Ecology/Environment

Tensions rise as Coastal GasLink blasts beside a creek near a Wet’suwet’en camp

04/11/22
Author: 
Matt Simmons
Link: 
The Narwhal
The Coastal GasLink pipeline crosses more than 700 watercourses on its 670-kilometre-route. The crossing of Ts'elkay Kwe (Lamprey Creek) involves blasting to clear a path and excavating a trench directly through the water. Photo: Gidimt'en Checkpoint

Nov. 2, 2022

Questions and concerns about salmon, steelhead and the health of the river remain unaddressed as TC Energy continues construction of its gas pipeline

At first, she didn’t know what was going on and her demands for answers just garnered the same response, she said: you’re in contempt of the injunction and subject to arrest. The standoff — in wet, cold conditions — went on for hours, according to Morris. At one point, she was walking towards her car when she said she felt something under her feet.

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A deeper dive into the marine protected network plan on Canada’s West Coast

04/11/22
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
It's not clear what conservation measures are being proposed for the marine protected area network planned for Canada's West Coast, says Kate MacMillan of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s B.C. chapter. Photo courtesy CPAWS BC

". . . the lack of information on specific protection measures for the BC Northern Shelf MPA Network means the blueprint to preserve sensitive ocean ecosystems risks becoming a string of “paper parks” — legally designated areas that don’t actually have effective conservation or stewardship measures."

Nov. 4, 2022

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Depave Paradise project challenges idea of urbanization

04/11/22
Author: 
Nairah Ahmed
Link: 
National Observer
Emily Amon, 26, the green infrastructure programs lead at Green Communities Canada, at a Depave project at Wolf Island Pier near Kingston, Ont. Photo by Mitch Bowmile / North Country Media House

A Canada-wide initiative is showing people it's not too late to return the concrete jungle back to nature.

Depave Paradise, a multi-community project run by environmental non-profit Green Communities Canada (GCC), challenges the idea of urbanization as irreversible by ripping out asphalt surfaces and replacing them with gardens that can help to soak up excess rainwater.

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Climate crisis threatens to wipe out emperor penguins

02/11/22
Author: 
Oliver Milman
Link: 
National Observer
An emperor penguin shelters its chick at Snow Hill Island, Antarctica. Photo by sheilapic76 / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Nov. 2, 2022

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here [in National Observer] as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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Anjali Appadurai in her own words

30/10/22
Author: 
Anjali Appadurai
Link: 
Canadian Dimension
Anjali Appadurai meets with supporters in Lakeside Park, Nelson, BC, August 30, 2022. Photo by Bill Metcalfe.

Oct. 25, 2022 

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The next pandemic may come from melting glaciers, new data shows

26/10/22
Author: 
Linda Geddes
Link: 
The Guardian
A glacier undergoing submarine melting in south-west Greenland. Photograph: Donald Slater/University of Edinburgh/PA

Oct. 19, 2022

Analysis of Arctic lake suggests viruses and bacteria locked in ice could reawaken and infect wildlife

The next pandemic may come not from bats or birds but from matter in melting ice, according to new data.

Genetic analysis of soil and lake sediments from Lake Hazen, the largest high Arctic freshwater lake in the world, suggests the risk of viral spillover – where a virus infects a new host for the first time – may be higher close to melting glaciers.

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BC Is Prioritizing Coastal GasLink’s Interests Over the Public’s

25/10/22
Author: 
Sonia Furstenau
Link: 
The Tyee
Coastal GasLink is preparing to drill a path for its pipeline under Wedzin Kwa, or the Morice River. Photo via Gidimt’en Checkpoint Twitter.

Oct. 25, 2022

Given the company’s environmental record, the government should stop work on the pipeline rather than subsiziding it.

As Coastal GasLink drills under the Wedzin Kwa (Morice River), I have been reflecting on my visit to Wet’suwet’en territory this summer. My colleague, Green MLA Adam Olsen, and I had the great honour of being invited to the territory as guests and witnesses.

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With eye on the Liberal opposition, Eby makes plea for party unity

22/10/22
Author: 
Vaughn Palmer
Link: 
Vancouver Sun
David Eby holds a news conference Friday after being named NDP leader to replace John Horgan. PHOTO BY JASON PAYNE /PNG

Oct. 21, 2022

Disgruntled Appadurai supporters gear up to take control of NDP, riding by riding.

VICTORIA — Premier-designate David Eby wrote to NDP members this week in an effort to patch things up with Anjali Appadurai supporters after her ouster as a candidate for the party leadership.

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The B.C. NDP had a noble environmental history, then along came John Horgan

21/10/22
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Link: 
Charlie Smith
Premier John Horgan has supported fossil-fuel interests throughout his career.

Oct. 20, 2022

He's been a very good friend to the fossil-fuel industry dating back to his time as a senior government staffer in the 1990s.

The B.C. NDP used to have lots of environmentalists.

Let’s not forget that the B.C. NDP created the Agricultural Land Reserve when Dave Barrett was premier.

During these years from 1972 to 1975, there was a doubling of parks and wilderness areas, including the formation of Cypress Provincial Park on the North Shore

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The desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai

21/10/22
Author: 
Avi Lewis
Link: 
National Observer
Anjali Appadurai on Monday announced her bid to run for the leadership of the B.C. NDP — and the province's premiership. Photo provided by Anjali Appadurai

Oct. 20, 2022

There were no pets, dead people, or ghosts involved.

 

Nonetheless, the B.C. NDP has disqualified leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai, citing collusion with a third party (the campaigning organization Dogwood) in recruiting many thousands of new members.

 

And with that, one of the fastest, most dramatic political insurgencies in Canadian history reaches the end of its first phase. But I don’t think we’re anywhere near done yet.

 

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