Climate Change

29/12/24
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Primary Author: Tova Gaster with files from The Energy Mix staff
Advocates for the gas ban rallied outside Vancouver City Hall on November 26, ahead of a council vote on bylaw changes to permit gas heating in new homes. (Photo: Tova Gaster)

Dec. 25, 2024

Vancouver City Council voted Wednesday night to reinstate a ban on natural gas in new buildings, reversing a decision it made in July.

After two days of deliberations and input from over 140 local residents, council members voted in favour of banning gas for space and water heating entirely, rather than allowing it with stricter energy efficiency requirements. The main motion, which took the form of a proposal to reverse the city’s 2020 ban on gas in new construction, was defeated on a tie vote.

20/12/24
Author: 
Emiko Newman, Kai Nagata, Tracey Saxby and Melissa Lem
What would you include in a mandate letter about tackling climate change? Members of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign penned one to cabinet ministers in the voice of David Eby. Photo for the Tyee by Christopher Cheung.

Dec. 20. 2024

For cabinet ministers facing a confluence of crises, a mock letter from the frontlines of the climate emergency.

19/12/24
Author: 
Max Bearak
Gas flare as seen from Kitamaat, British Columbia.

Dec. 13, 2024

With her hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, her arms and legs covered with 20 tattoos, and her compact frame fitted out in athleisure, Crystal Smith, the elected chief of the Haisla people, looked more like the hometown basketball star she once was than the fossil fuel exporter she’s about to become.

16/12/24
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Kelowna Climate Coalition
gas burner

Nov. 28, 2024

Kelowna residents should be concerned with FortisBC’s plan to truck liquified methane gas from Metro Vancouver to Kelowna and storing it in tanks next to residences.

13/12/24
Author: 
Sophia P.
Save Old Growth co-founder Zain Haq, who is in Canada from Pakistan on a study permit, has had his deportation halted just three days before Canadian immigration officials were to force him to leave the country. (CBC)

Dec. 13, 2024

Hello,

This December 6th, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) re-initiated Zain Haq’s deportation order. Now, Zain is required to leave for Pakistan by January 21, 2025.

13/12/24
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The Canadian Press
The collapsed entrance of the L&W restaurant after a wildfire in Jasper, Alta., earlier this year. A wildfire in the mountain town saw insured losses of $880 million. (Josh McLean/CBC)

Sept. 25. 2024

Severe weather in 2023 caused more than $3.6B in insured damage across Canada

Summer of 2024 is now Canada's most destructive season on record for insured losses due to severe weather events, the latest estimates from the Insurance Bureau of Canada show.

Damages for a group of storms and wildfires across the country combined to more than $7 billion in insured losses, topping the $6.2 billion cost of the Fort McMurray, Alta., wildfire in 2016.

12/12/24
Author: 
Max Fawcett
Vancouver mayor Ken Sim has tabled a motion to make the city so-called "Bitcoin-friendly." Photo by David Fitzgerald/Collision Conference via Sportsfile/Flickr

Website Editor: The Mayor's motion discussed below was passed by the Vancouver Council.

Dec. 11, 2024

Vancouver mayor Ken Sim wants to transfer some of the city's financial reserves into Bitcoin cryptocurrency  — and says it will be good for the climate, too. His claim has some experts scratching their heads. 

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