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23/03/22
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
The Liberals and New Democrats strike deal to stay in power.

Mar. 23, 2022

[Editor: Cautious optimism? Just another reminder that electoral politics isn't dealing with the climate emergency?]

A new agreement between the federal NDP and the Liberal government promises political stability until 2025, which will be key for climate action despite its underwhelming commitments, political scientists say.

15/03/22
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
An image taken by enforcement officers with BC’s Environmental Assessment Office in October shows a muddy plume of water from a Coastal GasLink worksite entering the Clore River, east of Kitimat.

Feb.  25, 2022

The pipeline firm was penalized for violations including allowing sediment to flow into sensitive watersheds.

Coastal GasLink has been ordered to pay a $72,500 fine for environmental violations that continued for at least a year along its 670-kilometre pipeline route through northern B.C.

15/03/22
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks, left, speaks with a Coastal GasLink worker. ‘I’m sure they don’t want the public to know how much the public is paying to guard an industry.’ Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Mar. 2, 2022

Spending dropped quite a bit in 2021, but the force still has a significant presence in Wet’suwet’en territory.

The RCMP’s costs for policing a remote resource road on Wet’suwet’en territory have steadily dropped over the past three years, according to information obtained by The Tyee through freedom of information laws.

15/03/22
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
RCMP tactical officers stand on a bridge on the Morice Forest Service Road while arrests were underway on Nov. 18, 2021. BC’s Public Safety Ministry approved the use of provincial resources despite flooding underway in the province’s southwest. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Mar. 11, 2022

Documents contradict previous statements made by RCMP Chief Supt. John Brewer.

 

British Columbia’s Public Safety Ministry worked to provide policing resources for the arrest of Wet’suwet’en and their supporters who blocked a remote resource road in northern B.C., even as the province’s southwest faced unprecedented flooding last November.

15/03/22
Author: 
First Nations leaders
Come to the front lines
 
Allies are always needed at the front lines. It's still winter in the Wet'suwet'en Yintah. So if you're a hardy committed individual prepared to spend some time standing with these brave land defenders, apply at the following websites:
 
 Gidimt'en Clan: https://www.yintahaccess.com/  
 
14/03/22
Author: 
Joanna Slater

Mar. 14, 2022

BOSTON — On a recent raw winter morning, Barry Hurd was sitting on a bench waiting for the bus after a trip to the supermarket.

Hurd, 64, gets by on his monthly disability payment, but it’s not easy. “The food is high, rent high, everything high,” he said. “Unless you win the lottery, you’re not saving.”

11/03/22
Author: 
Wendy Stueck and Brent Jang
Wet'suwet'en supporters and Coastal GasLink opponents protest in Victoria, on Feb. 14, 2020. CHAD HIPOLITO/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Two groups of First Nations have signed option agreements to acquire a 10-per-cent equity stake in the Coastal GasLink pipeline, a natural-gas project under construction in northern British Columbia.

The agreements, announced Wednesday, are exercisable when the pipeline comes into service and are subject to customary regulatory approvals.

For the First Nations involved, the potential equity stakes are one of the first opportunities they have had to own part of a project that crosses their traditional territory.

10/03/22
Author: 
Crawford Kilian
Premier John Horgan at the announcement for ‘StrongerBC,’ the province’s new economic plan, on Feb. 17, 2022. Photo via BC government.

Mar. 9, 2022

The NDP’s economic strategy is big on buzzwords. But it falls well short of what the IPCC demands.

The BC NDP released its “StrongerBC” plan in February, shortly before the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Neither is an easy read.

10/03/22
Author: 
Caitlin Cassidy
Lismore residents in NSW evacuate from worst floods in the regional city's history. Jason O'Brien/APP

Mar. 4, 2022

Queensland and NSW bear the brunt of catastrophic weather conditions that have claimed 16 lives

When Jenni Metcalfe returned to her Brisbane home to survey the damage as the nearby river peaked, water had already risen a metre up the back wall. There was nothing she could do. “I sat in the gutter and watched it and cried,” she said.

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