LNG - Fracking

26/08/25
Author: 
Tiffany Crawford
File photo of an oil and gas protest in Vancouver. The International Court of Justice has recently stated that countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change. Photo by Jason Payne /PNG

Aug. 23, 2025

The United Nations’ top court says countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change.

An international court ruling on climate change has prompted 34 local groups to call on the B.C. government for stronger climate action, including phasing out fossil fuels.

 

26/08/25
Author: 
Adam Radwanski
B.C.'s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Adrian Dix has publicly acknowledged that the province needs work to hit its target of a 40-per-cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 levels by 2030. ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press

Aug. 22, 2025

Adrian Dix wants British Columbia to be like Norway.

The province’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions expressed that aspiration during a recent, lengthy interview in his Vancouver riding. It would mean being a leading supplier of fossil fuels to the world, while also being a leader in the pivot away from them domestically.

23/08/25
Author: 
Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood
Over half of Canada is in drought, and it's having deep impacts that mean some rain doesn't solve the problem. British Columbia has been in drought since 2022, and in 2023, the Thompson River east of Kamloops, B.C. hit one of its lowest points in recent history, during a historic drought and under a sky hazy with wildfire smoke. Photo: Jesse Winter / The Narwhal

Aug. 15, 2025

A rush of water-hungry AI data centres is just one reason to rethink industrial water use, as drought becomes a real, year-round problem across Canada

We got rain — so our drought concerns are over, right?

20/08/25
Author: 
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Aug. 20, 2025

Landmark Climate Ruling Raises the Bar for BC: 34 Groups Urge Action to Meet Climate Obligations

Open letter says the province must align its climate plan with international law, meet its targets, and phase out fossil fuel production

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

August 20, 2025

11/07/25
Author: 
Seth Klein
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a closing press conference following the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by: Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press

July 9, 2025

I have spent the past five years arguing that we need a “wartime” approach to confront the climate crisis. It seems metaphor is not our government’s strong suit – their imagination for a wartime approach is limited to, well, war.

29/06/25
Author: 
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Edited by Chris McDermott
Activists from Rise and Resist, Truth Tuesdays and Extinction Rebellion gathered in the public space in front of Fox Headquarters in Manhattan to protest the network's ongoing propagation of dangerous climate lies, as part of Earth Week on April 19, 2022. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images

June 23, 2025

Unchecked climate misinformation has been turning crisis into catastrophe, according to a new report from the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE).

27/06/25
Author: 
Lauren Vanderdeen
Premier David Eby says he would consider a pipeline to B.C.'s north coast if it didn't rely on public subsidies. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

June 22, 2025

Eby says his position is more nuanced than a hard no, but opposes public funding for project

As Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pushes for a crude oil pipeline to British Columbia's north coast, B.C. Premier David Eby says he's not simply saying no.

Instead, Eby said he's against the public funding of such a pipeline.

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