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The West Kootenay Watershed Collaborative launched this past weekend in Nelson. Ramona Faust tells us about the launch and what the group is doing to protect precious natural local drinking watersheds.
While Alberta was presented with the Fossil of Day award at the COP28 in Dubai, the Canadian government finally announced a watered down “hard cap” on emissions from Canada’s fossil fuel industry. Aly Hyder Ali from Environmental Defence in Ottawa explains it for us.
Activists are always looking for the province to do more on crucial issues like building housing, expanding public transit and transitioning our economy off fossil fuels. Facing many demands, politicians often say we can’t afford everything. But Alex Hemingway senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in BC has looked closely at how much the province can afford to spend. Billions more he says.
The West Kootenay Watershed Collaborative
https://www.westkootenaywater.ca/
Environmental Defence on Canada’s cap on oil industry emissions.
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/12/07/statement-on-canadas-long-awaited-oil-and-gas-emissions-cap-framework/
Analysis of Canada’s new Cap and Trade plan for reducing oil industry emissions
https://www.theenergymix.com/fossils-must-cut-emissions-35-by-2030-as-ottawa-unveils-new-cap-and-trade-rule/?utm_source=The+Energy+Mix&utm_campaign=c14c18efd0-TEM_RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dc146fb5ca-c14c18efd0-420674405
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office
https://www.policynote.ca/
Alex Hemingway’s analysis of what BC can afford
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