Ever feel like you're the only one who cares that the planet is collapsing around us? 🤯 It's barely in the news. Friends & family don't bring it up.
But recent polling shows: you're not alone! 🤝🏼 Let's normalize talking about it. Silence begets silence.
Full poll: bit.ly/4uld0Bi
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B.C. is moving backwards fast on climate, environment & reconciliation.
We’re not staying quiet while that happens! But our MLAs keep telling us they’re not hearing from people about climate concerns anymore... help us prove them wrong!💪🏼
Send a letter at the link below👇🏼
Today!
🚨🔥Campfire ban a FULL MONTH EARLIER than any ever recorded before on South Coast!! Previous record was June 8, 2023. This is the #climatecrisis, caused primarily by burning fossil fuels like fracked gas (LNG). [Key info buried in last paragraph]
#bcwildfire #EndClimateSilence #bcpoli
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ICYMI - Ben Parfitt's latest in @thetyee.ca about the unsustainable and unrealistic annual cut levels held by a handful of major logging corporations is another must-read for anyone who cares about #forest stewardship in B.C. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #oldgrowth #forestry #climate thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
"As plank after plank of Canada’s #climate strategy is dismantled, more and more of those climate-anxious voters are feeling a major case of buyer’s remorse." Thanks Seth Klein for this reality-check in the Guardian #cdnpoli #bcpoli #LNG #climateaction www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this issue:
🇺🇳 UN states voted 141 to eight to adopt a new climate resolution.
🇺🇸 Donald Trump posted misinformation about the climate scenario “RCP8.5”.
💼 Key dates for next week and pick of the job vacancies.
Two-thirds of Canadians support an excess profits tax on oil and gas, according to new polling data released today by Climate Caucus.
www.theenergymix.com/excess-profi...
Canadian workers are speaking out against the possibility that their retirement savings could fund the #LNGCanada liquefied natural gas megaproject. While the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has repeatedly signalled interest in the oil and gas sector.
BC Climate Emergency Campaign
Campfires and other large fires are now prohibited across B.C.'s South Coast, as of Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, as the B.C. Wildfire Service says that hot and dry conditions are persisting across the prov...
Corporations have logged less than they're entitled to for years. Here's why. And what it means for the future of forestry.
thetyee.ca
"As plank after plank of Canada’s climate strategy is dismantled, more and more of those climate-anxious voters are feeling a major case of buyer’s remorse, disoriented by the dissonance between who t...
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate...
www.carbonbrief.org
Two-thirds of Canadians support an excess profits tax on oil and gas, according to new polling data released June 2 by Climate Caucus.
www.theenergymix.com
As Ottawa looks to pension funds to finance major energy projects and LNG Canada moves to double production in Kitimat, beneficiaries warn their retirement savings could become their “biggest contribu...
“Canada cannot claim to be defending its sovereignty while weakening its own laws to benefit a foreign-owned oil industry.”
Read our full reaction to today’s carbon pricing agreement announcement between Ottawa and Alberta. sierraclub.bc.ca/stories-even...
Carbon Brief
Seth Klein
The Energy Mix
Join Sierra Club BC on June 8 at 6:00 PM for a conversation with Suzanne Simard about her new book ‘When the Forest Breathes’ and what nature can teach us about adaptability, resilience, and community.
Sign up the free webinar here: sierraclub.bc.ca/our-work/re-...
