British Columbia Government Ecocide & Genocide — November 2020

BC Environment & Climate Change

Island’s Roosevelt elk fall prey to poachers | Times Colonist

B.C. committed to regional environmental assessments, but experts warn they might never happen | The Narwhal

Hokkaido city deploys ‘monster wolf’ robot to scare bears away from residential areas – The Mainichi

Ottawa confirms methane reduction deals with Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. – The Globe and Mail

Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: study

B.C. gives okay to trap endangered fisher for fur | The Narwhal

Second Coquitlam man files lawsuit against RCMP, conservation officers | Tri-City News

Zincton ski resort proposed by Valhalla Pure founder draws opposition

Conservation officers and Langley’s Critter Care work together to rescue orphaned bear cub – Aldergrove Star

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/11/04/news/oilsands-workers-group-renewable-energy-development-pandemic-recovery

https://thefurbearers.com/blog/billboards-put-spotlight-on-b-c-trapping-issues/

https://vimeo.com/481051698

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-11-19/greenwash/

https://thenarwhal.ca/the-watershed-watchers-in-conversation-with-the-international-joint-commission/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/fossil-fuels-to-decline-but-remain-big-player-in-canadas-energy-use-by-2050-report/

https://sunpeaksnews.com/provincial-government-strategy-to-save-caribou-herds-missing-its-mark-say-environmental-groups/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-fracking-agricultural-land-radioactive-waste/

BC Energy, Mines Petroleum Resources

What happened to the BC NDP’s PowerBC energy plan? – Stop Site C

Court receivership of Tulsequah Chief mine ends, questions remain on $100 million cleanup | The Province

Regulator Raises ‘Pointed Questions’ about Site C as Project Threatens Prime Farmland – The Energy Mix

B.C.’s Tulsequah Chief mine inches toward cleanup | The Narwhal

Wild Times: 26 Mile Miracle – Watershed Sentinel

Not OK – Posts

Do you want a 24-inch pipeline in your backyard? – My Sea to Sky

MiningWatch Canada report on mining for renewable energy | The Narwhal

Site C FAQ – Stop Site C

Chatelaine Awards ‘Women of the Year’ to Wet’suwet’en Matriarchs | The Tyee

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10160346038838098&set=gm.1295050207507839&type=3&theater

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/11/04/news/oilsands-workers-group-renewable-energy-development-pandemic-recovery

https://www.straight.com/news/canada-border-service-agency-prevents-chinese-registered-freighter-from-unloading-steel-pilings

https://globalnews.ca/news/7473136/covid-19-outbreak-declared-lng-canada-site-kitimat/

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/11/23/Horgan-Muzzling-Site-C-Watchdog/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/11/23/Nationwide-Lands-Right-Action-Launched/

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-11-19/greenwash/

https://thenarwhal.ca/the-watershed-watchers-in-conversation-with-the-international-joint-commission/

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

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/fossil-fuels-to-decline-but-remain-big-player-in-canadas-energy-use-by-2050-report/

https://in-sights.ca/2020/11/24/bc-is-eliminating-natural-gas-revenues/

https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/posts/2732490543633073

https://in-sights.ca/2020/11/26/future-generations-will-decry-what-were-doing/

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

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-fracking-agricultural-land-radioactive-waste/

BC Forests, Lands & Natural Resources

LETTER: NDP government fails to protect old growth – Victoria News

Forest March BC – Posts

David Suzuki: What do we lose when the caribou disappear? | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Island community plans to buy, preserve forest for local children | National Observer

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

Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chiefs & Sierra Club BC stand in solidarity with Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations – Sierra Club BC

Logging in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest not meeting protection promises, environmentalists say – The Globe and Mail

Frontiers | Large Trees Dominate Carbon Storage in Forests East of the Cascade Crest in the United States Pacific Northwest | Forests and Global Change

Canfor plans for herbicide treatments on regenerating forests | Vancouver Sun

Prince George residents dispute use of Glyphosates on local forests – My Prince George Now

Using Wolves as First Responders Against a Deadly Brain Disease – The New York Times

Protesters in Prince George, B.C., demand ban on controversial glyphosate herbicide | CBC News

Are B.C.’s logging limits on Haida Gwaii enough? | The Narwhal

Protesters gather for Anti-glyphosate rally | CKPGToday.ca

Billboards put spotlight on B.C. trapping issues – The Fur-Bearers

Champion of old growth logging uses indu | Six Mountains

Prince George woman becomes first Canadian to challenge Korean government in energy lawsuit – My Prince George Now

GUEST COLUMN: Peachland watershed degraded by clearcut logging – West K News

BC Caribou and Wolf Documentary Project on Vimeo

B.C. should finance old-growth protections, advocates say | The Narwhal

Stop the Spray BC – Posts

Comment: Stronger forest protection policy needed on the Gulf Islands | Times Colonist

Forest March BC – Posts

Provincial government strategy to save caribou herds missing its mark say environmental groups – Sun Peaks Independent News | SunPeaksNews.com

Logging of massive, ancient cedars in Caycuse watershed signals urgent need for provincial action and funding for old-growth – Ancient Forest Alliance

Cortes Community Forest Cooperative

Gold River, B.C., steelhead decimated by logging, climate | The Narwhal

Conservationists demand fast action from B.C.’s new forestry minister on protection for old-growth trees | CBC News

https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-government-trap-endangered-fishers-fur-extinction/

BC Indigenous Relations

Wet’suwet’en Hunting Grounds Under Attack

Nuchatlaht still await their chance to prove title over territory | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

Ottawa replaces federal bureaucrat working with Neskantaga First Nation during state of emergency | CBC News

B.C. argues Nuchatlaht ‘abandoned’ land, despite UNDRIP vows | The Narwhal

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/sierra-club-bc-stand-in-solidarity-with-mowachaht-muchalaht-first-nations/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/11/23/Nationwide-Lands-Right-Action-Launched/

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/nuchatlaht-nation-calls-new-bc-government-honour-undrip-commitment-historic-title-case

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bcs-covid-cabinet-first-nations-234600418.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/bc-health-care-racism-report-1.5820306

British Columbia & Premier

BC 2020 election winners – In-Sights

QUINN’S QUIPS: If the NDP wins B.C.’s election, was it legal to begin with? | Port Alberni Valley News

‘Some Lives Just Mean More than Others’ | The Tyee

New NDP Government Challenged by Damning Report on Mistreatment of Injured Workers | The Tyee

Where’s the Political Leadership We Need? | The Tyee

Letter: BC forests play big role in carbon sequestration – The Rocky Mountain Goat

Canada needs more resilient energy sector, oilpatch worker group says | National Observer

Why NDP Should Drop Its Youth Overdose Bill | The Tyee

An earth system model shows self-sustained melting of permafrost even if all man-made GHG emissions stop in 2020 | Scientific Reports

Comment: We are an ocean province, let’s act like one | Times Colonist

New B.C. government must prioritize preventing discrimination against those in severe poverty | rabble.ca

Canada Border Service Agency prevents Chinese-registered freighter from unloading steel pilings for LNG Canada | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Nearly 9,000 chickens die in Cowichan barn fire | CTV News

Vaughn Palmer: Horgan, B.C. Hydro continue to duck Site C questions | Vancouver Sun

A people’s mandate letter to the B.C. NDP’s next housing minister | rabble.ca

COVID-19 outbreak declared at LNG Canada worksite in Kitimat | Globalnews.ca

Horgan Seems Fine with Muzzling the True Site C Watchdog | The Tyee

Esquimalt dog owner issues alert after deer injures German shepherd – Goldstream News Gazette

Greenwash – Resilience

Forty-one positive COVID-19 cases associated with the LNG Canada site outbreak in Kitimat – Goldstream News Gazette

BC is eliminating natural gas revenues – In-Sights

41 positive COVID-19 cases associated with the LNG Canada site outbreak – Smithers Interior News

Abbotsford mom angry that students asked to list positive stories about residential schools – Abbotsford News

Rolling Justice Bus – Posts

Future generations will decry what we’re doing – In-Sights

Towards a managed wind-down: the conversation we need to have | Corporate Mapping Project

Nuchatlaht Nation calls on new BC government to honour UNDRIP commitment in historic title case | Wilderness Committee

B.C. ranchers fight radioactive fracking waste | The Narwhal

BC’s COVID Cabinet: First Nations Leaders Call on Premier Horgan to Mandate Re-Appointed Health Minister and Newly Appointed Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation to Collaborate in Disclosing Life Saving Information

Murky waters: A history of toxic chemicals in the fish-farming industry | Times Colonist

Unusable masks, catered meals, redone renos: B.C. health minister orders review of PHSA spending | CBC News

Investigation finds widespread racism and discrimination against Indigenous peoples in B.C. health-care system | CBC News

https://stopsitec.today/bc-ndp-powerbc-energy-plan-2017-no-site-c-dam/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-regional-environmental-assessments-regulations-delayed/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/09/hypocrites-and-greenwash-greta-thunberg-climate-crisis

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2020/11/clean-energy-hit-record-growth-in-2020-despite-covid-19/

https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/wild-times-26-mile-miracle/

https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-government-trap-endangered-fishers-fur-extinction/

https://vimeo.com/481051698

https://stopsitec.today/site-c-faq/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/11/23/Nationwide-Lands-Right-Action-Launched/

https://thenarwhal.ca/the-watershed-watchers-in-conversation-with-the-international-joint-commission/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/fossil-fuels-to-decline-but-remain-big-player-in-canadas-energy-use-by-2050-report/

https://sunpeaksnews.com/provincial-government-strategy-to-save-caribou-herds-missing-its-mark-say-environmental-groups/

https://thenarwhal.ca/gold-river-bc-steelhead-decline/