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Mining the Future: Critical Minerals and BC Mining Reform
August 13, 2024
Critical minerals mining affects us all, as water users and consumers of new technology. The transition from oil and coal to renewables creates huge demand to extract more and more “critical minerals” from unspoiled ecosystems. Lax regulations allow companies to abandon toxic sites. Until last year, all of BC – including private property – was open to mining claims. But after a long battle, change is coming.
Sue Big Oil
December 12. 2023
Here’s the scoop on the current campaign to build a cost-recovery class action lawsuit for BC municipalities left holding the bag for climate-caused infrastructure damage. Three experts explain the case for suing Big Oil: Andrew Gage, lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law, Duncan Smith from the successful campaign in Gibsons BC, and Jenna Stoner, the District of Squamish BC councillor who introduced the successful motion for Squamish Council.
Food System Security in the Comox Valley
October 5, 2022
The last few years have shown us how fragile the networks that deliver our essentials (and non-essentials) can be, from snow storms to war, to drought and climate crisis. Maurita Prato and James McKerricher of Lush Valley Food Action and Arzeena Hamir of Amara Farm discuss the local food situation, how vulnerable our Comox Valley food system is, its strengths, and what’s needed from the perspective of food production and food distribution.
Canada’s Pollution: Where Is It? What Is It?
March 24, 2022
As we work to protect our environments, it is essential that we know what pollutants are already affecting our communities and what pollutants are likely to arrive along with new industrial projects. This information is available from the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) through data it collects on emissions from most major pollution sources in Canada.
Our presenters are all experienced environmental advocates who have used the NPRI to organize and mobilize.
Fracking BC: Report From the People #1
November 25, 2020
Panelists Maude Barlow, Eoin Finn, and Peter McCartney discuss the current fracking industry in BC – subsidies, impacts on the water, land, and human health, and much more – which will have to be exponentially ramped up if BC continues its pursuit of an LNG export industry. (Due to technical difficulties, the first few minutes of the webinar are not available.)
View the PowerPoint presentations and reports for the Fracking in BC series on our website here.
Fracking BC: Report From the People #2
December 7, 2020
Panelists Melissa Le, Romain Chesneux, and Mitchell Beer discuss the current fracking industry in BC – subsidies, impacts on the water, land, and human health, and much more – which will have to be ramped up exponentially if BC continues its pursuit of an LNG export industry.
View the PowerPoint presentations and reports for the Fracking in BC series on our website here.
Fracking BC: Report From the People #3
February 25, 2021
Site C, LNG, and Me, co-sponsored by Council of Canadians Pacific Working Group on LNG, featuring speakers Delee Nikal, Ken Boon, Mike Sawyer, and Chief Roland Willson. Due to a technical error, this video starts partway through Chief Willson’s presentation.
Chief Willson’s PowerPoint presentation along with the other speaker presentations and reports are available to view on our website here.
Fracking in BC: Report From the People #4
October 22, 2021
Panelists Dr. Warren Bell from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Peter McCartney from the Wilderness Committee, Alexandra Woodsworth from Dogwood, and Dorene Bernard, explain why their organizations are calling for an end to fracking and fracking subsidies in BC.to
View the PowerPoint presentations and reports for the Fracking in BC series on our website here.
