British Columbians might be surprised to learn they are among the world’s most aggressive extractors of climate-destabilizing fossil fuels, per capita — and major projects that are already being built aim to make the province’s contribution much worse.
Seven charts help tell the story of how we got here.
Judge rejects the prosecutors’ call for more jail time for protesters arrested at a Coastal GasLink pipeline work site.
About 100 people packed into the Smithers courthouse on Friday to show support for three Indigenous land defenders being sentenced for attempting to halt work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline in 2021 in defiance of a court-ordered injunction.
A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.
s drought in British Columbia’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50 per cent last year.
On the same day the prime minister talked about the importance of “climate competitiveness” in keeping Canada’s economy strong and secure, his Liberal government gave the go-ahead to a major new piece of fossil fuel infrastructure.
LNG Canada is slated to pay less than a third of the millions of dollars it will cost to connect to BC Hydro’s clean electricity grid instead of burning gas to fuel its operations.
The first phase of the massive export facility in Kitimat started up in June, launching BC’s bid to access global markets for the fossil fuel, particularly Asia.
Parched, the city has proposed piping water in. And selling it to the very industry some say caused the problem.
After three years of drought, the City of Dawson Creek has reached a dangerous tipping point as the Kiskatinaw River, its only drinking water source, falls to levels never before seen.
Two legal challenges filed in British Columbia claim a liquefied natural gas pipeline hasn't been "substantially started," contrary to a decision made by the provincial government back in June.
Petitions filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week allege the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has been given the green-light by the B.C. Environment Ministry to go ahead without requiring a new environmental assessment certificate, which was first granted in 2014.
