I'm disappointed with the federal government's decision to omit a windfall profit tax on oil and gas companies in #Budget2024 .

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TC Energy started a wildfire this morning in Alberta after its NGTL pipeline exploded. Fire season is bad enough! We don't need more exploding pipelines. globalnews.ca/news/10427684/…

B.C. pulp and paper mill fined $22,000 for leaking toxic gas into atmosphere timescolonist.com/resources-agri… via Times Colonist

Political conversations around the carbon tax are distracting us from the big picture: The government is still subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, which made $70 billion in profits in Canada in 2022. To meet our climate goals, the biggest polluters need to pay their fair share.

Climate change deniers won't want to read this, but people who aim to prepare for extreme weather will find it helpful.
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Good thing that marine navigation and ship control systems are so reliable that BC doesn't have to worry about dilbit tankers causing problems in Burrard Inlet or LNG tankers in Howe Sound. This situation in Baltimore could not be repeated here.

Tree poaching is low priority for the BC forests ministry
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#theft #TreePoaching #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

When the #BCNDP was elected I presented to the BCUC, that #SiteC isn't clean energy.Vast quantities of methane is given off & the carbon sink of farmland, grass & forest is destroyed & buried under water. Now science proves it. For food security & environment SiteC shouldn't open

Vancouver's average high temperature in March is 10°C and this week's high is forecast to be 17°C. Presaging another difficult summer in BC and a repeat of 2023? Right now Texas is struggling with the biggest wildfire in the state’s history and one of the biggest in U.S. history.

A report Postmedia newspapers will ignore.
#abpoli #ableg

BIG STORY:

Did you believe the NDP when they promised to protect the tiny remainder of BC old growth forests?

Secret map & leaked data reveals a Forests Ministry in favour of big-tree logging, defying its OWN science advisory panel thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/… #bcpoli

Alberta’s brutal water reckoning: Scientists who studied the region’s arid past warned this drought was coming. Thirst for growth won out.

A Tyee special report. 🚰 Andrew Nikiforuk reports. thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/…

B.C. is banking on a new era of mining to meet its climate targets. But if disaster strikes, taxpayers could be left to foot the cleanup bill, an investigation by The Narwhal and The Globe and Mail has found. #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-mining-liab…

The first-ever Canadian study to evaluate health impacts of flaring from a proposed fossil fuel LNG export facility in B.C. gets underway next month. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
@CAPE-ACME Dogwood Stand.earth Wilderness Committee

‘Like the flip of a switch, it’s gone’: has the ecosystem of the UK’s largest lake collapsed?

Lough Neagh’s flies were seen as a nuisance. Now their sudden disappearance is a startling omen for a lake that supplies 40% of Northern Ireland’s water
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From turtles to fruit bats, migratory species increasingly under threat, says UN

Migrating animals are at risk from pollution, the spread of invasive species and the climate crisis, first report of its kind reveals
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On the eve of the premiere of a new documentary about Dr. Bonnie Henry, I think it's important to take an outside look at how we got here.

Here's my brief, two-part reminiscence on the pandemic in Canada, and how it became a grim feature of our everyday life.

Bennett wanted BC to enjoy low electricity rates for decades. Others thought private companies should benefit, not private citizens. Since 2001, BC Hydro made payments to IPPs of more than $19 billion. Most payments were above market value. The result:
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B.C.’s NDP government says Bill 44 aims to address the housing crisis. Critics say the “one-size-fits-all” approach removes local autonomy & threatens urban forests — including Greater Victoria’s endangered Garry oak ecosystem. #bcpoli via Sarah Cox thenarwhal.ca/bc-ndp-bill-44…

A single methane gas export facility may result in climate-damaging emissions equivalent to millions of automobiles.
While we pay billions of dollars in carbon taxes allegedly designed to reduce emissions, governments spend billions to increase emissions. The policies conflict.