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UK Ban Adds to the Tremors Taking Down the Fracking Industry
UK Ban Adds to the Tremors Taking Down the Fracking Industry How long can BC and Alberta ignore the financial and geological realities facing them? The dramatic decision by the British government to ban the disruptive technology of hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) is just one of two volatile storms now shaking the industry. And both […]
Frack Quakes: Knowledge Is Weak as BC Drilling Grows
Frack Quakes: Knowledge Is Weak as BC Drilling Grows As an LNG boom looms, so does the mystery of related tremors, finds report. Regulators know fracking has caused earthquakes in northeastern B.C. big enough to rattle homes and halt construction at the Site C dam worksite in 2018. Those same regulators certainly are mindful of the fact […]
Why Trudeau’s Trans Mountain Dreams May Trickle Out in Coldwater
Why Trudeau’s Trans Mountain Dreams May Trickle Out in Coldwater IN DEPTH: A tiny Indigenous band’s epic pipeline fight takes its biggest turn. On the Friday evening of June 7, Chief Lee Spahan of the Coldwater Indian Band received an email from Mitchell Taylor, Q.C., head of a federal consultation team acting under the auspices […]
‘Spill’: A New Exhibit Examines Humanity’s Abuse of Water
‘Spill’: A New Exhibit Examines Humanity’s Abuse of Water Toxic messes turn into blazing — and angry — works of art at Vancouver’s Belkin Gallery. Oil slicks, toxic tailing ponds, poisoned aquifers, drowned landscapes and sludgy brown crude vomited up from the bottom of the sea. To say that humans have abused water is like […]
The Green New Deal Battles Business as Usual. Both Will Doom Us
The Green New Deal Battles Business as Usual. Both Will Doom Us We’re clinging to fantasies while the world crumbles. And we like it that way. The stories we tell ourselves become the reality of our experience. Global elites are now offering ordinary people two salvation stories for our digital entertainment. Both delusional stories are […]
Canada’s Political Parties Won’t Say What They Know about You
Canada’s Political Parties Won’t Say What They Know about You Legally, some argue, they don’t have to. Others won’t be fully transparent. One expert says that’s wrong: ‘It’s not their data.’ Despite recent scandals that raised public awareness about how political parties collect and use personal information from individuals, none of Canada’s main federal parties […]
BC Government Frets Over Climate Change While Heavily Subsidizing Fracking Companies
BC Government Frets Over Climate Change While Heavily Subsidizing Fracking Companies Worse, the giveaway probably isn’t needed, with the global industry desperate for new gas fields. We’re in a climate crisis. So why did the B.C. government give oil and gas companies $663 million in subsidies last year so they would produce more fracked natural […]
The Vancouver Sun’s Op-ed Denying a Climate Crisis a Symbol of Wider Journalistic Malpractice
The Vancouver Sun’s Op-ed Denying a Climate Crisis a Symbol of Wider Journalistic Malpractice A journalist’s role is to seek truth, especially in the face of an emergency. But the media is not doing its job. So I was disappointed when that misery coincided with the Vancouver Sun’s publication of an op-ed column by University of Guelph economics professor Ross […]
Is Protest Good for Democracy? And Does It Work?
Is Protest Good for Democracy? And Does It Work? When certain conditions are present, huge change is possible. So get out there. Do protests constitute a danger to the legitimacy and stability of the political system, or do they foster greater democratic responsiveness? And, most importantly, do protests really create long-term political change? To answer […]
Trudeau Declared a Climate Crisis, then Backed Trans Mountain Again
Trudeau Declared a Climate Crisis, then Backed Trans Mountain Again Opponents slam approval of potentially ‘catastrophic’ pipeline expansion. A day after declaring a “climate emergency,” the federal government approved for the second time the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline that it now owns. In announcing cabinet’s decision, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said fighting climate […]
Canada’s Cars Are World’s Worst Gas Guzzlers, but BC May Be Tipping Point
Canada’s Cars Are World’s Worst Gas Guzzlers, but BC May Be Tipping Point Surge in electric vehicle sales a silver lining to high pump prices. [Editor’s note: Accelerating gasoline prices in B.C. have triggered an investigationby the B.C. Utilities Commission and are helping to fuel a boom in electric vehicle sales in the province. Refining more crude locally […]
On Climate, Does Trudeau’s Canada Play Hero or Villain?
On Climate, Does Trudeau’s Canada Play Hero or Villain? The Tyee asked global experts, and got some surprising answers. How does Canada rate in fighting climate change? Better than most countries, especially ones where fossil fuels drive politics. Terribly for the world, because if every country copied Canada, that would ensure climate catastrophe. That’s the […]
What’s the Difference Between a Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Future? Survival
What’s the Difference Between a Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Future? Survival Governments, media and industry use ‘low-carbon economy’ frame to continue business as usual. “The finance ministry reckons that even with the estimated $6 billion in relief over 40 years, the province would still reap $22 billion in revenues over the same period. Without the project, […]
How Citizens Can Stop the Big Five’s Disastrous Fossil Fuel Funding
How Citizens Can Stop the Big Five’s Disastrous Fossil Fuel Funding Canada’s major banks have financed $464 billion worth of fossil fuel projects since 2016. My first bank account was with RBC, back when they were still into being called “Royal.” I didn’t so much as choose them as just follow my parents, like you […]
Court Battles Reveal ‘Fundamental Incoherence’ in Trudeau’s Climate Policies, Says Campaigner
Court Battles Reveal ‘Fundamental Incoherence’ in Trudeau’s Climate Policies, Says Campaigner Ottawa praises BC’s green leadership, while fighting provincial legal case on Trans Mountain expansion. The federal government’s treatment of British Columbia shows the Trudeau Liberals’ “incoherence” on climate change, says an environmental campaigner. On one hand, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is calling B.C. an […]
