Ecology/Environment

13/10/26
Author: 
Seth Klein
Yes agenda - clean energy poster

Oct. 13, 2026

Canadian climate movement tells Carney what we’re for & what we’re against; and news on another emergency – the poison drug crisis

Prime Minister Carney has said, “Don’t tell me what you are against; tell me what you are for.” Well, with respect to the first part – tough! Telling the truth about the climate emergency requires saying “No” to new fossil fuel infrastructure. But with respect to the second request – done!

09/10/26
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
The Tilbury LNG project was constructed decades ago to boost local energy supplies. New expansions aim to facilitate LNG exports. Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua/abacapress.com via the Canadian Press.

Oct. 9, 2026

As Fortis expands its facility along the Fraser, local air pollution is expected to worsen.

Emissions from the site of a recently approved LNG expansion in Metro Vancouver are projected to exceed Canadian ambient air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide, a harmful pollutant, according to company reports.

06/10/26
Author: 
Early Edition CBC
An LNG Canada flarestack. The Energy Mix

Website editor: Here is a comprehensive, thorough short interview with Stephen Quinn of the Early Edition.

Oct. 5, 2026

We speak with Thomas Green, senior manager of climate solutions with the David Suzuki Foundation about the recent provincial and federal energy announcements.

02/10/26
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Mark Carney announced Thursday, alongside Danielle Smith in Fort McMurray, that the West Coast pipeline will go ahead as a project in the national interest. Photo by Greg Halinda, the Canadian Press.

Oct. 2, 2026

Announcing funding to prepare BC for oil spills is ‘a warning sign all on its own,’ UBCIC women’s rep says.

Ending months of speculation, today the Carney government designated the West Coast oil pipeline a project of national interest, sidestepping environmental safeguards that have been in place for decades and charting a course that could irrevocably alter the Salish Sea.

29/09/26
Author: 
Emiko Newman, Tracey Saxby and Isabel Siu-Zmuidzinas
The state of climate action in BC remains grim. Stronger environmental policies have not materialized in five years, and in many ways, the government has been backtracking on its progress, write the authors. Photo for The Tyee by Steve Burgess.

Sept. 29, 2026

After pressing the province for five years, we’re still coming up short.

As we bid goodbye to summer and welcome fall, many of us breathe a sigh of relief that another “wildfire season” is winding down. Our skies are clear of smoke again. The days may be shortening, but our hearts feel lighter.

29/09/26
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
A flare fires off from the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat, B.C., on April 11, 2025, where a Phase 2 expansion has been approved. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press, Chris Corday/CBC)

Sept. 29, 2026

Expansion of LNG Canada project would double exports from Kitimat, B.C., to overseas markets

LNG Canada says its multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coastal facility to overseas markets.

In a statement Tuesday, LNG Canada CEO Chris Cooper said the project will create thousands of jobs and further strengthen Canada's role as a trusted energy partner.

29/09/26
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
A flare fires off from the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat, B.C., on April 11, 2025, where a Phase 2 expansion has been approved. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press, Chris Corday/CBC)

Sept. 29, 2026

Expansion of LNG Canada project would double exports from Kitimat, B.C., to overseas markets

LNG Canada says its multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coastal facility to overseas markets.

In a statement Tuesday, LNG Canada CEO Chris Cooper said the project will create thousands of jobs and further strengthen Canada's role as a trusted energy partner.

12/09/26
Author: 
Ryan Durante
The Elbe River in Magdeburg, Germany, on Aug. 8, 2026. The river, which flows through the Czech Republic and Germany, saw record-low water levels amid intense droughts and heatwaves across Europe. (Roy Zuo/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA

Aug. 23, 2026

Data centres and democratic decline could lead to more water conflict in the future

Transboundary waters — rivers, lakes and aquifers residing in more than one country — are facing challenges due to climate change, with conflicts over these waters increasing.

09/09/26
Author: 
Nick Murray and The Energy Mix staff
A government handout photo shows wildfires in Wanless, Manitoba, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 (Jacob Morse/Facebook)

Sept. 9, 2026

Last week’s Canada’s Changing Climate Report is a call for faster action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shift the economy to clean electricity, analysts say, after the government reported that average warming will reach 3.5° to 5°C by 2100 across Canada and more than 10°C in the Arctic.

08/09/26
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
‘AI needs a time out.’ Bek MacIntosh is ready to share hard-won lessons with other communities facing hyperscale proposals. Photo by Audrey Agrinier.

Sept. 7, 2026

Bek MacIntosh helped rally her Alberta town to kill a megaproject. The wider fight, she vows, is ‘just getting started.’

The first thing that Bek MacIntosh, a 42-year-old business owner and mother of three, wants Albertans to know is this: it is possible for a community to stop a $10-billion hyperscale data centre dead in its tracks.

Even when the local and provincial governments have different plans.

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