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Vancouver Council Pushed to Weaken Climate Emergency Plan
Vancouver Council Pushed to Weaken Climate Emergency Plan An industry group wants the city to delay a deadline for shifting from natural gas in new homes. At least one councillor says no. Photo by Mark Bonica, Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0. A natural gas lobby group could delay action on a pillar of the City of […]
Fact Checking Patrick Moore, Climate Skeptic
Fact Checking Patrick Moore, Climate Skeptic The ex-Greenpeacer claims his new book is science-based. It’s gaining traction. But when contacted, researchers he cites said he got their work wrong. Moore wrongly claims that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn’t conclude the climate is changing faster than in the past. Actually, it did. Photo: Shutterstock. Five […]
Change BC Fracking or Expect Damaging Earthquakes: Report
Change BC Fracking or Expect Damaging Earthquakes: Report The new warning comes from a former senior scientist with the province’s oil and gas commission. ‘Induced earthquakes don’t have an upper limit,’ posing risk to communities nearby, concludes a hydrologist. This fracking site is outside of Fort St. John, BC. Photo by Jeremy Sean Williams, Wilderness Committee. Since […]
Jason Kenney’s Favourite Researcher Just Gave Him a Headache
Jason Kenney’s Favourite Researcher Just Gave Him a Headache What does the UCP do now that Vivian Krause says she never said Canadian enviro groups were being used by US oil interests? Premier Jason Kenney based his ‘Public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns’ on the theory the province was being targeted to benefit US interests. Photo […]
The Pandemic Speaks
The Pandemic Speaks Are you finally ready to listen to me now? If so, here are my 10 timeless truths. The angel of death striking a door during the plague of ancient Rome. Engraving by J.G. Levasseur after J. Delaunay. Image via Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons. Audi, vide, tace. I have been trying to engage you […]
The Brutal Legal Odyssey of Jessica Ernst Comes to an End
The Brutal Legal Odyssey of Jessica Ernst Comes to an End The Alberta landowner fought an epic battle against fracking interests. Jessica Ernst became a high-profile critic of hydraulic fracturing, injecting liquid at high pressure to force loose oil and gas out. ‘The system dismissed my case, but I don’t think I lost in the […]
Want to Encourage Electric Trucks? Let Them Haul More, Says BC
Want to Encourage Electric Trucks? Let Them Haul More, Says BC New weight allowance incentive will help spur ‘green’ fleets, but diesel is likely to stick around for a decade. BC is adding new incentives to shift to a new generation of rigs like this Daimler electric fuel cell prototype. Photo: Daimler. Electric heavy-duty vehicles are […]
Canadian Banks Have an Outsized Impact on Global Fossil Fuel Financing
Canadian Banks Have an Outsized Impact on Global Fossil Fuel Financing We pledged to reduce emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, but will financial institutions undermine this goal? The Banking on a Better Future movement launched April 1. Photo by Joshua Best. When 18-year-old climate activist Naisha Khan wants to start a conversation about how […]
How The Big Melt Will Change Life for People and Nature
How The Big Melt Will Change Life for People and Nature As BC’s coastal mountain glaciers recede the effects alter ecosystems. Can human engineering begin to compensate? Second in a series. Pacific white-sided dolphins cruise Knight Inlet. The fjord that receives the melting waters of the Klinaklini Glacier has been home to First Nations for […]
How The Big Melt Will Change Life for People and Nature
How The Big Melt Will Change Life for People and Nature As BC’s coastal mountain glaciers recede the effects alter ecosystems. Can human engineering begin to compensate? Second in a series. Pacific white-sided dolphins cruise Knight Inlet. The fjord that receives the melting waters of the Klinaklini Glacier has been home to First Nations for […]
Oil Tanker Spotted in Risky Active Pass Alarms Activists
Oil Tanker Spotted in Risky Active Pass Alarms Activists Officials promise no repeats. But advocates say the incident raises new concerns about regulation of tankers in BC’s waters. Narrow, twisting and busy Active Pass is no place for oil tankers, say advocates. But a loaded tanker travelled through the busy pass last month. Photo by Ruth Hartnup, […]
Old-Growth Forest Logging Approvals Are Soaring in BC
Old-Growth Forest Logging Approvals Are Soaring in BC Companies are rushing to get permits before protection comes for critical areas, advocates say. In the year since the government received a report recommending increased old-growth protection, approvals jumped 43 per cent. Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance. New mapping released today by the Wilderness Committee indicates […]
RCMP Secret Facial Recognition Tool Looked for Matches with 700,000 ‘Terrorists’
RCMP Secret Facial Recognition Tool Looked for Matches with 700,000 ‘Terrorists’ Emails expose the BC force’s previously unknown purchase, which broke rules. Critics worry about privacy, racial profiling and false positives. Documents obtained by The Tyee identify the BC RCMP as IntelCenter’s first publicly revealed facial recognition service client. The firm’s military, intelligence and law […]
With ‘Piecemeal’ Budget, BC Is Headed Towards Climate Failure, Critics Say
With ‘Piecemeal’ Budget, BC Is Headed Towards Climate Failure, Critics Say Province’s investments are ‘very, very small compared to the challenges.’ BC’s budget is a ‘missed opportunity to invest in things like a worker transition, electrifying the transportation sector and protecting our strongest environmental assets like old growth forests,’ says Green Leader Sonia Furstenau. This […]
Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day
Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day The Supreme Court ruling is good news for anyone invested in a habitable planet. But fixing the climate is going to take more. ‘There’s no court we can appeal this to,’ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Thursday, before vowing to continue his fight. What taxpayer-funded mischief […]
