July 16, 2024. Ben Parfitt on secretive BC plans to log old growth. Saving families money with energy retrofits. After big oil attack, Nanaimo proceeds with plans to stop further fossil gas installations.

BC investigative journalist Ben Parfitt uncovered secret government information on how it’s allowing continued logging of old growth forest.

Yasmin Abraham from Kambo Energy Group in Vancouver is part of a recent report on making life and utility bills more affordable for Canadian families.

Last year Nanaimo City Council decided to move directly to the top level of the BC Step Code and stop installing methane gas services to new buildings. That put the BC City directly in the sights of Alberta’s so-called ‘energy war room’ which launched an attack. Kathryn Jane Hazel from the Nanaimo Climate Action Club reports the City is proceeding with its plan despite the attack.

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Ben Parfitt’s report on secret Forestry Ministry plans to log old growth forests appeared on TheTyee.com magazine and his full report is on the BC Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Download the full report here. https://www.policynote.ca/old-growth-leak/
Read Parfitt’s report on The Tyee here: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/07/Secret-Map-Shows-BC-Playing-Shell-Game-Old-Growth/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=070324r

Affordability Action Council paper MAKING ENDS MEET: A NEW APPROACH TO TACKLING AFFORDABILITY is available here: https://irpp.org/affordability/