Oil - Pipelines

British Columbians might be surprised to learn they are among the world’s most aggressive extractors of climate-destabilizing fossil fuels, per capita — and major projects that are already being built aim to make the province’s contribution much worse.

Seven charts help tell the story of how we got here.

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Can We Have New Pipelines And Curb Climate Change Too?

07/10/25

Author:

Tom Howell

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CBC Ideas

Website Editor: Is the mainstream waking up? Here is a truly provocative podcast!

Oct. 7, 2025

So... who wants a pipeline?

54 mins

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Wildfire smoke will become deadlier if emissions aren't curbed: study

06/10/25

Author:

Oliver Milman

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National Observer

Wildfire smoke is expected to kill as many as 1.4 million people globally each year by the end of the century if planet-heating emissions are not curbed. A fire engine (343) stopped next to the large Gifford Fire on August 7, 2025. Photo by Los Padres National Forest-US Forest Service/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Oct. 6, 2025

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

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Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain

03/10/25

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Catherine McKenna on stage at an event at the UN climate summit COP27. Photo via UNFCCC Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Sept. 24, 2025

Catherine McKenna isn’t buying the potential grand bargain being discussed between fossil fuel companies and the federal government.

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Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways

02/10/25

Author:

Bill McGuire

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The Guardian

Fossil Free London protesters on Westminster Bridge, London, demonstrate against drilling at the UK’s largest untapped oilfield, 16 July 2025. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Sept. 30, 2025

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Trans Mountain Seeks Taxpayer-Funded Expansion

09/09/25

Author:

Kyle Bakx

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CBC News

Trans Mountain is moving quicker to increase the amount of oil its pipeline system can transport from Alberta to British Columbia's coast. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)

Sept. 4, 2025

Why Trans Mountain wants to expand when the oil pipeline isn't even full

Pipeline is operating at about 80%, while tankers are only 70% full

A little more than one year after completing construction of the Trans Mountain expansion oil pipeline, the Crown corporation is pursuing two different methods to increase how much oil can be exported.

The move comes at a time when the pipeline still isn't operating at full capacity.

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Bank CEOs Rake In Big Profits as Wall Street Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Financing

30/08/25

Author:

Derek Seidman

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Truthout

Climate activists rally outside Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels on September 19, 2023. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images

Aug. 25, 2025

Big banks across the world are substantially increasing their financing of the fossil fuel industry, including for the industry’s expansion during a time of intensifying climate crisis, all while pulling back from previously stated climate commitments.

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The Myth of Clean Energy - Book review

27/08/25

Author:

Trevor Jackson

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the Nation

A worker in a coal yard in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021. (Ritesh Shukla / Getty Images)

Aug. 25, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

B.C. Energy Minister wants to lead in clean power at home while exporting fossil fuels abroad

26/08/25

Author:

Adam Radwanski

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Globe and Mail

B.C.'s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Adrian Dix has publicly acknowledged that the province needs work to hit its target of a 40-per-cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 levels by 2030. ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press

Aug. 22, 2025

Adrian Dix wants British Columbia to be like Norway.

The province’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions expressed that aspiration during a recent, lengthy interview in his Vancouver riding. It would mean being a leading supplier of fossil fuels to the world, while also being a leader in the pivot away from them domestically.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Oil - Pipelines

Why Trans Mountain wants to expand when the oil pipeline isn't even full

Pipeline is operating at about 80%, while tankers are only 70% full

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