Social

14/03/23
Author: 
Damian Carrington
The carbon emissions from the global SUV fleet outweigh that of most countries. Photo by Chait Goli/Pexels

Mar. 13, 2023

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

The continued global rise in sales of SUVs pushed their climate-heating emissions to almost one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022, according to the International Energy Agency.

12/03/23
Author: 
Steve McKinley
Die in
Mar. 7, 2023

‘No generation has faced an existential crisis of this scale,’ says Canadian researcher.

Canada’s young people are filled with a sense of doom and gloom, not just about the planet’s climate change future, but also about their government’s lack of action in dealing with it.

11/03/23
Author: 
Akshay Kulkarni
Ministry spokesperson says government finalizing report, needs 'thorough analysis'

Mar. 5, 2023

Ministry spokesperson says government finalizing report, needs 'thorough analysis'

The B.C. government has missed the deadline for its review into the possibility of providing air conditioners during heat waves as recommended by a coroners' death review panel last year.

11/03/23
Author: 
Michael Bramadat-Willcock
Gitxsan blockade of CN rail lines near New Hazelton in early 2020 erected in support of Wet’suwet’en opposition to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. (File photo)

Mar. 9, 2023

Community-Industry Response Group not welcome on Gitxsan lands, say chiefs

Gitxsan hereditary chiefs issued a notice this week prohibiting the RCMP’s ‘militarized squadron’ called the Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) from Gitxsan lands centred in the Hazelton area, effective immediately.

“While we embrace safety measures for our community, the militarized squadron of the RCMP [the C-IRG] funded to the tune of $50M, have been sent to terrorize our people at the barrel of a gun during peaceful protests and blockades,” the notice reads.

11/03/23
Author: 
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP

Terms of Reference 

This systemic investigation will examine the governance, structure and operations of the RCMP "E" Division C-IRG—with a focus on authorities and accountability. 

In this regard, the review will include a detailed examination of relevant RCMP policies, procedures, guidelines and training to assess their adequacy, appropriateness, sufficiency and clarity, in accordance with section 45.34(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act.

11/03/23
Author: 
John Young
LNG Canada site construction in Kitimat. British Columbians will not end up using any of the energy produced. Credit: LNG Canada

Mar. 10, 2023

You’re probably busy just trying to make a living, so you may not have noticed that the world’s biggest oil and gas companies are making a killing.

Again.

Still.

More than ever.

10/03/23
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
RCMP C-IRG officers face off against occupants at Gidimt’en Camp in June 2022. At the time, police were conducting sweeps through the camp multiple times a day. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Mar. 10, 2023

Documents Reveal ‘Rural Policing’ Money Is Going to the C-IRG

An RCMP unit under investigation by a federal commissioner will receive 15 per cent of the funding promised for safer communities.

09/03/23
Author: 
Kai Nagata
A proposed gas pipeline in B.C. would run through the Skeena watershed. Photo by Brian Huntington / Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition

Mar. 9, 2023

B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman will soon decide the fate of Enbridge’s Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project — and possibly his government. First approved in 2014, the 48-inch pipeline would carry fracked gas across a complex patchwork of sovereign territories to a new LNG terminal on the coast.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Social