April 23, 2024. Scientist Greg Utzig on climate emergency impact on Columbia Treaty. Wilderness Committee campaigns against forest spraying. Tzeporah Berman speaking in Nelson, May 1.

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Local scientist Greg Utzig talks about the Columbia River Treaty negotiations and the impacts of the BC drought. He was the featured guest at the West Kootenay Climate Hub webinar last Friday.

Spraying glyphosate and other pesticides on BC forests has been going on for years, and the consequences have been well-documented. Torrance Coste tells us about the Wilderness Committee’s recent west coast tour to highlight opposition to spraying forests and about success in preventing it.

Well-known BC environmentalist Tzeporah Berman is speaking at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson on May 1. We have a clip of a preview interview with her, from KCR’s What if with Stephenie Hendricks and Lori Barkley.

The new Climate Aligned Finance Act is working it’s way through Parliament, and hits an important milestone, it’s been stalled for two years.