day.

25/11/19
Author: 
Matt Robinson
November 25, 2019

"I knew that there were subsidies. I had no idea that we were literally giving up billions of dollars …"

— Tzeporah Berman, the International Program Director at advocacy group Stand.earth



B.C.’s provincial government provided at least $830 million in subsidies in 2017-18 for the production and consumption of fossil fuels, according to a new report out of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

22/11/19
Author: 
Geoff Dembicki
Texas Republican Lamar Smith, a noted climate denier and big recipient of oil and gas political donations, led a House committee that produced a report suggesting environmentalists are manipulated by the Russian government.

SPECIAL REPORT: Alberta’s ‘anti-energy’ probe makes a debunked US report its must-read.

Nov. 22, 2019

21/11/19
Author: 
Charlie Smith
In October, climate protesters filled the streets of Vancouver demanding more action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. JANET MCDONALD

November 19th, 2019

The City of Vancouver is rarely described as a climate laggard.

But a report shows it is falling far short of its Greenest City Action Plan goal for reducing emissions of carbon dioxide equivalents.

The latest update indicates there has only been a 12 percent drop in greenhouse-gas emissions from 2007 to 2018.

18/11/19
Author: 
Scott Akenhead

Nov. 1, 2019

This summer, Fisheries and Oceans Canada released a beautiful-looking report “State of Canadian Pacific Salmon: Responses to Changing Climate and Habitats” which your intrepid editor, asked me to “process into layman terms” for TAKE 5. She didn’t actually say, “Your mission, should you choose to accept it,” but … you remember that music?

I definitely heard it.

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