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15/02/23
Author: 
Hugo Cordeau
TMX construction in 2016. All eyes will be on the expected federal emissions reduction plan for the oil and gas sector expected later this year. Kindermorgan handout

Feb. 15, 2023

Feb. 1 marked another landmark: sea ice reached its lowest level in history. The climate crisis is here. We must act accordingly.

15/02/23
Author: 
John Woodside
Drew Tozer in front of the home he decarbonized, offering an alternative to natural gas hookups. Photo by Ian Willms/Canada's National Observer

Feb. 14, 2023

Energy giant Enbridge is plotting a multibillion-dollar expansion to its gas network in Ontario that would lock the province into a fossil fuel future for decades to come.

14/02/23
Author: 
Keep Transit Moving
Transit Coalition Outlines Key Recommendations for Budget 2023

February 14, 2023  •  

Important asks for the 2023 federal budget include permanent operational funding for transit systems, public intercity highway bus service, and accessibility and safety improvements.

A broad coalition of unions, environmental organizations, and rider advocates released its annual pre-budget submission with five recommendations for the 2023 federal budget.

The Keep Transit Moving Coalition published five central recommendations that would improve public transit for all Canadians:

14/02/23
Author: 
Hilary Wainwright RED PEPPER
The Racecourse in Durham during the 2022 Miner’s Gala,(Credit: Gerry Hart)

An interesting article about the UK, but touching on some strategic and tactical questions we have been wrestling with in the Vancouver Ecosocialist Group--and possibly in the ENGOs (though with a different orientation toward replacing capitalism, of course).

                                -- Gene McGuckin

Oct. 22, 2022

13/02/23
Author: 
Peoples of the Global South
MANIFESTO FOR AN ECOSOCIAL ENERGY TRANSITION FROM THE PEOPLES OF THE SOUTH
A new manifesto critiques the "clean energy" transitions of the Global North and offers an alternative vision from the Global South.
By  | February 9, 2023

 

Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South

An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters

13/02/23
Author: 
Jean Swanson
LandlordBC calls vacancy control ‘the death knell for rental home construction.’ But it wasn’t a death knell when BC did have vacancy controls in the 1970s, writes Jean Swanson. Photo by Christopher Cheung.

Feb. 13, 2023

Landlords get a huge rent jump when they oust tenants. Let’s fix that. Part of a series of voices proposing new housing policies.

12/02/23
Author: 
Kenny Stancil
A person shops at a supermarket in New York City on December 14, 2022. (Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images)

Website editor: So much for build back better.

Feb. 10, 2023

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