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Headed into the holiday break, BC Green Leader Emily Lowan was hoping for gains as her party renegotiates its agreement with the governing NDP to work together on shared priorities.

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Where global emissions stand, a decade after the Paris agreement

05/01/26

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Fiona Harvey

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National Observer

Wind turbines in China, where clean energy is responsible for 10 per cent of the country’s GDP and emissions are now flattening. Tangshanpeng Wind Farm, China. Photo by Land Rover Our Planet/Flickr(CC BY-ND 2.0)

Jan. 5, 2026

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

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BC made small gains on emissions — but the province is scrapping policies

05/01/26

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Rochelle Baker

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National Observer

BC latest climate accountability report showed modest reductions of carbon pollution in 2023, the latest year data is available, but doesn't clarify how it will reduce the massive emissions expected as more LNG projects come on line. File photo submitted

British Columbia’s modest climate gains are at risk after a wave of policy clawbacks this past year.

According to the province’s recent accountability report — which reflects BC’s climate data on a two-year lag — carbon pollution declined by four per cent in 2023, meaning emissions are now 9 per cent below the 2007 baseline.

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How the renewed push for critical minerals puts Canadian waters at risk

05/01/26

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Danielle Beurteaux

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National Observer

Remediation workers walk the shoreline of Hazeltine Creek near the town of Likely, BC in 2020. The creek was one of several bodies of water contaminated with tailings from the Mount Polley gold and copper mine when its tailings dam breached in 2014. File photo courtesy Mount Polley/Flickr

Jan. 5, 2026

The Bloom Lake iron mine is expanding. The Quebec mine, which started in 2018, has plans to more than double annual production next year. The estimated 572 million cubic metres (more than nine million shipping containers) of tailings waste created by this mine will end up in eight lakes and 37 rivers, where it will remain forever.

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Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!

03/01/26

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Mehdi Hasan

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Zeteo

Trump on Dec. 28, 2025. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Jan. 3, 2026

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CleanBC needs a renewal, not a retreat

03/01/26

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Eric Doherty, Dr. Melissa Lem, Emiko Newman, Tracey Saxby

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Vancouver Sun

A flare plume at the LNG Canada plant in Kimiat. Photo: Government of B.C. Photo by Government of B.C. /Government of B.C.

Jan 2, 2026

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City of Vancouver Votes Against Affordable Housing and for Land Speculation

02/01/26

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First United

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City of Vancouver Public Hearing Mayor Ken Sim

Dec. 17, 2025

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Mamdani's Inaugural Speech January 1, 2026

02/01/26

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Zohran Mamdani

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Jacobin

Senator Bernie Sanders shakes hands with Mayor Zohran Mamdani after Mamdani's ceremonial inauguration at City Hall on January 1, 2026, in New York City. (David Dee Delgado / Getty Images)

Jan. 2, 2026

In his inauguration speech yesterday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani assured the people of New York City that the era of small expectations from city government is over. We reprint his address here in full.

My fellow New Yorkers: Today begins a new era. I stand before you, moved by the privilege of taking this sacred oath, humbled by the faith that you have placed in me, and honored to serve as either your 111th or 112th mayor of New York City. But I do not stand alone.

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