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B.C. fires: More than 100 new wildfires in 24 hours
B.C. fires: More than 100 new wildfires in 24 hours Lightning, heat and high winds combine to create challenging conditions for firefighters In just 24 hours, 115 new wildfires have flared up across B.C. — most of them in the Kamloops area and the southeast part of the province. “Lightning was a huge driver of increased fire activity yesterday […]
Nine LNG Questions for British Columbians to Ask Their Politicians
Nine LNG Questions for British Columbians to Ask Their Politicians Pressing queries in light of high-stakes Petronas agreement just passed. The British Columbia legislature has just ratified a long-term agreement to lower royalties and taxes for a $38-billion liquefied natural gas project proposed by Malaysia’s state-owned oil company, Petronas. Pacific Northwest LNG, a consortium that […]
Fracking Industry Has Changed Earthquake Patterns in Northeast BC
Fracking Industry Has Changed Earthquake Patterns in Northeast BC Impact on groundwater and migrating gases mostly unknown, critics say. A special report. New research and presentations by both provincial and federal scientists show that the shale gas industry, which the B.C. government hopes will eventually supply proposed liquefied natural gas terminals with fracked gas, has caused […]
BC LNG Deal Lets Petronas off Hook for Two Kinds of Emissions
BC LNG Deal Lets Petronas off Hook for Two Kinds of Emissions Carbon ‘free pass’ imperils BC’s climate targets, say critics. The B.C. government plans to subsidize Malaysian gas giant Petronas to the tune of $16 million, in part due to a promise to exclude a significant chunk of the greenhouse gas emissions from the Pacific NorthWest LNG […]
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs If negotiators get their way, data could more freely flow across borders. British Columbia’s privacy laws are in the crosshairs of the nearly completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. If you’re wondering what the heck data privacy protections have to do with trade, you’re not alone. Public […]
Sacred Cows? Nah, Secretive Trade Deals Are Mostly Bull
Sacred Cows? Nah, Secretive Trade Deals Are Mostly Bull Global pacts like the TPP threaten made-in-Canada system, argue dairy farmers. [Editor’s note: The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, now in advanced stages of negotiation, is ruffling the feathers of Canadian dairy farmers, who worry the agreement will impact the industry’s long-standing “supply management” system that protects farmers […]
BCers to Province: Stop the Senseless Water Giveaway
BCers to Province: Stop the Senseless Water Giveaway Surrey residents pay $1,630 per million litres; why not Nestle or frackers? “The province is not seeking to make a profit from water.” — BC Environment Minister Mary Polak No kidding — not at $2.25 per million litres of cold, clean B.C. water! But seriously minister, do you think […]
Experts Make Case for Letting Canada’s Wildfires Burn
Experts Make Case for Letting Canada’s Wildfires Burn Fires ‘reset the landscape to be less flammable,’ say researchers. As climate change is fingered as a catalyst driving the early rash of forest fires across northern and western Canada, experts say the most prudent approach at this stage is to, whenever possible, let the fires burn. Western Canada […]
We Are All (or Should Be) Greeks Now
We Are All (or Should Be) Greeks Now Their ‘No’ vote splashes a spotlight on ugly austerity, and its powerful puppeteers. The temple of neo-liberalism and its ideology of social suicide in the interests of the banks has been breached. The hysteria in European capitals (particularly Germany) after the resounding “No” vote by the people […]
Canadian ‘Totalitarianism’? Hope Can Win, Says Author Thomas King
Canadian ‘Totalitarianism’? Hope Can Win, Says Author Thomas King Governor General award winner talks election politics and the power of words Cherished author and former New Democrat candidate Thomas King insists he’ll stay out of politics this pivotal election season. But on the heels of his Governor General award-winning novelThe Back of the Turtle — set […]
Two Startling Victories for Global Sanity in One Week
Two Startling Victories for Global Sanity in One Week Austerity doesn’t work. Dutch judge: Citizens are right, slash carbon emissions. Two remarkable developments in the past week that could have a significant impact in many countries are worth a lot more attention in Canada and the United States. First, a major research document published by five top […]
Supreme Court Rejects Argument to Dismiss Landmark Fracking Case
Supreme Court Rejects Argument to Dismiss Landmark Fracking Case Jessica Ernst’s charter claim hearing slated for 2016. The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a motion by the country’s most powerful energy regulator that Jessica Ernst’s case involving fracking and groundwater contamination raises no significant constitutional claim and should be dismissed. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin ruled that […]
Six Tough Questions about the China Trade Deal
Six Tough Questions about the China Trade Deal Gus Van Harten, author of ‘Sold Down the Yangtze,’ breaks down the FIPA’s impacts. In his new book, Sold Down the Yangtze, trade law expert and Osgoode law professor Gus Van Harten takes apart the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China, detailing how he perceives […]
Another 4.4 Magnitude Industry Reported Quake in Alberta
Another 4.4 Magnitude Industry Reported Quake in Alberta Chevron shuts down operations following seismic event near Fox Creek. Chevron Canada has confirmed that “a magnitude 4.4 seismic event was recorded by seismic monitoring arrays operated by Chevron Canada and Natural Resources Canada” in the Duvernay shale near Fox Creek, Alberta on Saturday. It’s the second […]
As Harper Stalls on Climate, Canada Moves Without Him
As Harper Stalls on Climate, Canada Moves Without Him Students, provinces, investors and unions are taking action. How long can he ignore it? One of the first things Stephen Harper did after winning a majority in 2011 was to build a system of levees around the Prime Minister’s Office. They weren’t physical levees, of course, […]
