Premier Christy Clark recently re-affirmed her commitment to BC’s greenhouse gas emission targets in an open letter to British Columbians. That’s good (and thanks to our friends at the Sierra Club of BC for drawing this to my attention). To remind folks: BC has committed to reduce it’s GHG emissions by 33% by 2020, and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'greenhouse gas'
Here’s what bold climate targets look like
May 29th, 2011 · Seth Klein · Comments Off · Climate change
Tags: greenhouse gas
From The Missing Issues File: Climate Change
April 14th, 2011 · Seth Klein · 1 Comment · Climate change, Environment, resources & sustainability
Did I miss something, or did the two-hour English election debate go by with only one passing reference to climate change, the most urgent issue of our time? There seems to be an inverse relationship at play between the severity of the crisis and its place on the political radar. The issue is receiving much [...]
Tags: Climate change·greenhouse gas
Thinking about zero
January 21st, 2010 · Marc Lee · 3 Comments · Climate change, Environment, resources & sustainability
I’m still coming out of my malaise following the Copenhagen climate conference in December. It’s easy to think that the stupid political brinksmanship is never going to end, and the focus of attention will shift to adaptive measures. But what is more likely is a few more Katrina scale disasters that will serve to spur [...]
Tags: greenhouse gas·sustainability
You Don’t Have to Sell BC Hydro to Give it Away
November 3rd, 2009 · Marvin Shaffer · 6 Comments · Economy, Energy
I recently told a right wing friend of mine that this is the worst government British Columbia has had in a very long time. I said that not because of its political orientation and values that time and again favour the interests of the wealthy over the less fortunate in a rather shameless way. I [...]
Climate deniers – what more evidence will it take?
October 28th, 2009 · Seth Klein · 9 Comments · Climate change
In this lead up to the Copenhagen meetings, it seems to me that we’re seeing a distressing up-tick in activity from the climate denial crowd. You’d think we’d be well past this point now. Some people seem prepared to take the lack of 100% agreement as a legitimate justification for inaction. That’s illogical. I’m a [...]
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Green in a Different Sense
October 2nd, 2009 · Marvin Shaffer · 2 Comments · Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
It is all about marketing I suppose, but I still can’t believe the proponents of the Highway 37 Northwest electric transmission line labelling it a green initiative. The only thing green about it is all the money BC Hydro will lose if it goes ahead. The proponents’ spin is that this transmission line will enable [...]
Tags: BC Hydro·greenhouse gas·mining
Bike to Work Week and our transportation culture
May 11th, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · Climate change, Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability
Pouring rain marked the start of Vancouver’s Bike to Work Week (May 11 – 17) this year, but those who braved the weather conditions are being rewarded with a beautiful sunshine for the ride home. Bike to Work Week is an annual event organized by the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, which aims to raise the [...]
Planet Before Politics
May 11th, 2009 · Marc Lee · Comments Off · Climate change, Environment, resources & sustainability
I signed the following open letter published in the Globe on the weekend. I cannot take any credit for organizing or writing the letter (hat tip to Ian Bruce of the David Suzuki Foundation). On the other hand, I can say that I have co-published with David Suzuki! It’s time to put the planet before [...]
Tags: cap-and-trade·carbon tax·cycling·David Suzuki·global warming·greenhouse gas·passenger rail·public transit·Suzuki Foundation·transportation
Towards an effective and fair carbon reduction strategy
May 8th, 2009 · George Heyman · Comments Off · Environment, resources & sustainability
This oped by myself and Colin Campbell appeared in the Vancouver Sun’s online edition: Towards an effective and fair carbon reduction strategy By George Heyman and Dr. Colin Campbell, May 7, 2009 The latest science on global warming shows we must rapidly slash carbon emissions, or face catastrophic impacts on our civilization by the end [...]
Tags: cap and dividend·carbon footprint·carbon tax·Colin Campbell·global warming·greenhouse gas·Sierra Club
Mischief making by oil and gas industry
May 8th, 2009 · Seth Klein · 1 Comment · Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
Ben Parfitt and I submitted the following letter to the Vancouver Sun yesterday. Hopefully it will run in the next couple days. Here it is: Letter to the editor Re. “Maintaining momentum in oil and gas,” May 7. The oil and gas industry should stop its political mischief-making, and obfuscating the numbers about the industry’s [...]
Tags: BC Oil and Gas Commission·David Collyer·flaring·greenhouse gas·oil and gas
