Climate Change

FILE - A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 passenger airplane arrives following a flight from London to Seattle, March 27, 2017, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions diet flew Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters dubbed as “jet zero." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

‘Jet zero’: first fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic commercial flight a success

High-fat low-emissions Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 travels successfully from London to New York

FILE - A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 passenger airplane arrives following a flight from London to Seattle, March 27, 2017, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions diet flew Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters dubbed as “jet zero." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
The Ministry of Transportation completed repairs to a 50-metre stretch of Malahat highway on Oct. 31, almost two years after heavy rains and floods washed out the northbound lane and compromised the cliffside retaining wall. A campaign the CRD could look at joining wants to sue fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs taxpayers are paying. (Courtesy of B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation)

B.C. local leaders ponder lawsuit against ‘big oil’ over climate change

‘Sue Big Oil’ campaign hopes to help communities recoup costs related to the effects of climate change

The Ministry of Transportation completed repairs to a 50-metre stretch of Malahat highway on Oct. 31, almost two years after heavy rains and floods washed out the northbound lane and compromised the cliffside retaining wall. A campaign the CRD could look at joining wants to sue fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs taxpayers are paying. (Courtesy of B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation)
This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

One of world’s largest icebergs on the move after 30 years stuck to ocean floor

Iceberg measures at about 3 times the size of New York City

This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)

As glaciers retreat, mining claims threaten future B.C. salmon habitats: study

SFU researchers say environmental policies need to be more future-thinking as climate change progresses

Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)
A new poll suggests most Canadians support the government’s decision to exempt home heating oil from the carbon price, and would like to see that expanded to all forms of home heating fuel. A shed sits at the side of a house, containing home heating oil, in Halifax, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael MacDonald

Canadians want a carbon price pause on all home heating fuel: poll

Leger poll targets recent federal decision on heating oil carbon price reprieve

A new poll suggests most Canadians support the government’s decision to exempt home heating oil from the carbon price, and would like to see that expanded to all forms of home heating fuel. A shed sits at the side of a house, containing home heating oil, in Halifax, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael MacDonald
Josie Osborne, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, announced $16.5 million for a pilot project to show the viability of commercial trucks running on hydrogen. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Abbotsford facility to help pilot hydrogen commercial trucks amid EV boom

Provincial government is pumping $16.5 into pilot project

Josie Osborne, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, announced $16.5 million for a pilot project to show the viability of commercial trucks running on hydrogen. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Premier David Eby, seen here in Nova Scotia, warns against playing affordability off against climate change. During a meeting with federal and territorial leaders in Nova Scotia he held up an “I Heart Heat Pumps” T-shirt during interviews. (Screencap)

‘Mistake’ to play affordability off against climate change, says B.C. premier

Eby calls Ottawa’s handling of carbon tax exemption ‘startling’ and ‘disturbing’

Premier David Eby, seen here in Nova Scotia, warns against playing affordability off against climate change. During a meeting with federal and territorial leaders in Nova Scotia he held up an “I Heart Heat Pumps” T-shirt during interviews. (Screencap)
Operational technician Erin Aranda handles flasks containing mushroom spores at the production facility for Meati Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Thornton, Colo. Eventually, the company expects to produce more than 40 million pounds of meat annually at its 100,000-square-foot Mega Ranch in Thornton. That’s about 160 million four-ounce servings, or half the amount of beef served each year at Chipotle, one of Meati’s biggest investors. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Plant-based meat could solve climate woes – if more people would eat it

Removing meat from your diet might do wonders for the planet, but what about the taste buds?

Operational technician Erin Aranda handles flasks containing mushroom spores at the production facility for Meati Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Thornton, Colo. Eventually, the company expects to produce more than 40 million pounds of meat annually at its 100,000-square-foot Mega Ranch in Thornton. That’s about 160 million four-ounce servings, or half the amount of beef served each year at Chipotle, one of Meati’s biggest investors. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sun shines on leaves on a big leaf maple tree in the Willamette National Forest, Ore., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. In recent years, at least 15 native tree species in the region have experienced growth declines and die-offs, with 10 linked to drought and warming temperatures, according to recent studies and reports. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

Pacific Northwest forests ‘moving uphill’ as climate change advances

Researchers seeing evidence of tree species dying off, retreating to cooler, damper spaces

Sun shines on leaves on a big leaf maple tree in the Willamette National Forest, Ore., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. In recent years, at least 15 native tree species in the region have experienced growth declines and die-offs, with 10 linked to drought and warming temperatures, according to recent studies and reports. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep global warming in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday, putting the world’s energy transition at risk. A flare stack lights the sky from a refinery in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

‘Humanity’s future in question’: UN says world failing to meet climate goals

Fossil fuel production inconsistent with what’s needed to halt rising temperatures

Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep global warming in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday, putting the world’s energy transition at risk. A flare stack lights the sky from a refinery in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
UBCIC President Grand Chief Stewart Phillip speaks in Vancover on Nov. 7, 2023, as one of 550 signatories of a report calling on B.C. to take greater action on climate change. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

B.C. failing to treat climate change like an emergency, says action group

Report says B.C. making ‘minor progress’ in some areas, failing in others

UBCIC President Grand Chief Stewart Phillip speaks in Vancover on Nov. 7, 2023, as one of 550 signatories of a report calling on B.C. to take greater action on climate change. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry DeMarco holds a chart showing Canada’s performance against G7 countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canada still coming up short on emission reduction plan, audit finds

‘The need to reverse the trend on Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions has grown only more pressing’

Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry DeMarco holds a chart showing Canada’s performance against G7 countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Nova Scotia Prermier Tim Houston speaks to media during the closing news conference at the Council of the Federation Canadian premiers meeting in Winnipeg, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Houston says health care is the main formal agenda item as he hosts Canada’s 13 premiers and territorial leaders at a meeting in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

United premiers want carbon pricing measures to be fair to all Canadians

Trudeau criticized for carbon price freeze on home heating oil being aimed at Atlantic Canada

Nova Scotia Prermier Tim Houston speaks to media during the closing news conference at the Council of the Federation Canadian premiers meeting in Winnipeg, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Houston says health care is the main formal agenda item as he hosts Canada’s 13 premiers and territorial leaders at a meeting in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
<div>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home heating oil. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s, Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly</div>

Poilievre wants all forms of home heating exempt from carbon price

‘Axe the carbon tax on all forms of heat before winter heat bills hit Canadians next month’

<div>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home heating oil. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s, Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly</div>
B.C. has said that it wants the federal government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to give the same rebates to British Columbians that other provinces are about to receive. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

Left-out B.C. to put the heat on Ottawa over heating oil rebates

T0 B.C.’s surprise, Ottawa to stop collecting federal carbon tax on home heating oil everywhere else

B.C. has said that it wants the federal government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to give the same rebates to British Columbians that other provinces are about to receive. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Nelson is one of three B.C. communities along with two others in Alberta that are included in a study researching transportation scenarios during a potential wildfire evacuation. Photo: Google Maps

How best to evacuate B.C. communities from wildfires centre of unique study

The study is focused on three B.C. communities and two in Alberta

Nelson is one of three B.C. communities along with two others in Alberta that are included in a study researching transportation scenarios during a potential wildfire evacuation. Photo: Google Maps
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Trudeau has announced that the government will double the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians beginning in April 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Rebate, pause, as Trudeau deflects carbon price burden for rural Canadians

Government says households that use heating oil would save about $250, on average

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Trudeau has announced that the government will double the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians beginning in April 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen above Little Shuswap Lake in Squilax, B.C., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Experts say the province is yet to escape the repercussions of an exceptional year of hot, dry weather. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘Everywhere at once’: Parched B.C. still feeling effects of landmark drought

Despite recent rain, 15 of B.C.’s 34 water basins still at Level 4 or 5 stage drought

Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen above Little Shuswap Lake in Squilax, B.C., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Experts say the province is yet to escape the repercussions of an exceptional year of hot, dry weather. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Josie Osborne, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, speaks during an announcement at the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, June 15, 2023. British Columbia’s government is accelerating its zero-emission vehicle targets so it can hit its goal five years sooner. Osborne says the province is the “first in the world” to put EV sales target into law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. pressing the gas pedal on EV transition targets by 5 years

Aiming to mandate all new light-duty vehicles, passenger cars and trucks sold be EVs by 2035

Josie Osborne, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, speaks during an announcement at the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, June 15, 2023. British Columbia’s government is accelerating its zero-emission vehicle targets so it can hit its goal five years sooner. Osborne says the province is the “first in the world” to put EV sales target into law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Interim Assembly of First Nations National Chief Joanna Bernard speaks, joined by AFN Quebec-Labrador Regional Chief Ghislain Picard, left, and Nookomis Roberta Oshkabewisens, right, as they launch the AFN National Climate Strategy on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Indigenous leaders call for support in battling Canada’s climate emergency

Assembly of First Nations release strategy, call for collaboration from all levels of government

Interim Assembly of First Nations National Chief Joanna Bernard speaks, joined by AFN Quebec-Labrador Regional Chief Ghislain Picard, left, and Nookomis Roberta Oshkabewisens, right, as they launch the AFN National Climate Strategy on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang