90% the world’s new electricity now comes from renewables. China is shuttering 1,000 coal plants and global emissions are on the decline. The end is nigh for the fossil fuel era…so why hasn’t Canada gotten the memo?
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Continue readingRafe Mair calls out BC NDP Leader John Horgan for caving to a powerful union and apologizing for opposing Petronas’ Lelu Island LNG project.
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Continue readingBC NDP Leader John Horgan’s decision to oppose Petronas’ Lelu Island LNG project is a game-changer for the upcoming provincial election, says Rafe Mair.
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Continue readingFrom “clean coal” to “ethical oil”, a new book by Yale Professor Jason Stanley shows that propaganda is far more complex and problematic than simply lying about the facts.
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Continue readingThe NDP has one slim chance of winning the next BC election: Embracing the “New Economy” – creating healthy, sustainable jobs vs. the Liberals’ old, bankrupt ideas of LNG and big dams.
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Continue readingBy approving Woodfibre LNG and refusing to cancel federal permits for Site C, the Trudeau government is showing that, when it really matters, its promises to First Nations and the environment are meaningless.
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Continue readingOver 130 scientists are slamming the draft environmental report into a proposed LNG terminal on Lelu Island over salmon issues. Meanwhile, the public has until end of day Friday to comment on the report.
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Continue readingShould elected regional directors be allowed to voice their opinion on an LNG project before the company formally applies? That’s the question at the centre of a bizarre, heated legal and political controversy in Saanich Inlet – which promises to be the next big LNG battleground.
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Continue readingIn backing the Liberals’ LNG vision, John Horgan and the BCNDP made a fatal mistake, argues Rafe Mair. Had they done their job in opposition, they would now be poised to take down the government over its failed policies – instead, they face another crushing loss.
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Continue readingWith the longterm decline of fossil fuel markets, Canada should abandon old-economy pipeline projects like Energy East and Kinder Morgan and focus on the booming green economy, argues Will Dubitsky.
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Continue readingA recent Vancouver Sun editorial titled “In defence of oil industry” shows parent company and partner of the oil and gas sector Postmedia’s true colours, says Rafe Mair.
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Continue readingLiberal MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones is holding a series of public meetings into Woodfibre LNG’s climate impacts – but what about local fish, tanker and health risks, asks Rafe Mair.
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Continue readingPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised a climate test for LNG plants like Petronas’s controversial one on Lelu Island. Now, the question is will he follow through?
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Continue readingMajor advances in batteries and other storage technologies are jump-starting renewable energy – making it competitive with fossil fuels and closer to being able to replace them.
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Continue readingRussian scientists who studied the severe decline of salmon run, attributed to an LNG plant, warn BC could face a similar disaster with Petronas’ proposed Lelu Island LNG plant.
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Continue readingTechnical arguments and sham hearings on the merits and risks of pipelines and tankers miss the point, argues Rafe Mair.
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Continue readingPlans for LNG terminals near Prince Rupert break all the big international safety rules, putting lives at risk. But you wouldn’t know it listening to the government or industry, says Graeme Pole.
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Continue readingThe BC Liberal government has come out in opposition to Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline expansion to Burnaby, stating that the company has failed to meet the province’s five conditions.
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Continue readingThe Clark Liberals’ broken LNG promises should make for a rough ride this coming election year, says Rafe Mair – but can John Horgan and the NDP capitalize?
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Continue readingAfter demonstrating her incompetence on the LNG file and all things governing-related, Rafe Mair has a suggestion for Premier Christy Clark of a job she’s actually well-qualified for.
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