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Opening the floodgates
More than climate crisis behind last November’s rising waters, death and destruction; experts urge province to make course correction First of Two Parts When Premier…
A deadly wake-up call
In aftermath of a landslide that killed five, experts say government must act now to avoid more “preventable” deaths Second of Two Parts (read the…
The last of the green gold: With the best trees gone and revenues plummeting, what’s next?
Last year, as hundreds of protesters were arrested at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island for trying to stop logging of old-growth forests, the BC government…
The Revolving Door: Troubling questions raised as BC’s chief forester prepares to work for global wood pellet giant, Drax
At mid-afternoon on Monday (April 4), senior staff at British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests were told that one of their highest-ranking members—the province’s chief forester,…
Jobs and forests up in smoke: Coalition calls for investigation into wood pellet juggernaut Drax
At 944,000 square kilometres in area, British Columbia is nearly four times larger than the United Kingdom. But what the latter lacks in size it…
As deadline looms, what’s BC government’s plan for 15,000 businesses who will soon be violating provincial water laws?
In just days from now, March 1 to be exact, the BC government is going to find itself in difficult straits. That’s the day that…
Energy giant Drax’s monopoly of BC’s wood pellet industry must be investigated
The following letter has been sent to Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau of Canada. Dear Mr. Boswell, We write today to formally request…
Modernizing BC’s Oil and Gas Royalty Regime to Tackle Climate Change
In 2021, BC got a full serving of extreme weather events due to global warming. It is clear that the BC government must speed up…
BC should look to zero waste solutions to reduce GHG emissions and create jobs
British Columbia is ahead of most North American jurisdictions in implementing composting and recycling programs. Yet, we are systemically burdened by endless amounts of packaging,…
Water protection must be a top public policy priority
The devastating floods that destroyed homes, farms, highways, dikes and critical infrastructure during November’s record rains are both unprecedented and a climate change wake-up call.…
The future of university divestment campaigns: Reflections from inside the movement
To an outsider, university divestment campaigns might look like a hopeful but impractical social movement led by naive cadres of sign-waving students. The truth, however,…
The great tree robbery
As more old-growth trees topple and forest industry jobs plummet, an obscure government subsidy scheme fuels the collapse For more than 15 years, the BC…