British Columbia

Another New Northern BC Pipeline???!!!!

12/09/22

Author:

Matt Simmons

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$Enbridge's little-known northern B.C. pipeline would transport up to 8.4 billion cubic feet of fracked gas daily. The company is seeking an amendment that would shorten its route and avoid Blueberry River First Nations territory, and considering a request for an extension that would keep the project in play until 2029. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal$

Sept. 8, 2022

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Future of Vertical Farms in Fraser Valley

10/09/22

Author:

Grace Kennedy

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Fraser Valley Current

Webpage Editor: Apart from the concerns mentioned in the article I wonder about the energy that would be necessary to operate these systems and their large scale and the high cost of the technology. And what about their vulnerability to extreme environmental conditions?

Sept. 6, 2022

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Future renewable diesel plant will turn food crops into fuel

06/09/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

Parkland Corporation wants to build a facility in Burnaby, B.C., to turn canola oil into renewable diesel. Photo by Bernard Spragg / Flickr (CC BY 1.0)

"A big concern in climate circles is that the ripple effect of converting food crops to fuel makes it hard to calculate the true greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels. Increased demand for food crops for fuel can cause deforestation in other parts of the world, which, in turn, creates more emissions, John Reilly, former co-director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, told Canada’s National Observer."

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Anjali’s Appadurai’s bid to be our next premier - How a 32-year-old climate activist is shaking up the race to be B.C.’s next premier

04/09/22

Author:

Arno Kopecky

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The Narwhal

Aug. 29, 2022

In a litmus test for the political clout of the climate movement, Anjali Appadurai, who’s never held public office, is gunning for an upset over establishment favourite David Eby in the NDP leadership contest

Inspired, bemused or aghast, there’s one thing almost every description of Anjali Appadurai’s leadership run agrees on: it probably won’t end in victory.

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TAKE ACTION! Anjali Appadurai is the Leader the Party and the Planet Need

31/08/22

Author:

Tom Sandborn

B.C. NDP leadership candidate David Eby Is "frustrated" that climate activist Anjali Appadurai has entered the race because, by robbing him of his predicted coronation, it delays crowning the winner by months. PHOTO BY NICK PROCAYLO /PNG

Please read and act on the article below--and then pass it on. I've known Tom for a long time, and I know it was not easy for him to write it.

Solidarity,

Gene McGuckin

Aug. 31, 2022

Hi, all

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Climate Change

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Heroes to hostage takers; what we talk about when we talk about strikes

30/08/22

Author:

Tom Sandborn

Link:

rabble.ca

BCGEU members on the picket line. Credit: BCGEU / Twitter

Aug. 26, 2022

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Will Canada bet on the wrong solution to Europe’s energy crisis?

24/08/22

Author:

Rob Miller

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National Observer

Europe and Canada need to invest in the energy transition, not new fossil fuel infrastructure that will start becoming stranded assets over the next 10 to 15 years. Photo by Lemon Pepper Pictures/Unsplash

Aug. 23, 2022

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Energy regulator gives Trans Mountain a ‘break’ on possible oil spill costs, say MPs, environmentalists

24/08/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

Link:

National Observer

Trans Mountain will not have to come up with an additional $1.1 billion to cover the cleanup cost of possible oil spills from TMX, the Canada Energy Regulator has decided. Photo by Jesse Winter / Canada's National Observer

Aug. 23, 2022

Trans Mountain will not have to come up with an additional $1.1 billion to cover the cleanup cost of possible oil spills from its expansion project, the Canada Energy Regulator has decided.

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Baldrey vs. Appadurai—he’s baffled by her aggressively progressive NDP leadership campaign

21/08/22

Author:

Martyn Brown

Link:

The Straight

Anjali Appadurai is not only seeking the B.C. NDP leadership, she's trying to steer her party back on a more progressive course.

Editor: You can join the BC NDP and vote for her as leader, Check this out - https://dogwoodbc.ca/news/bcndp-leadership-anjali-appadurai/

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MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

15/08/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

A dead salmon is photographed in the Coquihalla River near a Trans Mountain worksite. Photo by Kate Tairyan

Aug. 12, 2022

Four B.C. MPs are urging the federal government to halt the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project at least until salmon have finished spawning. The call comes after environmental group Protect the Planet documented salmon dying near a Trans Mountain worksite in Hope, B.C., last week.

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British Columbia

In a litmus test for the political clout of the climate movement, Anjali Appadurai, who’s never held public office, is gunning for an upset over establishment favourite David Eby in the NDP leadership contest

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