Clean energy offers peace, prosperity and political sanity. Oil companies plan to steal it.
British Columbia faces an urgent choice: renewable power or LNG? Our government claims we can have both.
But the absurd reality is that British Columbians are paying billions to build new electrical infrastructure — namely the Site C dam and North Coast Transmission Line — for the benefit of foreign oil and gas companies.
The race for Liberal party leadership is on. Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland has announced that if elected Prime Minister, she will get rid of the consumer carbon tax. Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney has been cagier about the issue, but may also do the same.
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.
Sierra Club BC, West Coast Environmental Law, 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:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate-conscious government bought Canada an oil pipeline while ushering in significant environmental laws
Justin Trudeau will step down as Canada’s prime minister after the Liberal Party picks a new leader, ending a near-decade of the most climate-conscious federal government in modern history.
Vancouver City Council voted Wednesday night to reinstate a ban on natural gas in new buildings, reversing a decision it made in July.
After two days of deliberations and input from over 140 local residents, council members voted in favour of banning gas for space and water heating entirely, rather than allowing it with stricter energy efficiency requirements. The main motion, which took the form of a proposal to reverse the city’s 2020 ban on gas in new construction, was defeated on a tie vote.
