VANCOUVER, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories – The Province of British Columbia has missed its own deadline to complete the CleanBC plan, another in a long string of broken promises on climate action. The government had promised to unveil additional climate actions to meet its 2030 target by December 5, 2020.
How does Bill C-12, the proposed Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, stack up to leading thinking on how to ensure Canada does its fair share in the global effort to avoid a catastrophic climate crisis?
In this brief, West Coast joins forces with leading environmental and climate groups in Canada to compare Bill C-12 against our five pillars of a meaningful climate accountability law and recommend key ways to strengthen the bill so that Canada never misses another target.
In many ways Bill C-12, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, is the culmination of years of work for West Coast Environmental Law. We have been pressing for climate accountability legislation since our 2015 report A Carbon Budget for Canada set out our vision in detail.
In the coming days, BC Premier John Horgan will appoint his cabinet. For those who are concerned about the environment, climate change and resilient communities, we may pay special attention to who the Premier selects as Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy; Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development; and Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources; among other portfolios.
VANCOUVER, Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territories — A new report by the Canadian Energy Regulator (CER) shows the Trans Mountain and Keystone pipelines are not needed even if only minimum climate action is taken. PDF link to report
Lawyers say changes are needed for the law to show true climate leadership
Healthy coastal ecosystems are essential for maintaining biodiversity and liveable coastal communities, providing critical habitat, water quality protection, food and medicinal plants for harvesting, lessening of coastal erosion, resilience to climate change, and flood regulation.
It has been a busy few months in the ongoing Trans Mountain saga.
As the world economy sputtered due to disruptions caused by COVID-19, major changes started to emerge that make it clear that the post-pandemic world will not look like the pre-pandemic world.
With just over a week to go until election day, are you reading the election platforms of BC’s main parties?