Ecology/Environment

Sometimes, going rogue is the only way to get things done

12/02/25

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Leah Borts-Kuperman

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Dr. Sébastien Sauvé, University of Montreal professor of environmental chemistry, with one of his collection bottles. Photo by: Bastien Doudaine

Feb. 12, 2025

For years, Sébastien Sauvé, a professor of environmental chemistry at the University of Montreal, would go to public places, like Tim Horton’s, with an empty water bottle in his jacket. Sauvé would make his way back to the bathroom sink and fill his bottle — not to drink, but to take to his lab and test for harmful chemicals in Quebec’s drinking water.

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Who Benefits from BC’s Plan to Fast-Track Resource Projects?

10/02/25

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

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The Tyee

BC Premier David Eby has promised to ‘expedite’ 19 natural resource projects in the face of a possible trade war with the United States. Photo via BC government Flickr.

Feb. 10, 2025

It’s been floated as a remedy to trade instability with the US. But experts raise four key caveats.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The climate movement needs its own ‘drill, baby, drill’

08/02/25

Author:

Zain Haq

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National Observer

Climate activist Zain Haq. Photo by Ian Harland

Feb. 3, 2025

I write this as I sit in Karachi, Pakistan, after deportation from Canada because of my nonviolent activism on the climate crisis. My activism, and that of my Canadian wife, Sophie, is on hold as we chart our course through a life in exile and hope for reunification in Canada.

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Major B.C. LNG projects won’t have to pay for carbon emissions for 2 years, docs reveal

08/02/25

Author:

Shannon Waters

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The Narwhal

The LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C., will be the most emissions-intensive LNG project in the province and stands to reap the biggest benefits from a two-year grace period on paying for carbon emissions. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Feb. 5, 2025

B.C.’s new industrial carbon pricing system gives big emitters a break on paying for emissions. That includes most new LNG export projects

When LNG Canada becomes fully operational this year, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, B.C., will be one of the largest sources of emissions in the province — but it likely won’t pay a cent for its carbon pollution for two full years.

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Why are we losing our heads over oil and gas tariffs?

08/02/25

Author:

Laurie Adkin

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National Observer

When U.S. President Donald Trump says Americans do not need Canada’s oil and gas, I say, “all the better for us.” Photo by Shutterstock

Feb. 5, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to place tariffs on “Canadian” oil and gas exports and poof! The climate crisis has disappeared from the political radar of Canadian politicians. Could we not try, for a minute, to keep our heads about us and remember the bigger threat that is poised to swallow us all up?

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon

07/02/25

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Brandi Morin

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Ricochet Media

Juostin Antun goes fishing by hand while wearing traditional Shuar clothing. All photos by Ian Willms

Feb. 6, 2025

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Canada should hit Trump where it hurts the most — oil and gas

05/02/25

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

An old oil pumpjack in Alberta on Dec. 1, 2023. Photo by flickr/Jason Woodhead

Feb. 3, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Whiplash: How Big Swings in Wet and Dry Weather Fuel Infernos

03/02/25

Author:

Elizabeth Kolbert

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The Tyee

Fighting the Pacific Palisades blaze: California is ‘a poster child of what we expect to see more of in the future,’ says Swain. Photo by Ethan Swope, the Associated Press.

Feb. 3, 2025

A global climate trend set the stage for LA’s fires, explains scientist Daniel Swain.

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B.C. can have affordable, renewable power – or LNG

01/02/25

Author:

Kai Nagata

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Dogwood BC

Jan. 30, 2025

Clean energy offers peace, prosperity and political sanity. Oil companies plan to steal it.

British Columbia faces an urgent choice: renewable power or LNG? Our government claims we can have both.

But the absurd reality is that British Columbians are paying billions to build new electrical infrastructure — namely the Site C dam and North Coast Transmission Line — for the benefit of foreign oil and gas companies.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The carbon tax must die so climate policies survive

30/01/25

Author:

Jessica Green

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National Observer

A decarbonized economy will require lots of people — some of whom will need extensive training. Photo by Shutterstock

Jan. 29, 2025

The race for Liberal party leadership is on. Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland has announced that if elected Prime Minister, she will get rid of the consumer carbon tax. Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney has been cagier about the issue, but may also do the same.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Ecology/Environment

It’s been floated as a remedy to trade instability with the US. But experts raise four key caveats.

B.C.’s new industrial carbon pricing system gives big emitters a break on paying for emissions. That includes most new LNG export projects

A global climate trend set the stage for LA’s fires, explains scientist Daniel Swain.

Clean energy offers peace, prosperity and political sanity. Oil companies plan to steal it.

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