Climate Change

15/03/23
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CBC - The Early Edition
Cedar LNG

Mar. 15, 2023

The $3-billion Cedar LNG facility proposed by the Haisla Nation has been granted an environmental assessment certificate by the provincial government - but critics say the approval does not support BC's climate goals. We hear from Peter McCartney with the Wilderness Committee.

Listen here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/15972401-b.c.-approves-indigenous-led-cedar-lng-project

15/03/23
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Premier David Eby announced approval for the Haisla Nation’s LNG project Tuesday. Chief Councillor Crystal Smith, in black dress and white shirt, said the decision ‘is about changing the course of history for my nation and Indigenous peoples everywhere.’ Photo via BC government.

Mar. 15, 2023

Haisla Nation welcomes green light, but critics sound warning on threat to province’s climate plan.

14/03/23
Author: 
Lisa Friedman
A section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, which spans the state from north to south, near Valdez.BLM Photo/Alamy

Mar. 14, 2023

 

Hello! I’m Lisa and I follow environmental policy for The Times. There was a big win for fossil fuels this week, so the newsletter team invited me in to talk about what Big Oil is thinking and what we might expect from the industry going forward.

14/03/23
Author: 
Damian Carrington
The carbon emissions from the global SUV fleet outweigh that of most countries. Photo by Chait Goli/Pexels

Mar. 13, 2023

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

The continued global rise in sales of SUVs pushed their climate-heating emissions to almost one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022, according to the International Energy Agency.

12/03/23
Author: 
Steve McKinley
Die in
Mar. 7, 2023

‘No generation has faced an existential crisis of this scale,’ says Canadian researcher.

Canada’s young people are filled with a sense of doom and gloom, not just about the planet’s climate change future, but also about their government’s lack of action in dealing with it.

11/03/23
Author: 
Akshay Kulkarni
Ministry spokesperson says government finalizing report, needs 'thorough analysis'

Mar. 5, 2023

Ministry spokesperson says government finalizing report, needs 'thorough analysis'

The B.C. government has missed the deadline for its review into the possibility of providing air conditioners during heat waves as recommended by a coroners' death review panel last year.

11/03/23
Author: 
John Young
LNG Canada site construction in Kitimat. British Columbians will not end up using any of the energy produced. Credit: LNG Canada

Mar. 10, 2023

You’re probably busy just trying to make a living, so you may not have noticed that the world’s biggest oil and gas companies are making a killing.

Again.

Still.

More than ever.

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