Trump’s billionaire allies push more LNG terminals, as household bills climb
The cost of heating more than a million homes, farms and businesses across B.C. could soon jump again, as fossil gas prices double later this year.
That’s according to a forecast by the B.C. government included in Tuesday’s budget, which predicts a 113 per cent increase in the price of fossil gas this fiscal year.
BC Energy Regulator inspectors gave a passing grade to an oil and gas site they said had a ‘SERIOUS deficiency’ and another that had potentially been ‘gurgling’ since 2012. Here are some of their notes
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.
Renewable natural gas is touted as a critical climate solution, but there are serious problems in B.C. with accountability and how emissions benefits are counted from the U.S.
This year’s B.C. government budget was a “missed opportunity” to ensure the economy is more resilient to Trump tariffs by driving job growth and energy security with more support for a clean economy, say climate experts.
The budget didn’t claw back prior climate initiatives or undermine the CleanBC plan, but lacked ambition to decarbonize the economy or put B.C. at the forefront of the global clean energy transition, said Chris Severson-Baker, executive director of the Pembina Institute.
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.
