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The Climate Disaster Hidden in BC’s Forests
The Climate Disaster Hidden in BC’s Forests The province doesn’t count forest emissions in its global warming plan. That’s a big, dangerous mistake, say advocates. Burning slash — the wood left unused during logging — produces more carbon emissions than BC’s entire agricultural sector. Photo by Torrance Coste. Here are two key words that have been […]
‘Net-Zero’ Emissions May Not Be as Green as You Think
‘Net-Zero’ Emissions May Not Be as Green as You Think ‘Undefined’ term reduces political pressure to take real action on climate change and hedges bets on future solutions, says expert. Governments describe forests as large carbon sinks that pull emissions from the air. But they use ‘dodgy accounting’ that doesn’t look at the whole picture […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVIII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVIII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author As per usual, my comment on an article in The Tyee that gives an interesting perspective on the idea of ‘Carbon Footprint’ and individual verses collective actions in addressing the behavioural/consumption changes necessary for effective action on climate change. * * * Great read […]
BC’s ‘Intentions Paper’ on Future of Forests Is Panned for Lack of Specifics
BC’s ‘Intentions Paper’ on Future of Forests Is Panned for Lack of Specifics Greens say failure to protect old growth breaks NDP campaign promise as protests continue. Fairy Creek protests show the government’s policies on old-growth logging don’t reflect the will of British Columbians, says Torrance Coste of the Wilderness Committee. Photo by Jen Osborne. As […]
The Fate of the Canadian Rockies May Rest on This Decision
The Fate of the Canadian Rockies May Rest on This Decision Approving the Grassy Mountain Coal Project could enable industrializing Alberta’s sensitive and vital eastern slopes. Ranching on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies in southern Alberta near the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Project. Locals told a joint panel they fear the mine will […]
US Experts to Trudeau: Your Nuclear Dream May Turn Nightmare
US Experts to Trudeau: Your Nuclear Dream May Turn Nightmare Rethink backing the Moltex reactor, urge nine non-proliferation heavyweights. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC. His government is backing a new generation of reactors US experts now warn could fuel nuclear weapons proliferation. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick, the Canadian […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XV
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XV Rome, Italy (1984) Photo by author Energy. It’s at the core of everything we do. Everything. Yet we take it for granted and rarely think about it and what the finiteness of our various energy sources means for us. As Gail Tverberg of Our Finite World concludes in a recent thought-provoking article that should […]
‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’
‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’ As BC’s watchdog slams the province’s own logging agency for wrecking ecosystems, advocates demand action. A special report. Brenda Sayers on the stump of one of BC’s once-largest Douglas firs, felled as part of a BC Timber Sales-auctioned clearcut. The tree was three metres in diameter and […]
Where Does Vancouver’s Urban Forest Need to Grow Next?
Where Does Vancouver’s Urban Forest Need to Grow Next? The city strategy faces a tricky challenge: inspiring the growth of trees on private land. Most of the tree loss in Vancouver’s urban forest has been caused by the removal of trees on private lands. Some say more can be done. Photo by Kaitlyn Fung. Over the […]
Unearthing the Work of Indigenous Master Horticulturalists
Unearthing the Work of Indigenous Master Horticulturalists These forest gardeners got sustainable returns for centuries. Dr. Chelsey Geralda Armstrong is now studying their work. The SFU team found ecological diversity was richer on the lands of ancient Indigenous villages than in neighbouring forests. Photo submitted. Ahistorical ecologist and her team at Simon Fraser University have made […]
Governments Are Making Taxpayers Subsidize Corporate Cleanup of Oil and Gas Wells
Governments Are Making Taxpayers Subsidize Corporate Cleanup of Oil and Gas Wells Companies are responsible for dormant wells, but the public is helping foot the bill. Oil and gas companies are required to clean up their old wells. But governments have decided taxpayers should subsidize them as part of the pandemic response. Photo by Larry McDougal, […]
David Schindler, the Scientific Giant Who Defended Fresh Water
David Schindler, the Scientific Giant Who Defended Fresh Water Among the world’s greatest ecologists, his boreal research has touched all of our lives. David Schindler was among ‘the most important and effective ecologists and environmental scientists in history, not just in Canada. I’d like to think Canadians will understand and recognize that,’ says his colleague Bill […]
The Climate Crisis Discriminates. Maps Tell the Story
The Climate Crisis Discriminates. Maps Tell the Story How data visualizers are helping to plan to support Cascadia’s most vulnerable communities. Next in a series. UBC researcher Michael Brauer is mapping how everything from flooding to heat to smoke will harm some communities more than others in the province. Photo via Peter Wall Institute for Advanced […]
Critics Skeptical as Alberta Reverses Course on Open-pit Coal Mines
Critics Skeptical as Alberta Reverses Course on Open-pit Coal Mines Five days after Kenney defended the province’s mining push, the government says it was all a big mistake. Rancher Renie Blades says she’s glad that the Alberta government admitted its mistake in cancelling the Coal Policy, but calls her response ‘very guarded.’ Photo by Callum Gunn. […]
Against Climate Gloom and Doom
Against Climate Gloom and Doom When given a chance, life finds a way. Here are some reasons to keep hoping — and fighting. Environmental scholar Elin Kelsey suggests that the conservation of coastal ecosystems hinges on hope. Photo via Shutterstock. [Editor’s note: As the environmental problems facing our world compound, despair may feel like a rational […]
