Climate Change

Energy firms say they want to cut emissions; let's call their bluff

22/10/22
Author: 
Julia Levin
Link: 
Edmonton Journal
A flare from the Suncor Energy Edmonton Refinery illuminates the sky in Strathcona County, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. PHOTO BY IAN KUCERAK /Postmedia

Oct 21, 2022

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With eye on the Liberal opposition, Eby makes plea for party unity

22/10/22
Author: 
Vaughn Palmer
Link: 
Vancouver Sun
David Eby holds a news conference Friday after being named NDP leader to replace John Horgan. PHOTO BY JASON PAYNE /PNG

Oct. 21, 2022

Disgruntled Appadurai supporters gear up to take control of NDP, riding by riding.

VICTORIA — Premier-designate David Eby wrote to NDP members this week in an effort to patch things up with Anjali Appadurai supporters after her ouster as a candidate for the party leadership.

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British Columbia
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Chronicle of a death foretold

22/10/22
Author: 
Arno Kopecky
Link: 
National Observer
BC NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai addresses the media during a news conference in downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Oct. 22, 2022

Two narratives collided head-on in spectacular fashion late Wednesday night when the BC NDP disqualified Anjali Appadurai from the party’s leadership race, alleging she broke multiple campaign rules, so clearing the way for David Eby to become the premier of B.C.

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The B.C. NDP had a noble environmental history, then along came John Horgan

21/10/22
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Link: 
Charlie Smith
Premier John Horgan has supported fossil-fuel interests throughout his career.

Oct. 20, 2022

He's been a very good friend to the fossil-fuel industry dating back to his time as a senior government staffer in the 1990s.

The B.C. NDP used to have lots of environmentalists.

Let’s not forget that the B.C. NDP created the Agricultural Land Reserve when Dave Barrett was premier.

During these years from 1972 to 1975, there was a doubling of parks and wilderness areas, including the formation of Cypress Provincial Park on the North Shore

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With Appadurai Out, Can Eby Rest Easy?

21/10/22
Author: 
Paul Willcocks
Link: 
The Tyee
Anjali Appadurai challenged the NDP’s decision to bar her from the leadership race Wednesday. Photo for The Tyee by Zak Vescera.

Oct. 20, 2022

The NDP has managed to make what could have been an energizing leadership transfer into a debacle.

What a very bad day for the BC NDP. Its leadership campaign has descended into chaos and controversy.

David Eby will become party leader and premier even though he’s likely supported by a minority of current members. And the competence of the party’s old guard appears highly questionable.

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British Columbia
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B.C. NDP Disqualifies Anjali Appadurai Despite Members’ Objections

21/10/22
Author: 
Alex Cosh
Link: 
The Maple
Anjali Appadurai/Twitter

Oct. 20, 2022

The B.C. NDP’s provincial executive council voted to disqualify Anjali Appadurai from the party’s leadership race last night, against strong objections from party members and elected NDP representatives across the province and country who called on the party to let her run.

The party’s decision paves the way for former attorney general and minister responsible for housing David Eby to assume the party leadership — and premiership — unopposed.

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The desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai

21/10/22
Author: 
Avi Lewis
Link: 
National Observer
Anjali Appadurai on Monday announced her bid to run for the leadership of the B.C. NDP — and the province's premiership. Photo provided by Anjali Appadurai

Oct. 20, 2022

There were no pets, dead people, or ghosts involved.

 

Nonetheless, the B.C. NDP has disqualified leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai, citing collusion with a third party (the campaigning organization Dogwood) in recruiting many thousands of new members.

 

And with that, one of the fastest, most dramatic political insurgencies in Canadian history reaches the end of its first phase. But I don’t think we’re anywhere near done yet.

 

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Nigeria rushes to aid flood victims, as death toll tops 600

20/10/22
Author: 
Associated Press
Link: 
CBC News
Vehicles are seen on a flooded road in Lokoja, Nigeria, on Thursday. Nigeria experiences annual flooding, especially in coastal areas, but this year's floods are the worst in more than a decade. (Ayodeji Oluwagbemiga/Reuters)

Oct 17, 2022 

More than 1.3 million people have been displaced by heavier than usual rains

The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to get relief items to hundreds of thousands being evacuated from their submerged homes.

More than 1.3 million people have been displaced by the disaster, which has affected people across 33 of Nigeria's 36 states, the country's Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs said late Sunday.

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Hundreds of homes flooded, residents displaced by swollen rivers in Australia

20/10/22
Author: 
The Associated Press
Link: 
CBC News
Hundreds of homes have been flooded in Melbourne and other cities in Australia’s southeast. With more rain in the forecast, officials expect river levels to remain dangerously high for days.

Website editor: Extreme weather -  In BC drought.  In Australia floods.

Oct 14, 2022

Man found dead inside submerged car in New South Wales, 2 others reported missing

Homes were flooded in Melbourne and other cities in Australia's southeast on Friday with rivers forecast to remain dangerously high for days.

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“Green Capitalism” Is a Lie

20/10/22
Author: 
Matt Huber
Link: 
Jacobin
A forest fire burns, destroying dozens of acres of land in the province of Sassari on September 17, 2022, in Berchidda, Sassari, Italy. (Emanuele Perrone / Getty Images)

Oct. 19, 2022

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