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The Case for a Public Green Power Company

07/03/24
Author: 
Paul Kahnert
Link: 
The Bullet
Tree in a light bulb

Mar. 7, 2024

While the world burns, conservative governments in both Alberta and Ontario continue to spend billions hiding and protecting their failed hydro deregulation schemes. This is money that should be spent combatting the climate crisis.

Category: 
'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Energy
Green New Deal/LEAP
Labour - Unions
Social
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US Election & Technological Manipulation of Voters?

06/03/24
Author: 
Steven Hill
Link: 
LA Progressive
cartoon - Trump with Supreme Court as puppets

Mar. 3, 2024

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Capitalism
Social
USA
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Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy could blow a hole in provincial housing projections

06/03/24
Author: 
Alex Hemingway
Link: 
CCPA - Policy Note

Feb. 21, 2024

The long reign of exclusionary single-family zoning is being challenged in British Columbia—and none too soon amid a severe housing shortage.

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British Columbia
Social
Urban
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The most epic (and literal) gaslighting of all time

06/03/24
Author: 
Bill McKibben
Link: 
Bill McKibben Substack
gaslighting

Mar. 5, 2024

Exxon--is it possible?--hits a new low

I’m listening to John Coltrane through my headphones as I type, in an effort to stay calm enough that I don’t just start sputtering. You might want to do likewise as you read.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
Industry Spin
LNG - Fracking
Social
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Climate Disruption Reduces Water Needed for Hydro Power

05/03/24
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Link: 
The Tyee
BC Hydro’s Revelstoke hydroelectric dam spans the Columbia River. Drought forced the utility to import expensive power from Alberta and the US in 2023. Photo via Shutterstock.

Mar. 4, 2024

Hydro Power’s Conundrum: Rising Demand in a Drier Climate

Central to low-carbon economic plans is an electricity source threatened by drought.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
Energy
Global
Nuclear
Social
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Calls mount for crackdown on false fossil fuel ads

05/03/24
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
Link: 
National Observer
The Gitanyow and climate critics are calling on the province and federal government to tackle false advertising on LNG. Canada Action bus ad / screenshot

Mar. 5, 2024

The Gitanyow Nation is calling on both the provincial and federal governments to do something about deceptive ad campaigns that greenwash the climate impacts of liquified natural gas projects in B.C.

Its concerns relate to a deluge of paid ads across the province touting claims by gas companies that LNG is somehow a green source of energy aligned with net-zero emissions targets.

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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
Global
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
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Wild salmon advocates are calling for "emergency" meeting with Trudeau

01/03/24
Author: 
The Early Edition - CBC
Link: 
The Early Edition - CBC
wild salmon

Mar. 1, 2024

Bob Chamberlin of the First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance says bureaucrats with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are undermining the transition away from open-net pen fish farms.

Listen here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/16046319-wild-salmon-advocates-calling-emergency-meeting-trudeau

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British Columbia
Canada
Ecology/Environment
Fisheries
Indigenous Peoples
Social
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An Ecosocialist Strategy to Win the Future

01/03/24
Author: 
Sabrina Fernandes
Link: 
Rosa Luxember Stiftung
Climate protesters march in Melbourne, Australia, March 2020. CC BY 2.0, Photo: Flickr/Mark Hrkac

A strategic document for a global and regional ecosocialist transition by Brazilian ecosocialist Sabrina Fernandes

Nov. 17, 2022

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Agriculture
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Ecosocialism
Energy
Global
Green New Deal/LEAP
Key Articles
Labour - Unions
Oil - Pipelines
Protest - Revolt
Social
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The pathway to doubling public transit use by 2035

29/02/24
Author: 
Cloe Logan
Link: 
National Observer
Inside public transit - Photo by Lisanto 李奕良 via Unsplash

Feb. 27, 2024

Taking the bus in Halifax for Douglas Wetmore often means long wait times, crowded routes and unreliable service.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Social
Transportation
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Is Ottawa changing its tune on LNG?

29/02/24
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
Link: 
National Observer
After championing LNG, federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is now suggesting that investing in B.C.'s fossil gas export projects is risky as the transition to clean energy picks up speed. B.C. government Flickr

Feb. 29, 2024

The same week one of B.C.’s proposed LNG projects was delayed, Canada’s energy minister mused about the risk of fossil fuel investments as the clean energy transition picks up speed.

The final investment decision for the Cedar LNG project, backed by the Pembina Pipeline Corp. and the Haisla First Nation, will be postponed until mid-2024, it was announced last week.

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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Social
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