Environmental journalist covering forests, climate and the energy transition.
Zoë Yunker
This could be a watershed moment for remote communities across Canada and BC hoping to do the same.
But this window of opportunity may already be closing: funding shortfalls loom.
The Haida Nation continues to work to ensure their project is a beginning and not an end.
Growing calls for a health impact review on LNG and fracking now include four councils whose communities may be at risk.
“It makes sense to support each other in trying to get answers that I think are pretty important for everyone” — Coun. Chris Pettingill
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Zoë Yunker
How can collective ownership of climate transition infrastructure help drive the #EnergyTransition & strengthen communities? A recent PICS-funded dialogue explored the question — read more by @zoeyunker.bsky.social climatesolutions.ca/is-collectiv...
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Zoë Yunker
Something big just happened on Haida Gwaii.
For the first time in B.C., a utility-scale solar project is now taking a meaningful bite out of a diesel-fuelled remote grid.
It's a product of years of work from the Haida Nation, and it could signal a tipping point.
(photos: Katherine Cheng)
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Dozens of B.C. communities are not connected to the provincial electrical grid, and most rely on diesel instead.
In Haida Gwaii, the Tll Yahda solar project is a major step forward in a history-making plan to ditch diesel for good, @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/haida-gwaii-...
The have-it-both-ways policy approach is familiar: its proponents argue that ramped-up fossil fuel extraction can coincide with climate leadership.
It’s a message echoed by provincial and federal governments in Canada and beyond. But is it legal? @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #LNG
