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24/01/25
Author: 
Kai Nagata
Donald Trump’s billionaire backers plan LNG boom in Canada

Jan. 22, 2025

B.C. terminals key to the U.S. gas industry’s battle against renewable energy

Wall Street investment firms are betting on LNG projects in Canada as part of the “Unleashing American Energy” strategy, unveiled this week by President Donald Trump.

“We will drill, baby drill,” Trump declared to a standing ovation at his inauguration ceremony, signaling the MAGA movement’s plan to flood world markets with North American oil and gas.

19/01/25
Author: 
Sierra Club BC, West Coast Environmental Law, Ecojustice
forest - Ecojustice

Gaps in BC mandate letters threaten progress on climate and biodiversity commitments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

January 16, 2025

Sierra Club BC Director of Campaigns and Programs Shelley Luce offers the following statement in reaction to mandate letters sent to Cabinet ministers today by Premier Eby:

27/10/24
Author: 
Brett Wilkins
Ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit, thousands of youth, frontline advocates and climate and community activists join in the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City, on September 17, 2023. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images

Oct. 15, 2024

Climate Scientists and Environmental Groups Alarmed Over New UN Climate Report

Experts say the report confirms that nations’ efforts to cut emissions have been grossly insufficient to date.

The world’s nations must commit to dramatically slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future or risk a “catastrophic” rise in global average temperatures, a key United Nations climate report published Thursday warned.

23/10/24
Author: 
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Edited by Chris McDermott
A woman from the Maasai tribe collects water in Kenya, Africa to carry back to the village. hadynyah / E+ / Getty Images

Oct. 18, 2024

If there is one natural resource that all life on Earth depends on, it’s water.

18/10/24
Author: 
Jordan Olmstead · The Canadian Press
The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled unanimously Thursday that the seven young people who launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial government's emissions targets will get a new hearing. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Oct. 17, 2024

Young people arguing Ontario's weakened emissions target violates their Charter rights

Ontario's top court has ordered a new hearing for a youth-led constitutional challenge of the provincial government's emissions target.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's ruling sends the case back to the lower court for a new hearing. It found the lower court judge's analysis was flawed on some key points and the case raised important issues that should be considered afresh.

13/10/24
Author: 
Frances Vinall and Allyson Chiu
A male Guam kingfisher is seen in an enclosure at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita. The species is native to Guam, but an invasive snake has made the bird endangered. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

Oct. 9. 2024

The Living Planet Index tracks thousands of vertebrate species globally and found the worst declines were in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Earth’s wildlife populations have fallen on average by a “catastrophic” rate of 73 percent in the past half-century, according to a new analysis the World Wildlife Fund released Wednesday.

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