Nurses make a plea for no new LNG development
We write as members of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment to urge our leaders to take no shortcuts in health risk assessments of new LNG projects.
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Tariffs and gas glut could sink LNG, but B.C. bets big
LNG export projects are late in trying to sell to an oversupplied global market — when renewables are the cheapest energy option and many countries are keen to reduce dependence on foreign energy.
Canada's key to decarbonizing marine shipping? Locking out LNG
Saying no to LNG and locking it out of current and future zero-emission pathways for the marine shipping sector is crucial to avoiding runaway climate impacts and tax payer boondoggles.
As Los Angeles burns, B.C. adds fuel to the fire
As the long, hard work of cleaning up and rebuilding continues after the L.A. wildfires, so too, does the deadly serious task of understanding how and why the fires became so apocalyptic.
Energy experts skeptical about Freeland's pledge to push LNG
Martha Hall Findlay said Freeland was a central figure in the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for nearly a decade, as it "did everything it could possibly do to limit our ability to export energy."
B.C. failing on climate, 600 advocacy groups say
British Columbia’s support for the LNG industry is undermining the province’s climate efforts, says a coalition of over 600 advocacy groups.
LNG exports will cost consumers and the climate: U.S. Department of Energy
If the U.S. allows its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to grow, unrestrained, there will be significant costs to both consumers and the climate, according to a new government report.
The Prince Rupert gas pipeline doesn't pass today's health standards
As physicians and environmental health scientists, we are calling for a new environmental assessment before this project proceeds precisely due to both significant changes in the context of pipeline construction and important new evidence that must be assessed.
BC NDP will have to look elsewhere for a Speaker, Green MLAs say
The NDP can’t count on a B.C. Green Party legislator to take on the role of Speaker of the legislature, according to a newly-elected Green MLA.
Reelected BC NDP faces declining case for LNG
Because B.C. LNG production is expected to ramp up at precisely the same time global production plateaus, the province “will not have a first mover advantage, and its output will be competing in a highly competitive global market,” a new report finds.
Greens could be tie-breakers on B.C. climate policy
If the BC Greens end up with the balance of power in British Columbia and choose to support the NDP, they are likely to push hard on two main climate policy issues — the consumer carbon price and liquid natural gas expansion.
Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds
Research challenges idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is cleaner alternative to burning coal
New ad campaign takes aim at B.C. LNG
Environmental groups launched an ad campaign to counter pro-LNG advertisements that were deemed to create an "overall misleading impression" that LNG is climate-friendly, according to the advertising industry regulator Ad Standards.
Nisga'a activist's blockade and petition show local opposition to LNG
On Monday morning, a grassroots activist blocked a road leading to a work camp in Nisga’a territory that will support the construction of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT).