For a long time, my husband, Gordon Cornwall, and I dreamed of a home that would minimize energy consumption.

Laura Sacks, West Kootenay Climate Hub, has worked for years to advocate for climate solutions and better policies for a clean future. Her anger and frustration directed to PM Carney are clear in this letter she wrote to him in November 2025. Many of us share her emotions and feelings of betrayal. Mark Carney fast-tracking LNG and mining and other polluting projects (screenshot from CBC September 11) Dear Prime Minister Carney, I was first introduced to the term “stranded ass

A flaring stack at the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat. Production there will exceed Canadian guidelines for nitrogen dioxide. Photo via BC Energy Regulator. Richard Brooks wrote this excellent article on the dangers of the Ksi Lisims LNG project. It is reposted with permission. November 12, 2025 The Ksi Lisims LNG project in British Columbia is being presented as a "Project of National Interest." However, a serious analysis of its legal, financial, and operational realities re

Sara Goldstein of the website Motherly quotes Laura Schifter, founder of This Is Planet Ed   and author of Students, Schools, and Our Climate Momen t , who explains that “worry, sadness, grief, and fear are all normal climate feelings.” It's not easy to talk to kids sometimes about climate change as we're afraid to scare them, but opening the conversation is critical as extreme weather events are impacting our daily lives. These home climate tips can guide us. Kids get solar

Bruce Murdoch, Cranbrook, BC, discusses the misinformation that abounds about BC's electricity capacity and the impact Electric Vehicles (EVs) have on the power grid. Electric Vehicle (EV) charging How EVs Can Boost Power Grid This sounds counter-intuitive right? It sure does! I am going to demonstrate how EVs can (and already do to a small extent) free up capacity on the grid and electrical generation capacity. We are facing a lot of fearmongering about power utilities runni

bcclimateemergency.ca Gingolx, near Ksi Lisims project (screenshot C. Reibin) (This opinion piece was shared on the BC Climate Emergency Campaign website. It is posted here with permission of the authors.) We must stay aware of the facts about fossil fuels in general and LNG in particular. The rush to build new gas, coal, and oil projects goes against science and will increase deadly pollution. Extracting fossil fuels is dangerous to the environment around the project and to

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