Climate Change

10/12/24
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
Premier David Eby said nine new wind projects co-owned by First Nations will maintain B.C.'s competitive clean energy advantage in global markets, particularly give the uncertain future for renewables in Alberta and U.S., Hand out photo B.C. government / Flickr

Dec. 10, 2024

BC Hydro has unveiled nine new wind projects to meet the growing demand for clean energy while keeping rates affordable for public and industrial users. 

Adrian Dix, the new Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, announced the projects alongside Premier David Eby on Monday. Dix said the projects will enhance B.C.’s clean energy supply, strengthen the economy and uphold the province’s commitment to affordable rates and reconciliation with Indigenous communities. 

10/12/24
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Photo by Rab Lawrence/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Coal mining

Dec. 10, 2024

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s decision not to assess the impact of a massive thermal coal mine expansion is "cowardly” and “colossal backtracking” on Canada’s commitments to stop exporting this dirty fossil fuel, says an environmental advocate.

06/12/24
Author: 
Guardian staff
Pipe systems on a floating liquefied natural gas terminal during the inauguration of the Deutsche Ostsee terminal in the port of Lubmin, Germany, in January 2023. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters

Dec. 5, 2024

New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants

A $200bn wave of new gas projects could lead to a “climate bomb” equivalent to releasing the annual emissions of all the world’s operating coal power plants, according to a report.

Large banks have invested $213bn into plans to build terminals that export and import gas that is chilled and shipped on ocean tankers. But a report has warned that they could be more damaging than coal power.

05/12/24
Author: 
Heather Stewart
Arabica coffee beans, orange crops and olive oil are among the foodstuffs affected by climate-induced price increases. Photograph: Enrico Mantegazza/Alamy

Dec. 1, 2024

Policymakers must act as extreme weather events put more pressure on food inflation and production worldwide

Your morning – and afternoon – coffee is the latest staple threatened by climate chaos: the price of quality arabica beans shot to its highest level in almost 50 years last week amid fears of a poor harvest in Brazil.

30/11/24
Author: 
Seth Klein
CNO columnist Seth Klein dumped gas heating years ago and has never looked back. Photo by: Adrienne Tanner for Canada's National Observer

Nov. 29, 2024

It wasn’t easy, and it was uncomfortably close. But late Wednesday evening, the gas industry’s effort to re-introduce fossil fuel heating in new homes and buildings in Vancouver was mercifully defeated.

Mobilizing to confront the climate emergency desperately requires forward momentum. Instead, thanks to the unrelenting persistence of the fossil gas industry, countless Vancouver-area climate activists and organizations just spent untold hours over the last four months re-prosecuting a fight they had already won.

30/11/24
Author: 
Julia Jacobo
Trump taps fracking CEO as energy secretary  President-elect Donald Trump announced Chris Wright, Liberty Energy CEO and climate policy critic, is his pick for energy secretary.

Nov. 19, 2024

"There is no climate crisis," Wright said in 2023.

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