'Alternative' energy and less energy

24/03/25
Author: 
John Woodside
March 19, 2024: Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson pictured during an interview in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo by Dave Chan/Canada's National Observer

Mar. 21, 2025

The fossil fuel industry’s call to roll back environmental policy at a time of economic crisis will hurt Canadians in the long run, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told the executives of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies Thursday.

22/03/25
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Image of planes over North America

Mar. 18, 2025

The global aviation industry is burning jet fuel like there’s no tomorrow. 

Jet engines now emit more fossil fuel CO2 than 120 nations combined. And the industry plans to send ever more flights into our overheating atmosphere come hell or high water. 

17/03/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
BC’s budget documents show the province anticipates a 60 per cent revenue jump from gas, thanks to rising prices and an 11 per cent increase in fracking due to demand from LNG Canada’s anticipated start this year. Photo via LNG Canada.

Mar. 11, 2025

As resource extraction intensifies, environmental assessments have been cut, says advocate.

16/03/25
Author: 
Adam Radwanski
Building pipelines - Trade war a ‘great opportunity’ to talk about pipelines, says CNRL president

 Mar. 8, 2025

Despite the security dangers posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, there is no way a new – or resurrected – pipeline project would be completed in less than five years

Jonathan Wilkinson would like everyone to take a deep breath, when it comes to one of the biggest, costliest and riskiest ways that Canada could try to assert its energy independence in the face of Donald Trump’s threats.

11/03/25
Author: 
Seth Klein
Mark Carney at an informal campaign stop on Feb. 16, 2025. Photo from Facebook/Mark Carney

In the space of a mere few weeks, the Canadian political terrain has shifted dramatically. Between Prime Minister Trudeau’s imminent departure and Trump’s attacks on Canada’s economy and sovereignty, a Conservative majority led by Pierre Poilievre in the coming months no longer seems like a foregone conclusion. In an otherwise bleak global landscape, many in Canada are breathing a sigh of relief that polls are showing a stunning collapse in the Conservatives’ lead, especially when poll respondents are asked to consider a Mark Carney-led Liberal Party.

08/03/25
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
Premier David Eby speaks at PKM Canada Marine Terminals in North Vancouver, B.C, on Monday, Feb 3, 2025. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Feb. 4, 2025

Premier says province must prepare for tariffs to return and start sending more exports elsewhere

B.C. Premier David Eby's office has shared a list of 18 resource projects that he says the province will be fast-tracking in order to reduce its reliance on trade with the United States.

They are a blend of energy, mining and critical mineral projects that are already on the books, but which the government says it will be working to expedite through the approval process.

02/03/25
Author: 
BC Climate Emergency Campaign and Allies
 from https://bcclimateemergency.ca/progress-report
Feb. 2025
 
SUMMARY
 
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been widely promoted by governments and industry throughout B.C.
as a fix-all solution that will supposedly boost B.C.’s economy, support local jobs, get countries in Asia
off coal, reduce B.C.’s reliance on American energy exports, and lower B.C.’s emissions.
 
This briefing note explains why LNG is a false solution on all these fronts. It lays out environmental,
27/02/25
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is reviving former Alberta premier Jason Kenney's (above) failed tactic of attacking environmental groups for getting U.S. funding as his answer to the Trump tariff threats. File photo by Alex Tétreault

Feb. 25, 2025

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is pitching new laws targeting provincial environmental groups as part of his party’s strategy to combat U.S. tariff threats. 

Flanked by billboards reading “US millionaires are funding the destruction of B.C. economy” at a press conference Monday, Rustad argued the province needs legislation to ban B.C.-based environmental groups from receiving any U.S. funding for climate campaigns against oil and gas companies.

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