Does Carney’s Gas Tax Cut Send the Wrong Signals? | The Tyee Experts warn that suspending Canada’s fuel tax offers limited, ill-targeted relief.

Canada's gas tax has sparked a debate about how to respond to the global oil supply shock.

Are gas prices themselves the problem, or is there a poison pill in Canada's economy (its major dependence on fossil fuels)?

My latest for @thetyee.ca

Does Carney’s Gas Tax Cut Send the Wrong Signals? | The Tyee Experts warn that suspending Canada’s fuel tax offers limited, ill-targeted relief.

In his first major move to address the economic fallout of the war in the Middle East, PM Mark Carney has temporarily axed Canada’s federal fuel tax.

But experts warn the sugar high of tax relief fails to address Canada’s dependence on a volatile energy source. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports.

How Joseph Trutch Set the Stage for BC’s Indigenous Policies | The Tyee The ugly history of land dispossession continues to emerge in political decisions today.

"Trutch also understood the value of letting the machinery do the work."

A must-read from @adampolsen.bsky.social at @thetyee.ca

Oops! Thank you so much for catching that, Marv! 🙌

BC Cuts Climate Agency, Sends Some Staff to Work on Pipelines | The Tyee Experts say CleanBC has gone up in smoke.

BC has eliminated its long-running Climate Action Secretariat.

At least 10 staff members have been sent to work on pipelines and oil and gas.

Meanwhile, this month the City of Vancouver also scrapped its sustainability department.

My latest for @thetyee.ca

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Inside BC’s Plan to Fast-Track Environmental Assessments | The Tyee Here’s how the province plans to speed resource project approvals. And why there are concerns.

B.C. has provided a first glimpse into its planned fast-tracked environmental assessment process that gives the government new powers to exempt selected projects from existing rules. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

Inside BC’s Plan to Fast-Track Environmental Assessments | The Tyee Here’s how the province plans to speed resource project approvals. And why there are concerns.

Remember BC's fast-track law, Bill 15?

It's about to become reality.

BC just gave us a first glimpse into what could mean for environmental assessment.

My latest for @thetyee.ca

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Dear Canadians: Stop Lying to Yourselves About Climate Change New report shows why Canada will never, ever meet its climate targets. Not in 2030, not net-zero by 2050

Sobering, helpful analysis from @markhamhislop.bsky.social re: Canada's Energy Future 2026 report.

"..net-zero requires a level of sustained, escalating intervention that Canada has never demonstrated. Not once."

'We do not want your bombs': A view from Tehran | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen Amidst communications blackouts and rising casualties, Jayme Poisson reaches a resident in Tehran to discuss the war, Trump, the Iranian regime, and his pessimistic view about where this goes next.  ...

An incredible interview on Front Burner today.

So, so worth listening to.

The news has been heavy these days, and it was such a treat to have the chance to learn about this project and energy solutions that may be waiting in the wings.

Thanks to @michellecyca.com for the brilliant edits!

B.C. First Nation taps geothermal power for food security | The Narwhal In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. West Moberly First Nations is turning to an underground clean-energy solution

Food systems are on the edge in West Moberly First Nations' territory, but they have plan to change that.

Their geothermal-powered greenhouse could be Canada's first, drawing on hot water trapped inside an ancient seafloor to grow food for the northeast.

My latest for @thenarwhal.ca

B.C. First Nation taps geothermal power for food security | The Narwhal In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. West Moberly First Nations is turning to an underground clean-energy solution

Accessing fresh produce is a challenge in many northern communities, but for one First Nation in northeastern B.C., harnessing geothermal energy may offer a path to better food security. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/west-moberly...

‘First Nations Would Not Exist Without Canada,’ Rustad Tells Crowd | The Tyee Conservative MLAs held a town hall to criticize DRIPA. Community members and Indigenous leaders pushed back.

A staggering report from @amandafollett.bsky.social on Rustad's town hall on Indigenous rights and DRIPA in Smithers (Wet’suwet’en territory) last weekend:

BC Must Overhaul the Province’s Forestry Industry, Report Says | The Tyee A council created as part of the Greens’ decision to back the NDP says the government can’t ‘keep kicking this can down the road.’

BC's forest advisory council released its long-awaited report this week.

It says BC should scrap timber supply reviews and replace them with locally shaped plans.

Will the plan turn the corner before it's too late?

My story for @thetyee.ca 🌲

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BC Must Overhaul the Province’s Forestry Industry, Report Says | The Tyee A council created as part of the Greens’ decision to back the NDP says the government can’t ‘keep kicking this can down the road.’

A forest advisory council has recommended shifting B.C.’s forest regime towards more local decision-making.

The plan has received applause, but some experts warn the plan lacks teeth and risks putting fragile forest ecosystems at risk. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #OldGrowth

BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs | The Tyee The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold.

Cleanup at Port Alice's bankrupt pulp mill has cost the public $170 million and counting.

BC said this was a "symptom of a wider problem" facing taxpayers, and vowed to close the legal loopholes that allowed it to happen.

Now it's quietly halted that process.

My story for @thetyee.ca

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BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs | The Tyee The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold.

B.C. has halted work on a strategy aimed at ensuring taxpayers don’t bear the massive cleanup costs arising from abandoned industrial sites and disasters like the Mount Polley mine breach.

@zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

Drax manager questioned public statements on wood sourcing, tribunal documents show Power station owner has received billions of pounds in subsidies to convert former coal-fired station to burn biomass

Illuminating comments from a senior policy specialist at Drax during a 2023 internal probe:

“I don’t think we should take from Primary Forests, even if they’re [the trees] dead, we’ve been saying we don’t source from these forests when it appears we might be."

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Then there are the opportunity costs of investing $36 billion in a pipeline that, climate change considered, should be a stranded asset in 20 years.

Are there better things we could have spent that money on?

Meanwhile, workers saw job numbers plateau, and Canada’s fossil fuel-driven economy went on an inflationary rollercoaster, costing an average of $12,000 per household from oil company profits alone, also according the Centre for Future Work.

Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil | The Tyee Canada’s affordability crisis and fossil fuel company profits are linked, says report.

Do oil company profits make us better off?

Lessons from the oil price spike during the peak COVID era are instructive. Company profits rose 996% — most of that went into shareholder dividends, according to analysis from the Centre for Future Work, covered below:

Okay, but don't those losses pale in comparison to the added royalties, taxes and GDP growth Canada stands to gain?

Even on purely economic grounds, I have questions:

Is Trans Mountain’s Profitability an Accounting Illusion? | The Tyee How the finances of Canada’s government-owned pipeline may look better than they are.

As pipeline talk swirls, below are some thoughts and a reshare of my December article for @thetyee.ca on Trans Mountain’s apparent financial boom.

(Basically, don’t believe it — it’s an accounting illusion. Canadians lost many millions last year.)

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The Town That Asbestos Built. The Cancer It Left Behind | The Tyee Former residents of Cassiar say they weren’t warned about the risks. Now, they struggle to find support.

Must-read from @amandafollett.bsky.social on the ongoing struggle of those impacted by Cassiar's asbestos mine, which covered the town in "green dust."

"Children playing in the snow cautioned each other to “eat between the green” to avoid ingesting it, Joseph remembers."

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Is Trans Mountain’s Profitability an Accounting Illusion? | The Tyee How the finances of Canada’s government-owned pipeline may look better than they are.

Trans Mountain is making big profits now, right?

Actually, no.

Thanks to accounting wizardry and a shell company, the pipeline has transformed Canadians' losses into gains on its balance sheets.

My deep dive on this for @thetyee.ca:

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'Sorry prime minister, I'm no longer your man': Steven Guilbeault on leaving cabinet In Steven Guilbeault’s first English-media interview since resigning over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to pursue a pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the former cabinet m...

Industrial carbon price needs to jump to $400 to make up for lost clean electricity regs, according to Guilbeault in this critical interview by @woodsideful.bsky.social 👏

LNG Is the ‘Elephant in the Room’ at BC Climate Plan Update | The Tyee The province’s plan to reduce emissions can be salvaged. But expansion of gas exports needs scrutiny, reviewers say.

BC's climate plan reviewers issued their report card yesterday.

Their verdict: Focus less on targets and more on getting stuff done.

Also, LNG could blow everything out of the water.

My collab with @amandafollett.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca

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LNG Is the ‘Elephant in the Room’ at BC Climate Plan Update | The Tyee The province’s plan to reduce emissions can be salvaged. But expansion of gas exports needs scrutiny, reviewers say.

Experts reviewing CleanBC say the plan to reduce carbon emissions is working — but the province needs to take a closer look at LNG.

My story with @zoeyunker.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca
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The Oil Tanker Ban That Dims Alberta’s Pipeline Hopes | The Tyee The law is six years old. But federal promises to protect BC’s north coast from spills date back decades.

ICYMI: critical background on the history of Canada's tanker ban from @amandafollett.bsky.social

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