‘Fossil Fuels Are Killing Us’: Scientists Publish Sweeping Review of Industry Harms
From Common Dreams: “We’ve got to work fast to end fossil fuel operations near our homes, schools, and hospitals and trade fossil fuel infrastructure for healthy, clean energy.” “The fossil fuel industry and its enablers are driving a multitude of interlinked crises that jeopardize the breadth and stability of life on Earth.” Read more
B.C. Weakens Net-Zero Emissions Policy for New LNG Terminals
From Business in Vancouver: Instead of producing net-zero emissions by 2030, proponents of LNG facilities will now only need to provide a ‘credible plan’ to achieve the target, according to a letter from B.C.’s energy minister. Instead of producing net-zero emissions by 2030, proponents of LNG facilities will now only need to provide a ‘credible plan’ to achieve the target, according to a letter from B.C.’s energy minister. Read more
Docs Reveal How Much BC Hydro Power, LNG and Mining Projects Want. Who Will Pay?
From The Narwhal: Energy Minister Adrian Dix is touting electrifying industries like mining and LNG as key to B.C.’s economic prosperity. But generating that much juice won’t be cheap — and could mean bigger bills for all BC Hydro customers. Read more
The Feds Raised Doubts About a Climate Scientist’s LNG Research. He Says They Sounded Like Fossil Fuel Lobbyists
From The Narwhal: Which is worse for the climate — coal or LNG? After a study found LNG is worse than coal, internal docs show the Government of Canada pushed back. Read more
LNG Carrier Arrives in Kitimat, as LNG Plant Prepares to Start
From CBC: LNG Canada is ‘largest single private sector investment’ in Canadian history, government says. Read more
BC Consumer Carbon Tax is Dead After Marathon Debate in Legislature
From National Observer: British Columbians are facing a future without a consumer carbon tax for the first time in 17 years, after the early-morning approval of a bill to end the long-standing policy. Read more
Sonia Furstenau on BC’s Carbon Tax Betrayal
From Sonia Furstenau, The Tyee: While Premier David Eby claimed to want to ensure big polluters paid their fair share, what the NDP did was the opposite. They gave the biggest polluters large exemptions, with up to 89% of emissions exempt from the carbon tax. This explains why government carbon tax revenues from industry were an insignificant $200 million, compared with the $2.8 billion from the consumer carbon tax. Read more