Transportation

05/01/26
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
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. 

28/12/25
Author: 
Lukas Ferrari and Julia Kaiser
#Insorgiamo: A Factory Occupation for the Climate

This struggle, developing cooperation into coalition, is an example of the absolutely necessary UNITY that must be built among those fighting for a society that combines democratic working-class power with ecological sanity. ONLY that alliance has a chance of creating a future for our children.

                    Solidarity,

                          Gene McGuckin

Dec. 28, 2025 

07/12/25
Author: 
Inside Climate News
The cranes of a new megaport tower behind the town of Chancay, Peru. Credit: Cris Bouroncle/AFP via Getty Images

Dec. 1, 2025

A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge

The ultra-sophisticated port north of Lima will revolutionize global trade, but it’s already sparking destructive new routes through the world’s most climate-critical ecosystem.

 Eleventh in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world.

CHANCAY, Peru—The elevator doors leading to the fifth-floor control center open like stage curtains onto a theater-sized screen.

28/11/25
Author: 
Bike Hub
standing cyclist

Nov. 26, 2025

The newly released independent CleanBC Review shows how implementing the existing CleanBC plan would improve affordability, health, and safety.

“Protecting children and future generations from climate disasters can make life better and more affordable now,” said Eric Doherty, BC Climate Emergency Campaign transportation working group lead. “The Review points out that improving public transit, walking, rolling and cycling makes life more affordable, while also reducing carbon pollution.”

25/11/25
Author: 
Tyler Olsen
BC Hydro chair Glen Clark says wind power and technological advances should fulfil BC’s short-term power needs, but more megaprojects like Site C, pictured, aren’t off the table if demand increases substantially in coming decades. Photos of Clark and Site C via BC Hydro.

Nov. 25, 2025

Glen Clark sat down for a wide-ranging interview with The Tyee.

Even as it focuses on greenlighting new wind power projects, British Columbia could eventually return to building massive hydro dams if electricity use spikes in the coming decades, according to BC Hydro chair and former B.C. premier Glen Clark.

24/11/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
BC Hydro has curbed its expectations on the rollout of commercial and industrial electric vehicles, focusing instead on light-duty and personal vehicles. Photo by Tyler Olsen.

Nov. 24, 2025

The Crown corporation’s new long-term plan for BC’s energy future is a missed opportunity to commit to electrification, experts say.

Premier David Eby recently described British Columbia as Canada’s future “economic engine,” one that, in a nod to climate change, would be powered “by clean, reliable, affordable power.” Lots of it.

21/11/25
Author: 
Vinnie Collins
DSA protest, New York City.

Nov. 21, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forward amid a dire political landscape. His campaign succeeded by offering real solutions to working-class concerns – including on climate policy and its connection to New Yorkers’ material conditions.

22/10/25
Author: 
John Woodside
The head of the new federal government Major Projects Office Dawn Farrell listens as Prime Minister Mark Carney announces five major projects in Edmonton on Sept. 11, 2025. File photo by: Amber Bracken / The Canadian Press

Oct. 22, 2025

The Major Projects Office can’t substantiate its boss’ claim that the Trans Mountain pipeline helps fight climate change. 

12/04/25
Author: 
Verity Stevenson
Over one hundred municipal leaders representing millions of Canadians have published an open letter to federal parties called ‘Elbows Up for Climate Change. It urges a national electric grid, a high-speed railway, two million affordable green homes, and a climate disaster strategy.

Apr. 11, 2025

Open letter proposes national grid, high-speed rail, disaster resilience strategy

Watch Canada votes: Municipal leaders demand climate action from parties:  https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6721598

Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental calamities. 

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