Industry Spin

02/10/26
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Mark Carney announced Thursday, alongside Danielle Smith in Fort McMurray, that the West Coast pipeline will go ahead as a project in the national interest. Photo by Greg Halinda, the Canadian Press.

Oct. 2, 2026

Announcing funding to prepare BC for oil spills is ‘a warning sign all on its own,’ UBCIC women’s rep says.

Ending months of speculation, today the Carney government designated the West Coast oil pipeline a project of national interest, sidestepping environmental safeguards that have been in place for decades and charting a course that could irrevocably alter the Salish Sea.

29/09/26
Author: 
Emiko Newman, Tracey Saxby and Isabel Siu-Zmuidzinas
The state of climate action in BC remains grim. Stronger environmental policies have not materialized in five years, and in many ways, the government has been backtracking on its progress, write the authors. Photo for The Tyee by Steve Burgess.

Sept. 29, 2026

After pressing the province for five years, we’re still coming up short.

As we bid goodbye to summer and welcome fall, many of us breathe a sigh of relief that another “wildfire season” is winding down. Our skies are clear of smoke again. The days may be shortening, but our hearts feel lighter.

21/08/26
Author: 
Nathan Griffiths
B.C. spent an average of $525 million a year on wildfire suppression from 2016-2025. This is the Bald Range fire near Summerland on Aug. 10. Photo by B.C. Wildfire Service /Government of B.C.

“To be honest, there aren’t really good data on the cost of climate change,” co-author Andy Hira said, something he attributed to “willful ignorance” among policy-makers reluctant to link fossil fuel production to the costs it helps create.

Aug. 19, 2026

15/06/26
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Like a ‘mighty gyre,’ the data centre industry exerts a fierce pull. But resistance is growing. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jun. 15, 2026

Data centres gobble vast capital, land, water and energy while forcing locals to endure ‘heat islands.’ Who voted for this?

“While technological successes are celebrated, the social fabric is progressively eroded, as if by a silent virus.” — Pope Leo XIV

29/05/26
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
TGEGASENGINEERING/Wikimedia Commons

May 27, 2026

A German utility’s decision to buy a million tonnes of gas per year from the yet-to-be-built Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in British Columbia may help the project secure the investors it needs, but still falls short of the energy trade breakthrough the federal government is claiming, independent analysts say.

24/05/26
Author: 
Nessie Nankivell
Open pit mine and US flag

May 22, 2026

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons. 

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