COP28 ACTIVISTS DEMANDED REAL SWITCH OFF FOSSIL FUELS. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD DECEMBER 19 2023 SHOW HERE: Solita Work from the West Kootenay Cycling Coalition co-hosts another transportation focused show. Tom Newell is the Regional District of the Central Kootenay for Area F, which is the North Shore from Crescent Beach to Bonnington. Transportation and climate … Continue reading December 19 2023. Tom Newell on priority issues facing the RDCK. Selkirk College student on local transportation alternatives. Velo Canada Bikes untangles funding for active transportation in Canada

ALBERTA NAMED FOSSIL OF THE DAY AT COP 28 IN DUBAI. PROVINCE GETS DISTINCTION USUALLY RESERVED FOR COUNTRIES. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD DECEMBER 12 2023 SHOW HERE: 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 … Continue reading December 12, 2023. Protecting Kootenay watersheds. Canada announces plan for oil industry emissions. BC CAN afford to spend more. Billions more.

TECK HAS SOLD ITS 5 HUGE COAL MINES IN THE CROWSNEST PASS AREA, AFTER INVESTING OVER A BILLION AND PAYING MILLIONS IN FINES OVER SELENIUM RUNOFF POLLUTION. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE DECEMBER 5 ECOCENTRIC HERE: US President Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau promised to deal with the selenium pollution in the Elk and Kootenay River … Continue reading Dec. 5 2023. Teck sells Crowsnest coal mines. Province makes big conservation and land management announcements. Oil scandals plague COP 28.

This past Sunday, Nelson had it’s first Winter Cycling Expo. The City is giving away lots of winter cycling gear in a series of promotions of winter cycling. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD NOV 28 SHOW HERE: Cecilia Jaques the City’s Senior Climate & Energy Strategist talks about the winter cycling promotion, snow clearing, city cycling route progress … Continue reading Nov. 28 2023. The joy of winter cycling. Win some studded tires.

NELSON HYDRO POWERPLANT IS ON THE LEFT, HERE, THE SOUTH BANK OF THE KOOTENAY RIVER.FORTIS BC OWNS THE PLANT ON THE NORTH BANK, WHICH ALSO FEEDS NELSON'S GRID. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD THE NOVEMBER 21 ECOCENTRIC HERE: Nelson Hydro is looking for a rate increase of over 5%.  We pay some of the lowest power rates in … Continue reading November 21 2023. Nelson Hydro rate increase. NDP Convention blocks debate on fracking, LNG. COP 28 kicks off November 30 in Dubai.

GRAND CHIEF STEWART PHILLIP FROM THE UNION OF BC INDIAN CHIEFS SPEAKS AT THE RELEASE OF THE 2ND ANNUAL BC CLIMATE REPORT CARD. DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO THE NOVEMBER 14 ECOCENTRIC HERE: Rachel Samson Vice-President for Research at the Institute for Research on Public Policy published a piece with the headline: Climate Policy That Doesn’t Make … Continue reading November 14 2023. Affordable climate action. BC failing on climate targets. BC Council advises: stop installing natural gas.

ROBIN WALL-KIMMERER GIVES US A REMINDER OF HOPE. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD NOVEMBER 7 ECOCENTRIC HERE: This week, BC and the federal government announced they have committed $1 billion in conservation efforts to protect 30% of BC by 2030.  Local forest ecologist Rachel Holt says it’s good news, but only details will show if it will … Continue reading November 7, 2023. BC promises to protect 30% of land by 2030. New documentary on the Columbia Treaty. Fair taxes could pay for green economy.

KEITH WILEY WITH CO-HOST SOLITA WORK TALKING TRANSPORTATION AND BIKES. Photo: Wies van Wetten. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD OCTOBER 31 SHOW HERE: Solita Work from the West Kootenay Cycling Coalition is back with another focus on transportation and cycling. BC has a mandatory bike helmet law, if you ride a bike you are supposed to wear … Continue reading October 31, 2023. Does a bike helmet law discourage riding? As biking surges what keeps it safe?

FALL IN COLOUR IN THE KOOTENAY FOREST. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD OCTOBER 24 SHOW HERE: A "best of" repeat show, featuring great interviews from earlier this year. Sarah Newton from Revelstoke talks about the success their Old Growth Revylution campaign had in protecting forests. And about a concerning development this year. Kendall Anderson works with the … Continue reading Oct. 24, 2023. Revylution protects old growth, but then? Just transition for women. Slash burning and pellets, smoke blowing in Smithers

SEPTEMBER 28, RALLIES TO SAVE OLD GROWTH FORESTS TOOK PLACE ACROSS BC INCLUDING THIS ONE IN VANCOUVER AND ONE IN NELSON. DESPITE PROMISES CLEAR-CUTTING CONTINUES, BUSINESS-AS-USUAL. DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO THE OCTOBER 10 ECOCENTRIC HERE: World-wide, we saw even higher record climate impacts in September. It's time to tell the truth about the crisis.   … Continue reading Oct. 10, 2023. September’s extreme climate. Old Growth forest decimation continued in 2021. Logging trucks clearing slopes above the Duncan. You can support the RDCK climate plan.