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B.C. Premier John Horgan visits an LNG site in northern B.C. in August 2019. Image: Province of British Columbia/Flickr
Why has B.C. Premier John Horgan bought the LNG pipe dream?
Robert Hackett | Today's B.C. NDP is a locked-down creature. There's not been much chance for internal debate on LNG policy, even within the caucus.
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'The Whale and The Raven': a documentary film about First Nations sovereignty
Doreen Nicoll | "What if self-awareness, compassion and thinking were not exclusively human affairs?" asks Mirjam Leuze, director of "The Whale and The Raven."
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B.C.'s thirsty LNG industry is a threat to water supplies
Emma Lui | The approval of LNG Canada, a $40-billion fracked gas project, gives the green light to a very thirsty industry that will abuse even more water at a time when water supplies are unpredictable.
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It's time for a public inquiry into fracking in B.C.
Ben Parfitt | Such an inquiry should not be limited to scientific questions, but should focus squarely on the risks associated with fracking and what should be done about them.
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Hupacasath First Nation run-of-river renewable energy. Photo: Green Energy Futures - David Dodge/Flickr
First Nations-led renewable energy generation in B.C. offers promising path forward
Karena Shaw, Dana Cook, Eryn Fitzgerald, Judith (Kekinusuqs) Sayers | First Nations have built significant momentum in the renewable energy industry and their involvement is bringing real benefits to their communities.
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Your election guide to water issues in B.C.
Emma Lui | A primer on key water issues in B.C. leading up to the election on May 9th, including pipelines, fracking, and bottled water.
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B.C. Liberals are a rogue government that must be dispatched
Murray Dobbin | The Liberal government of Christy Clark is not so much a government as it is an anti-government: contemptuous of both the public good and of the citizens it is supposed to be governing for.
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Christy Clark government wastes budget surplus on debt repayment
Redeye Collective | British Columbians are in desperate need of affordable housing, higher social assistance rates and public school funding. Instead the government is spending a budget windfall on paying down the debt.
Podcast
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Lower Mainlanders essential in fight to halt Site C dam
Redeye Collective | Farmers and First Nations fought this project alone for years. People in Vancouver are waking up to the threat posed by a third dam on the Peace River. We hear from three speakers opposed to Site C.
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We can't dig our way out of the fossil fuels pit
David Suzuki | Most governments have committed to the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels, with an aspirational goal of 1.5 degrees. We're nearing the latter.
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Trudeau government approves Pacific NorthWest LNG project
Brent Patterson | The Trudeau government has approved the Pacific NorthWest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in British Columbia. The export facility is now set to be constructed on Lax U'u'la (Lelu Island).
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Dear Min. McKenna: Reject the super-polluting Pacific NorthWest LNG project
Matt Horne | If B.C.'s Pacific NorthWest LNG project is approved, it will become one of Canada's largest sources of carbon pollution. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna should reject it.