British Columbia

Where They Stand: The Parties on Fossil Fuel Subsidies

10/09/21

Author:

Michelle Gamage

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The Liberals pledge to cut carbon emissions — but they spent $4.5 billion to ensure a pipeline expansion went ahead. Photo via Trans Mountain.

If federal parties are serious about taking on climate change, they need to stop giving money to the oil and gas industry, according to two climate experts.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

If you want your vote to help the climate, here are the questions you need to ask

09/09/21

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

A helicopter drops a bucket of water on the Chuckegg Creek wildfire west of High Level, Alta., on May 25, 2019. Photo by Chris Schwarz, Government of Alberta / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

September 9th 2021

Why you should take Mark Jaccard’s platform ratings with a hunk of salt

If there is some good news in this election it is that, finally, every leader and party feels compelled to run on what they hope will be viewed as a credible climate plan, and each of the major parties appears to be presenting a somewhat stronger climate plan than just two years ago.

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Will the next federal government lift the curtain on the true cost of TMX?

09/09/21

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

The cost of the Trans Mountain expansion project continues to soar, but by how much exactly is still not clear, according to a new report from West Coast Environmental Law. Photo via TMX / Facebook

September 9th 2021

The costs of the Trans Mountain expansion project continue to soar, but with the company behind it increasingly opaque since Ottawa bought the pipeline, it’s difficult to say by how much, according to a new report from West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL).

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EMERGENCY CALL-OUT Our tree-sit at Lost Creek in Burnaby is under attack!

08/09/21

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BROKE (Burnaby Residents Opposed to Kinder Morgan Expansion)

Please spread the word and come when you can. Bring water, canned fruit. It appears the plan might be to starve out the tree-sitters. Lots of security on site and, since yesterday, lots of fencing erected around the trees where the tree-sit platforms are.

Solidarity,

Gene McGuckin

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Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 11:19 PM
Subject: Treesit under attack

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A Salute to All the Workers Who’ve Kept Us Going

07/09/21

Author:

Joshua Berson

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The Tyee

Megan Lawrence is an ambulance paramedic in Vancouver. All photos by Joshua Berson.

Sept. 6, 2021

They feed us, rescue us, lend a needed touch. They make our lives possible. A photo essay.

During this pandemic, people crucial to the core functioning of our society masked-up, sanitized and risked their family’s health to do their jobs. Today The Tyee salutes all the workers who’ve kept us going.

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British Columbia

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We Backed BC’s Climate Plan. Now We See It’s Not Enough

07/09/21

Author:

Grand Chief Stewart Philip, Hannah Askew, Tzeporah Berman, Andrew Gage and Khelsilem

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The Tyee

Time to reroute our plans. Fire near the Coquihalla Highway on Aug. 15, 2021. Photo by BC Ministry of Transportation.

Sept. 6, 2021

The time has come for a major reboot of the CleanBC goals.

As we come to the end of what has been a devastating summer for many British Columbians — marked by the June heat dome event and the loss of nearly 600 people, hundreds of wildfires leading to people losing their homes, days of smoke, thousands of evacuations — the time has come for a major reboot of CleanBC, the province’s climate plan.

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If the NDP and Greens were truly serious about climate action, they would make a deal on Vancouver's West Side

05/09/21

Author:

Charlie Smith

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The Georgia Straight

Vancouver Granville NDP candidate Anjali Appadurai and Vancouver Quadra Green candidate Devyani Singh would each bring a deep understanding of climate issues, as well as tremendous passion for action, to Ottawa.

August 21st, 2021

If you're reading this article, it's because you're interested in federal politics. I'm guessing that the headline captured your attention.

I'll elaborate on this headline deeper in the piece. But first, I'm going to set the table with a quick synopsis of the contradiction between Canada's energy policy and climate policy.

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Out of control: A growing area of high-hazard clearcuts and plantations is fuelling BC's raging forest infernos

31/08/21

Author:

David Broadland

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Focus on Victoria

August 11

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As the province burns, the BC Government approves the first steps in yet another huge fossil fuel project

31/08/21

Author:

Russ Francis

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Focus on Victoria

Out of control: A growing area of high-hazard clearcuts and plantations are fuelling BC's raging forest infernos

August 24, 2021

WHILE FAMILY AND FRIENDS of the 569 British Columbians who died in June as a direct result of runaway global heating were still grieving, the provincial government was quietly approving the initial project plan for another huge fossil fuel facility.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

What you need to know about the Fairy Creek protests

31/08/21

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

The Fairy Creek protests over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island are quickly becoming the face of a much broader conflict between environmental goals and economic forces. Photo by @arvinoutside via Fairy Creek Blockade / Facebook

August 31st 2021

As Canada approaches the halfway point in the federal election, the Fairy Creek protests over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island are quickly becoming the face of a much broader conflict between environmental goals and economic forces.

The protests at Fairy Creek are on track to become the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, surpassing the Clayoquot protests, sometimes called the War in the Woods.

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