British Columbia

16/05/16
Author: 
Peter Julian
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13/05/16
Author: 
Mike Carter
In-river excavation on the Site C dam early 2016.   Photograph By BC Hydro

Local First Nations leaders were quick to call the federal Liberals hypocrites for formally adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) while construction proceeds on the Site C dam. 

But a pair of constitutional law professors from the University of British Columbia (UBC) say they shouldn't be so quick to judge. 

11/05/16
Author: 
Derrick OKeef
May 10 2016 - Opposition to Kinder Morgan is not limited to British Columbia. In fact, the effort by First Nations, municipalities, and environmental groups to stop the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline from the Alberta tar sands to the Pacific coast is just one part of a rising tide of resistance to the corporate behemoth that bills itself as “the largest energy infrastructure company in North America.”
 
11/05/16
Author: 
Tyler Stiem

In the 1960s, Vancouver’s historic downtown was at risk of being razed for modern road projects – only for an extraordinary protest movement to turn the tide, helping transform it into one of North America’s most ‘liveable’ cities.

11/05/16
Author: 
Derrick Penner

Loops Energy's chief scientist Sean MacKinnon (left) with Rob Wingrove, director of product development at their UBC lab. NICK PROCAYLO / PNG

To date, hydrogen fuel cells have been promoted mostly as power plants on the people side of the transportation sector. Think cars, buses and trams.
07/05/16
Author: 
Larissa Stendie

Canada’s symbolic signing of the Paris climate agreements Friday was a hopeful and necessary step. Yet symbolism and rhetoric need to be followed by urgent action here at home if we are serious about avoiding a catastrophic four to six degrees Celsius of warming.

Pipelines and fracked gas are not the pathway to Paris solutions; they are the path to increased wildfires, water shortages and other increasingly unmanageable climate impacts.

07/05/16
Author: 
Jennifer Moreau
Activists in kayaks are planning a massive flotilla to surround Kinder Morgan's Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby on May 14. Meanwhile, other protesters will stage a sit-in on land at the terminal gates. The event is part of Break Free, a global series of actions targeting fossil fuel projects.   Photograph By Jennifer Moreau

[Note: Details of training for the event:Training will take place at Cates Park in North Vancouver on Friday, May 13. The actions will be the following day.

TAKE NOTE - TRAINING FOR THOSE IN BOATS IS MANDATORY because of obvious safety and coordination considerations. Register at the website that is the last thing in the article below. Training sessions will start about 4:30 p.m. at Cates Park. There will be two or three of them, so go to the website and get more details.

05/05/16
Author: 
Matt Robinson

More people bike to work in Vancouver than any other major city in North America — including U.S. cycling mecca Portland, new numbers from the City of Vancouver suggest.

About 10 per cent of all trips to work by city residents in 2015 were by bike, according to results of the city’s latest panel survey on transportation, presented Wednesday to councillors. That would put Vancouver well ahead of Portland, but staff caution they will need to compare the results of the 2016 census to those of the American community survey to confirm Vancouver’s No. 1 ranking.

05/05/16
Author: 
Mark Hume

British Columbia is facing droughts more severe than any in the past 350 years, according to new research that used tree ring data to reconstruct the coast climate back to the 17th century.

04/05/16
Author: 
Chelsea Nash
Silt is stirred up in the Peace Valley River as a result of preparatory construction for the Site C dam. Photo courtesy of Garth Lenz

The federal government is coming up on what will be a litmus test of its commitment to nation-to-nation relations with First Nations and to the environment, say those advocating for the shutdown of the massive BC Hydro development known as Site C in northeastern British Columbia. 

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