Climate Change

14/02/23
Author: 
Keep Transit Moving
Transit Coalition Outlines Key Recommendations for Budget 2023

February 14, 2023  •  

Important asks for the 2023 federal budget include permanent operational funding for transit systems, public intercity highway bus service, and accessibility and safety improvements.

A broad coalition of unions, environmental organizations, and rider advocates released its annual pre-budget submission with five recommendations for the 2023 federal budget.

The Keep Transit Moving Coalition published five central recommendations that would improve public transit for all Canadians:

14/02/23
Author: 
Hilary Wainwright RED PEPPER
The Racecourse in Durham during the 2022 Miner’s Gala,(Credit: Gerry Hart)

An interesting article about the UK, but touching on some strategic and tactical questions we have been wrestling with in the Vancouver Ecosocialist Group--and possibly in the ENGOs (though with a different orientation toward replacing capitalism, of course).

                                -- Gene McGuckin

Oct. 22, 2022

13/02/23
Author: 
Madeleine de Trenqualye
Naomi Klein: ‘I always think about climate justice as multitasking.’ Photograph: Adrienne Grunwald/The Guardian
Feb. 13, 2023

Canadian author and professor of climate justice cautiously hails loss and damage agreements at Cop27

13/02/23
Author: 
Peoples of the Global South
MANIFESTO FOR AN ECOSOCIAL ENERGY TRANSITION FROM THE PEOPLES OF THE SOUTH
A new manifesto critiques the "clean energy" transitions of the Global North and offers an alternative vision from the Global South.
By  | February 9, 2023

 

Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South

An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters

11/02/23
Author: 
Amanda Stephenson, The Canadian Press
By betting it can solve its emissions problem with carbon capture and storage technology, Canada's oil and gas industry risks sadding itself with expensive stranded assets, a new report argues. A dump truck works near the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta on Sunday June 1, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Feb. 9, 2023

CALGARY — By betting it can solve its emissions problem with carbon capture and storage, Canada's oil and gas industry risks saddling itself with expensive stranded assets, a new report argues.

CALGARY — By betting it can solve its emissions problem with carbon capture and storage, Canada's oil and gas industry risks saddling itself with expensive stranded assets, a new report argues.

11/02/23
Author: 
Gordon Hoekstra
Metro Vancouver road transportation and buildings account for 65 per cent of emissions. PHOTO BY FRANCIS GEORGIAN /PNG

Feb. 8, 2023

A new report says Metro Vancouver is missing the mark when it comes to reducing carbon emissions, and is down just 1% from the 2010 baseline year.

The needle has barely moved on greenhouse-gas reductions in Metro Vancouver, according to an annual report that tracks the region’s carbon emissions, employment growth and efforts to create compact urban centres.

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