Energy

B.C.’s precious old-growth giants are still being logged and burned to make electricity

13/03/24

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Natasha Bulowski

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Active logging of old-growth trees near Babine Lake, B.C. Photo provided by Conservation North

Mar. 13, 2024

Two new reports find B.C.’s old-growth forests are still on the chopping block despite claims to the contrary by the provincial government and a U.K.-based corporation.

Government data leaked to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) shows B.C.’s Ministry of Forestry rejected more than half the proposed logging deferrals recommended by an expert panel with a mandate to protect important old-growth forests.

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We need to talk about water – and the fact that the world is running out of it

11/03/24

Author:

George Monbiot

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The Guardian

Mar. 4, 2024

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Natural gas overtaking forestry as top contributor to B.C. government’s resource revenue

08/03/24

Author:

Brent Jang

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Business in Vancouver

One of the massive modules to liquefy natural gas at the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat.Nelson Bennett, BIV

Mar. 7, 2024

Revenue from forestry has topped natural gas royalties in 12 of the past 13 fiscal years, but the sector will likely play a supporting tole in the foreseeable future with reduced timber supplies

The natural gas industry is poised to take centre stage in British Columbia’s economy and overtake the forestry sector as the largest contributor to the province’s resource revenue.

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The Case for a Public Green Power Company

07/03/24

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Paul Kahnert

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The Bullet

Mar. 7, 2024

While the world burns, conservative governments in both Alberta and Ontario continue to spend billions hiding and protecting their failed hydro deregulation schemes. This is money that should be spent combatting the climate crisis.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Climate Disruption Reduces Water Needed for Hydro Power

05/03/24

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Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

BC Hydro’s Revelstoke hydroelectric dam spans the Columbia River. Drought forced the utility to import expensive power from Alberta and the US in 2023. Photo via Shutterstock.

Mar. 4, 2024

Hydro Power’s Conundrum: Rising Demand in a Drier Climate

Central to low-carbon economic plans is an electricity source threatened by drought.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Canadian LNG Will Stall Asia’s Shift to Renewables, Energy Experts in Asia Say

02/03/24

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Geoff Dembicki

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DeSmog

LNG as a climate solution is 'way outdated,' says one South Korean advocate. Credit: Ken Hodge/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Feb. 15, 2024

Western provinces are selling fracked gas as a global climate solution. But experts across the Pacific say that’s ‘outdated’ and inaccurate.

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. as a global climate solution, with some industry boosters even going so far as to call Canada’s supply of the fossil fuel the “cleanest in the world.”

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

An Ecosocialist Strategy to Win the Future

01/03/24

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Sabrina Fernandes

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Rosa Luxember Stiftung

Climate protesters march in Melbourne, Australia, March 2020. CC BY 2.0, Photo: Flickr/Mark Hrkac

A strategic document for a global and regional ecosocialist transition by Brazilian ecosocialist Sabrina Fernandes

Nov. 17, 2022

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Furnaces are in the crosshairs of the fight over gas

21/02/24

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Max Fawcett

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National Observer

Proposed upgrades to B.C.'s efficiency standards for furnaces, water heaters and other home-heating appliances are coming under fire from some contractors and the province's far right.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Geothermal Networks Use the Heat Under Our Feet

20/02/24

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Chris Hatch

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National Observer

Steam rising from the Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station in Iceland

Feb. 18, 2024

Mother Nature’s Icelandic lava show has been an impressive reminder that we are surrounded in every direction by awesome amounts of energy. Photons shower down, water cascades, wind blows while waves pulse and tides flow. And the Earth beneath our feet stores heat from the sun’s rays above while generating its own from dark sources below.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Feds tweak energy regulations for provincial flexibility

20/02/24

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

Alberta's Environment and Protected Areas Minister Rebecca Schulz at a news conference on Nov. 28, 2023. Photo by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta

Feb. 16, 2024

The federal government’s ideas to make major electricity regulations more flexible and responsive to provincial and industry concerns did not win over Alberta.

“This report makes no meaningful corrections to the most destructive piece of Canadian electricity regulation in decades,” said Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz in an emailed statement to Canada’s National Observer.

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Energy

Revenue from forestry has topped natural gas royalties in 12 of the past 13 fiscal years, but the sector will likely play a supporting tole in the foreseeable future with reduced timber supplies

Hydro Power’s Conundrum: Rising Demand in a Drier Climate

Central to low-carbon economic plans is an electricity source threatened by drought.

Western provinces are selling fracked gas as a global climate solution. But experts across the Pacific say that’s ‘outdated’ and inaccurate.

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