National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Old-growth forests the B.C. government has identified for logging deferrals are still at risk of being clear cut, according to a West Coast conservation group.
“Intentions don’t stop chainsaws,” said Torrance Coste, campaign director for the Wilderness Committee, of the government’s failure to immediately act on the deferrals announced Nov. 2.
Continue reading B.C.’s old growth still falling with delay of provincial logging deferralsBy Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thousands of British Columbians remain displaced following a series of devastating floods and landslides that have swallowed highway roads and entire cities in the southern part of the province.
The floods prompted British Columbia to declare its third state of emergency this year on Nov. 17. The devastation was triggered by an atmospheric river that carried rainfall two times the average amount within a 72-hour period.
Continue reading Do clearcuts contribute to BC’s flooding?The opinions that follow belong to the people expressing them and are not necessarily shared by Cortes Radio, its board, staff, producers or listeners.
The BC Salmon Farmers Association has just released what they claim is an independent study of ‘Sea lice in the Discovery Islands.’
Their study is filled with terms like – “independent data,” “independently collected data,” “independent professional biological consultants,” “independently collected and analyzed scientific data,” “independent monitoring,” “independent sampling,” and “independent biologists” – but does not say who actually did the research.
Continue reading The BC Salmon Farmers Association new ‘independent’ sea lice reportTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
In a series of tweets, Skeena BC Liberal MLA Ellis Ross called out Hollywood heavyweight Leonardo DiCaprio for his allegedly “misinformed” comment in support of the Wet’sutwet’en Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline opposition.
Continue reading Indigenous MLA slams Leonardo DiCaprio for ‘misinformed’ support of pipeline oppositionNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It’s hard work, but it’s heart work.
That’s the maxim of the climate action team helping bring the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) First Nation’s vision of clean energy sovereignty to life.
The small, remote coastal nation in Bella Bella on British Columbia’s wild central coast is in the last stage of shaping a three- to five-year clean energy plan to shift its dependence on diesel and increase the community’s climate resiliency by focusing on sustainable solutions using the sun, wind, earth and water.
Continue reading Heiltsuk First Nation doing ‘heart work’ to tackle climate crisis
