British Columbia Government Ecocide & Genocide — December 2020

BC Environment & Climate Change

Scientists call for Fraser River Estuary Act – Environment | Business in Vancouver

Petition · Major Vancouver developer planning on dumping toxic waste into Desolation Sound area · Change.org

B.C. behind on climate goals, sets new 2025 emissions target to stay on track

Okanagan chief calls out BC conservation officers for breaching jurisdiction

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/caribou-decline/

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/12/03/BC-Coal-Mining-Failed-Delivery/

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/death-by-1000-cuts-for-102-fraser-river-estuary-species-at-risk-of-extinction-3145140

https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158218088079221/

https://act.cape.ca/fossil-fuel-subsidies

https://theenergymix.com/2020/12/07/breaking-canada-places-dead-last-on-energy-use-fourth-last-overall-in-global-climate-change-performance-index/

https://earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/raising-salmon-british-columbia-first-nations-fish-farming

https://www.facebook.com/FairyCreekBlockade/photos/a.107456404409458/177057290782702/

https://thenarwhal.ca/clean-bc-oil-gas-subsidies-emissions/

https://www.focusonvictoria.ca/forests/35/

http://thenelsondaily.com/news/oped-healthy-watersheds-support-resilient-communities

https://www.conservationnw.org/news-updates/letter-to-governor-on-threats-from-bc-mines/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-extinction-caribou-coal-mining-ccpa-report/#:~:text=Public%20money%20’helped%20fund%20extinction,caribou%20through%20mining%20subsidies%3A%20report&text=Endangered%20caribou%20in%20northeast%20B.C.,Canadian%20Centre%20for%20Policy%20Alternatives

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/clearcutcarbon/

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1390186304650243/

https://www.facebook.com/forestmarchbc/posts/2847833105445555

https://www.facebook.com/forestmarchbc/posts/2849215265307339

https://www.straight.com/news/climate-change-accountability-report-discloses-that-bc-carbon-emissions-rose

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-non-lethal-methods-encouraged-science-can-keep-wolves-killing-livestock-180976505/

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-b-c-s-failed-carbon-tax-shows-why-trudeaus-wont-work

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-clear-cut-forests-are-dead-zones-emitting-more-greenhouse-gases-than-fossil-fuels-report-finds-1.5398660

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/12/17/Site-C-Construction-Stop-Today/

https://theenergymix.com/2020/12/23/b-c-sets-new-2025-emissions-target-as-oil-and-gas-projects-trigger-alarming-increase-2/

https://in-sights.ca/2020/12/24/38871/

http://stopsitec.today/globe-bc-needs-a-public-inquiry-to-sort-out-site-c-mess/

BC Energy, Mines Petroleum Resources

LNG Canada CEO Writes Open Letter After Outbreak | Rigzone

Will you chip in? | Leadnow.ca

BC’s Coal Mining Has Failed to Deliver, Finds Report | The Tyee

Cleaners Are on LNG Canada’s Frontlines. They’re Scared | The Tyee

Why now is the time to reform the royalty regime in BC | Corporate Mapping Project

Fracking Linked to Heart Failure Trouble | MedPage Today

Letter to Governor Inslee on threats from British Columbia mining pollution

Mining subsidies helped fund B.C. caribou extinction: report | The Narwhal

Open Letter: Designation of Oil and Gas Work as “Non-Essential” is Critical for Protecting the Lives and Rights of Vulnerable First Nations Facing COVID-19 – UBCIC

Animal Justice – Animal Protection & Environmental Groups Urge Canada to Ban Use of Poisons to Kill Wolves & Other Wildlife

Fundraiser by Kenn Faris : Stop the Mine

LNG janitors vote in favour of strike amid coronavirus – PrinceGeorgeMatters.com

https://www.policynote.ca/minding-the-shop/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/52-positive-covid-19-cases-now-associated-with-lng-canada-site-outbreak-in-kitimat/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/01/Wetsuweten-Call-Province-Close-Pipeline-Work-Camps/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/managed-wind-down/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/caribou-decline/

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScV93GadMxsWS1gBOg9nDDtAnLtVMRDfzSNtif81dHvIUERqA/viewform

https://thenarwhal.ca/vopak-prince-rupert-terminal-public-comment/

https://www.facebook.com/unistoten/posts/4749561608451380

https://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/cancel-site-c-then-go-solar/

https://act.cape.ca/fossil-fuel-subsidies

https://www.facebook.com/saved/?list_id=2111357728994585

https://richardhughes.ca/the-news-from-site-c-just-gets-worse-and-worse-dangerous-er-and-dangerous-er/

https://theenergymix.com/2020/12/07/breaking-canada-places-dead-last-on-energy-use-fourth-last-overall-in-global-climate-change-performance-index/

https://thenarwhal.ca/clean-bc-oil-gas-subsidies-emissions/

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/solidarity-with-wetsuweten-letter-to-dr-bonnie-henry/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/12/11/opinion/canadian-lng-development-full-hot-air

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Bombshell-Report-Pours-Cold-Water-On-Global-LNG-Outlook.html

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/15/Work-Camps-Bring-Virus-Northern-First-Nations/

https://adamolsen.ca/2020/12/site-c-boondoggle-buried-in-secrecy/

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/12/17/Site-C-Construction-Stop-Today/

https://www.facebook.com/bcecosocialists/posts/428053628564536

https://globalnews.ca/news/7534557/coastal-gaslink-covid-outbreak/

https://in-sights.ca/2020/12/24/38871/

http://stopsitec.today/globe-bc-needs-a-public-inquiry-to-sort-out-site-c-mess/

BC Forests, Lands & Natural Resources

Forest March BC – Posts

Stop Killing Wolves & Protect Habitat: Save BC’s Caribou from Extinction | Leadnow.ca

Before & After Video of Massive Trees Cut on Vancouver Island – YouTube

CORE, SHARE, Clayoquot Summer: The fight for BC forests in the ’90s | Watershed Sentinel

The movement to save old-growth rainforests | Wilderness Committee

SEND a MESSAGE: The BC Government Must Finance the Protection of Old-Growth Forests — Endangered Ecosystems Alliance

Fairy Creek Blockade – Posts | Facebook

Photography campaign shows the grim aftermath of logging in Canada’s fragile forests | Canada | The Guardian

Demonstrators block trucks on Vancouver Island, demand end to old-growth logging

Ship strikes ‘significant’ cause of death for southern resident killer whales, UBC study finds | CBC News

Breathing new life into B.C.’s oldest forests | CTV News

It’s time for new thinking about old growth | Columbia Valley, Cranbrook, East Kootenay, Elk Valley, Kimberley

Kwakiutl First Nation angry at logging in Douglas Treaty land – North Island Gazette

“The haphazardly sheared landscape called to mind a dog with mange.” – Adam Olsen. MLA for Saanich North and the Islands.

Mapping of old-growth deferral areas confirms forests ministry deception – Forests – Focus on Victoria

B.C. suspends logging in endangered caribou habitat | The Narwhal

Op/Ed: Healthy watersheds support resilient communities | The Nelson Daily

Photos reveal scope of old-growth forest logging in B.C. | The Narwhal

Clearcut Carbon: A report on the future of forests in BC – Sierra Club BC

BCTS to Halt Most Logging Activity In Old-growth Caribou Habitat In Argonaut Creek | Wilderness Committee

Forest March BC – Posts | Facebook

(1) Forest March BC – Posts | Facebook

Petition e-2914 – Petitions

Biodiversity may be at risk near Prince George, B.C., says forestry watchdog | CBC News

These Non-Lethal Methods Encouraged by Science Can Keep Wolves From Killing Livestock | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Watchdog calls for old growth revamp | Prince George Citizen

Tell the new forest minister to protect old-growth forests now! – Sierra Club BC

Modern Forestry’s Effect on Nature | BC Forests: The Peoples Convergence – YouTube

2020 Recommendations for Change (Public)

Comment: We must improve how B.C. forests are managed | Times Colonist

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/caribou-decline/

https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158218088079221/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-extinction-caribou-coal-mining-ccpa-report/#:~:text=Public%20money%20’helped%20fund%20extinction,caribou%20through%20mining%20subsidies%3A%20report&text=Endangered%20caribou%20in%20northeast%20B.C.,Canadian%20Centre%20for%20Policy%20Alternatives

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-clear-cut-forests-are-dead-zones-emitting-more-greenhouse-gases-than-fossil-fuels-report-finds-1.5398660

BC Indigenous Relations

Organizations and concerned individuals stand in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en women urging Dr. Bonnie Henry to shut down industrial camps amid COVID-19 outbreaks – Sierra Club BC

Northern First Nations Look for Answers as Work Camps Bring the Virus | The Tyee

St. Paul’s Indigenous Health Liaison Workers Say Racism, Lack of Support Are a Daily Reality | The Tyee

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/52-positive-covid-19-cases-now-associated-with-lng-canada-site-outbreak-in-kitimat/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/01/Wetsuweten-Call-Province-Close-Pipeline-Work-Camps/

https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158218088079221/

https://earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/raising-salmon-british-columbia-first-nations-fish-farming

https://www.northislandgazette.com/news/kwakiult-angry-at-logging-in-douglas-treaty-land/

https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/open_letter_designation_of_oil_and_gas_work_as_non_essential_is_critical_for_protecting_the_lives_and_rights_of_vulnerable_first_nations_facing_covid_19

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/16/Did-Horgan-Dodge-Wetsuweten-Hereditary-Chief-Meeting/

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/indigenous-leadership-is-crucial-to-protecting-the-planet/

https://in-sights.ca/2020/12/24/38871/

https://indiginews.com/okanagan/okanagan-chief-calls-out-bc-conservation-officers-for-breaching-jurisdiction

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/12/28/Hope-Best-Canada-UNDRIP-Law-Expect-More-Same/

BC Agriculture, Food & Fisheries

B.C. government makes big commitments to fish and habitat conservation – Goldstream News Gazette

B.C. ACTION ALERT: It’s time to end fur farming – The Fur-Bearers

Animal rights group launches petition following coronavirus outbreak on B.C. mink farm – Tri-City News

B.C. government makes big commitments to fish and habitat conservation – Salmon Arm Observer

Pledge to End Fur Farming in B.C. | BC SPCA

Aquatic Animal Welfare Defined for the First Time

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/bc-spca-calls-for-moratorium-after-minks-workers-at-farm-contract-covid/

http://cetfa.org/dairy-researcher-advises-producers-to-keep-practices-hidden-from-public/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-farming-transition/

British Columbia & Premier

Who’s minding the shop at Site C? : Policy Note

52 positive COVID-19 cases now associated with LNG Canada site outbreak in Kitimat – Goldstream News Gazette

Wet’suwet’en Call on Province to Close Pipeline Work Camps | The Tyee

Who Benefits from Caribou Decline | Corporate Mapping Project

Re: Urgent Concerns from Wet’suwet’en Ts’ako ze’ and Skiy ze’ – A letter of support from front line health workers in B.C. and across Canada

Unist’ot’en Camp – Posts | Facebook

Cancel Site C, then go solar – BC Local News

Martyn Brown: What’s wrong with this picture? Horgan forgot to adjust the white balance | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

The news from site C just gets worse and worse, dangerous-er and dangerous-er | richardhughes.ca

NDP Government Backs Off Pledge to Cut Government Secrecy | The Tyee

CleanBC plan: are oil and gas subsidies to blame for shortfalls?

Canadian LNG is full of hot air | National Observer

Low-income senior says she was kicked off COVID-19 subsidy after going just $4 over threshold | CBC News

‘Walk of shame’ comment from Saanich PD prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations

Bombshell Report Pours Cold Water On Global LNG Outlook | OilPrice.com

Site C boondoggle buried in secrecy – Adam Olsen. MLA for Saanich North and the Islands

Did Horgan Dodge a Meeting with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs? | The Tyee

Is it a Throne Speech or the Throne Speech? – Adam Olsen. MLA for Saanich North and the Islands

Why Site C Construction Should Stop Today | The Tyee

GOLDSTEIN: B.C.’s failed carbon tax shows why Trudeau’s won’t work | Toronto Sun

B.C.’s clear-cut forests are ‘dead zones,’ emitting more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels, report finds | CBC News

BC Ecosocialist Party – Posts | Facebook

COVID-19 outbreak declared at two Coastal GasLink worksites, 27 workers infected | Globalnews.ca

B.C. Recovery Benefit applicants frustrated over ‘bureaucratic minefield’

Expert Bashes BC for COVID-19 Data Gaps | The Tyee

Premier wants law allowing detaining of youth who overdosed – Burnaby Now

B.C. Sets New 2025 Emissions Target as Oil and Gas Projects Trigger ‘Alarming’ Increase – The Energy Mix

Falsehoods and misinformation, government specialties – In-Sights

UPDATE: More positive tests at pipeline camps | Alaska Highway News

Globe and Mail: B.C. needs a public inquiry to sort out the Site C mess – Stop Site C

https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/core-share-clayoquot-summer-the-fight-for-bc-forests-in-the-90s/

https://www.endangeredecosystemsalliance.org/news/ogbc

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/12/03/BC-Coal-Mining-Failed-Delivery/

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/death-by-1000-cuts-for-102-fraser-river-estuary-species-at-risk-of-extinction-3145140

https://act.cape.ca/fossil-fuel-subsidies

https://www.e-know.ca/regions/east-kootenay/its-time-for-new-thinking-about-old-growth/

https://earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/raising-salmon-british-columbia-first-nations-fish-farming

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/07/Cleaners-LNG-Canada-Frontline/

https://thenarwhal.ca/myth-asian-market-alberta-oil/

https://adamolsen.ca/2020/12/the-haphazardly-sheared-landscape-called-to-mind-a-dog-with-mange/

https://www.focusonvictoria.ca/forests/35/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/royalty-reform/

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/climate-and-carbon/what-will-it-take-16075116/

http://thenelsondaily.com/news/oped-healthy-watersheds-support-resilient-communities

https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/environmentalhealth/90058?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=583e1189-7d2b-43d7-9e62-707872b053ab

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/solidarity-with-wetsuweten-letter-to-dr-bonnie-henry/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-forest-vancouver-island-caycuse/

https://www.conservationnw.org/news-updates/letter-to-governor-on-threats-from-bc-mines/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-extinction-caribou-coal-mining-ccpa-report/#:~:text=Public%20money%20’helped%20fund%20extinction,caribou%20through%20mining%20subsidies%3A%20report&text=Endangered%20caribou%20in%20northeast%20B.C.,Canadian%20Centre%20for%20Policy%20Alternatives

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/clearcutcarbon/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/15/Work-Camps-Bring-Virus-Northern-First-Nations/

https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/open_letter_designation_of_oil_and_gas_work_as_non_essential_is_critical_for_protecting_the_lives_and_rights_of_vulnerable_first_nations_facing_covid_19

https://www.facebook.com/firstpeopleslaw/photos/a.316810165032467/3529600423753409/

https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2914&

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/indigenous-leadership-is-crucial-to-protecting-the-planet/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/forest-biodiversity-at-risk-prince-george-industry-watchdog-1.5845857?cmp=rss

https://www.facebook.com/GoWasteEd/photos/a.2678571425548059/4879652542106592/