Ecology/Environment

B.C. can have affordable, renewable power – or LNG

01/02/25
Author: 
Kai Nagata
Link: 
Dogwood BC
Eby and Trump

Jan. 30, 2025

Clean energy offers peace, prosperity and political sanity. Oil companies plan to steal it.

British Columbia faces an urgent choice: renewable power or LNG? Our government claims we can have both.

But the absurd reality is that British Columbians are paying billions to build new electrical infrastructure — namely the Site C dam and North Coast Transmission Line — for the benefit of foreign oil and gas companies.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Social
USA
War/military
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The carbon tax must die so climate policies survive

30/01/25
Author: 
Jessica Green
Link: 
National Observer
A decarbonized economy will require lots of people — some of whom will need extensive training. Photo by Shutterstock

Jan. 29, 2025

The race for Liberal party leadership is on. Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland has announced that if elected Prime Minister, she will get rid of the consumer carbon tax. Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney has been cagier about the issue, but may also do the same. 

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Coal
Ecology/Environment
Industry Spin
Labour - Unions
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
Transportation
Urban
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Should Labour (UK) really value its economic ambitions over its environmental duty?

30/01/25
Author: 
Helena Horton
The number of annual flights could go up to 720,000 with a third runway, according to Heathrow, an average of almost 2,000 flights a day. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Jan. 30, 2025 - The Guardian Newsletter

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Global
Social
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Climate change could cause millions more temperature-related deaths in Europe by 2099, study says

27/01/25
Author: 
Rosie Frost
Link: 
Euro News
Copyright Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP

Jan. 27, 2025

A new study debunked theories climate change could be ‘beneficial’ for temperature-related deaths as Europe warms.

Climate change will likely cause a sharp increase in deaths from extreme heat, substantially outweighing any decrease in cold-related deaths across Europe.

A modelling study was led by researchers from the Environment & Health Modelling (EHM) Lab at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and published in Nature Medicine. 

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Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Global
Social
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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals

26/01/25
Author: 
Patrick Greenfield
Link: 
The Guardian
Near Newtok in Alaska, melting permafrost is causing the Ninglick River to widen and erode its banks. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Jan. 21, 2025

Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows

A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as global heating ends thousands of years of carbon storage in parts of the frozen north.

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Canada
Climate Change
Climate Science
Ecology/Environment
Global
Social
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World Bank and IMF — Keeping Pakistan in Shackles

24/01/25
Author: 
Farooq Tariq
Link: 
The Bullet
IMF out of Pakistan

Jan. 24, 2025

On 11th December 2024, while replying to a question in Pakistan’s National Assembly, the federal finance minister admitted for the first time that since 2019, and while under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, gas prices increased by a record 840% and electricity tariffs rose by over 110%.

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Agriculture
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Energy
Global
Indigenous Peoples
Labour - Unions
Oil - Pipelines
Protest - Revolt
Social
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‘It Can Be Done:’ Vince Beiser on Saving Us from Enviro Disaster

21/01/25
Author: 
Harrison Mooney
Link: 
The Tyee
An automated production line uses robots to manufacture electric vehicle parts. EVs were built in response to climate change, but these and other technologies carry hidden costs, writes Vancouver journalist Vince Beiser. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jan. 21, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Global
Indigenous Peoples
Social
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Why do B.C. politicians agree with Trump on LNG?

21/01/25
Author: 
Kai Nagata
Link: 
Dogwood BC
Trump, Dix, and LNG

Jan. 16, 2025

Ignoring warnings about rising energy bills, B.C. and U.S. plan more gas exports

Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump promises a dramatic expansion of the LNG industry starting next week. And British Columbia is going along for the ride.

“I will approve the export terminals on my very first day back,” Trump said at a rally last year. Meanwhile B.C. Premier David Eby is following the same path on LNG, throwing his government’s support behind new gas projects.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Global
LNG - Fracking
Social
USA
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Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries

19/01/25
Author: 
Sandra Laville
Link: 
The Guardian
A woman walks through a flooded street in Valencia, Spain. The effects of the climate crisis are likely to have a much bigger impact on economic wellbeing than previously thought, a report by actuaries said. Photograph: Pablo Blázquez Domínguez/Getty Images

Jan. 16, 2025

Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

The global economy could face 50% loss in gross domestic product (GDP) between 2070 and 2090 from the catastrophic shocks of climate change unless immediate action by political leaders is taken to decarbonise and restore nature, according to a new report.

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Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Social
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Reactions to BC Government Mandate Letters: Biodiversity, the Climate Crisis, Environmental Standards Subservient to Economic Priorities

19/01/25
Author: 
Sierra Club BC, West Coast Environmental Law, Ecojustice
forest - Ecojustice

Gaps in BC mandate letters threaten progress on climate and biodiversity commitments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

January 16, 2025

Sierra Club BC Director of Campaigns and Programs Shelley Luce offers the following statement in reaction to mandate letters sent to Cabinet ministers today by Premier Eby:

Category: 
'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Social
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