November 16, 2021. Loss of Michael Jessen, reports from COP 26, BC reviewing oil and gas royalties (and subsidies?)

LOGGING IS NEVER PRETTY. THIS CLEARCUT PATCH IS JUST ABOVE THE 16TH HOLE OF THE GRANITE POINT GOLF COURSE, IN NELSON. CLEARCUT LOGGING UNDOUBTEDLY AGGRAVATED THE LANDSIDE DISASTERS OF THE EXTREME WEATHER EVENT. A tribute to local environmental activist Michael Jessen who passed away in October. Lisa Bramson tells us about this amazing man and … Continue reading November 16, 2021. Loss of Michael Jessen, reports from COP 26, BC reviewing oil and gas royalties (and subsidies?)

November 9, 2021. Not one tree saved by BC logging announcements, Nelsonites at COP26 in Glasgow, and more on COP26

JAMIE HUNTER MARCHES BEHIND RED BRIGADE IN GLASGOW JAMIE HUNTER and LINN MURRAY MARCH IN GLASGOW LISTEN TO NOVEMBER 9th SHOW HERE: You may have heard on the news in the past week that the BC government has DEFERRED logging on a lot of old growth trees in the province. The truth is that in … Continue reading November 9, 2021. Not one tree saved by BC logging announcements, Nelsonites at COP26 in Glasgow, and more on COP26

Nov. 2 2021. Automous Sinix’t oppose Zincton, comment period open. Nelson’s Jamie Hunter off to COP26. Amendments to forestry laws weak and slow

CLEAR CUTS ABOVE MOUNTAIN STATION AND ABOVE NELSON WATERSHEDS LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW HERE: The Zincton backcountry resort proposal near New Denver is in a crucial public comment phase, and we have KL Kivi talking about the Autonomous Sinix’t response to the proposal and Nicky Blackshaw from thewildconnection.ca telling us how to have our say.COP26 … Continue reading Nov. 2 2021. Automous Sinix’t oppose Zincton, comment period open. Nelson’s Jamie Hunter off to COP26. Amendments to forestry laws weak and slow

Oct 26, 2021. New BC climate Road Map, big bad methane, looking at Zincton backcountry proposal

LISTEN TO FULL SHOW HERE: The BC government has released its updated Clean BC ‘road map’ to reduce emissions and mitigate the climate crisis. But not everyone thinks its enough or even entirely credible. Anjali Appadurai from Sierra Club talks about it. The plan promises to reduce the critical methane emissions from the LNG fracking … Continue reading Oct 26, 2021. New BC climate Road Map, big bad methane, looking at Zincton backcountry proposal

Oct 19 2021. Fairy Creek spirit school on Baker St., small electric cars, EcoSociety’s Montana Burgess honoured

CHASCH RAY'S... FALL DOE, WITH HEADRESS. PHOTO BY KEITH Rainbow Eyes and other visitors from Fairy Creek drummed a message of hope, power and resistance to rally on Baker Street. Local Last Stand West Kootenays folks joined in a Saturday Oct. 16 that ended up in a drumming and singing rally at the intersection of … Continue reading Oct 19 2021. Fairy Creek spirit school on Baker St., small electric cars, EcoSociety’s Montana Burgess honoured

Oct 12, 2021 New climate network, report from Wet’suwet’en, Cranbrook climate action

FALL COLOURS IN NELSON BC. Keith Wiley photo The West Coast Climate Action Network had a live online grand kick off. With over 150 BC organizations already signed on, We-Can is an exciting development in the BC climate movement. We have some short clips from the all-star launch. Grand Chief Stewart and Joan Phillip, Seth … Continue reading Oct 12, 2021 New climate network, report from Wet’suwet’en, Cranbrook climate action

Oct 5, 2021. Nelson’s Nest Lab generates concrete climate ideas, Guy Dauncey talks about new Network launch event, Wet’suwet’en again occupy territory on pipeline route

NEW WEST COAST CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK LAUNCHES. LISTEN TO FULL SHOW HERE: A BC judge refused to extend the injunction against Fairy Creek logging protests because RCMP actions were bringing the court into disrepute he said. That’s the big news of the week in BC, of course, but there’s more. We have a short clip … Continue reading Oct 5, 2021. Nelson’s Nest Lab generates concrete climate ideas, Guy Dauncey talks about new Network launch event, Wet’suwet’en again occupy territory on pipeline route

Sept 28 ’21 Action across BC, Nelson climate strike, Canada’s climate plans reviewed

YOUTH LEAD ANOTHER GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE IN NELSON Once again youth around the planet have held a global climate strike, and Fridays for Future West Kootenays young folks camped out at Nelson City Hall for over 24 hours to call for realistic action. We have some clips from the actions over the Friday and Saturday … Continue reading Sept 28 ’21 Action across BC, Nelson climate strike, Canada’s climate plans reviewed

Sept. 21 ’21 Federal election result, new BC climate action network and action, youth-led global climate strike

OCTOBER 5 LAUNCH OF WEST COAST CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK (WE-CAN) On the show today, we are talking about the federal election which sure didn’t change much. We have Mitchell Beer in Ottawa from theEnergyMix.com to comment on it. Friday, September 23 there is another youth-lead global strike. Jamie Hunter from Nelson tells us about it. … Continue reading Sept. 21 ’21 Federal election result, new BC climate action network and action, youth-led global climate strike

Sept 19 2021 Candidates on climate action, blocking TransMountain construction in Burnaby, more old growth action

SEPT 13 NELSON RALLY FOR OLD GROWTH AT MLA's OFFICE with 'clay man'. Local candidates talking about the climate crisis from both the Kootenay Columbia and South Okanagan West Kootenay ridings.The uprising continues at Ada’itsx, Fairy Creek, on Vancouver Island which has now become the largest civil disobedience event in Canadian history. Protests against old … Continue reading Sept 19 2021 Candidates on climate action, blocking TransMountain construction in Burnaby, more old growth action