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Breaking: Ksi Lisims LNG should be named a Project of National Liability not of National Interest
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
Nov 16, 20254 min read


Talking to Kids about Climate and Home Tips
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
Nov 15, 20251 min read


Do Electric Vehicles Reduce Power Grid Capacity?
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
Nov 1, 20254 min read


Opinion: BC’s massive carbon bomb approval is an act of arson — BC Climate Emergency Campaign
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
Oct 20, 20255 min read


Climate Action Letter to the Editor
On Oct 9, 2025, the Nelson Star published a letter from scientist and farmer, Laura Sacks about the imperative to take climate action...
Oct 10, 20252 min read


Stop New Gas Hookups
"Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario" by John Woodside, NO, Oct 9, 2025 The Canada's National...
Oct 9, 20252 min read


AI and the Climate
In the Peachland Post October 3 edition, Robert Tarrant wrote a thoughtful piece on AI. (see the full article below) And just today, Oct...
Oct 9, 20255 min read


Youth Climate Action at Okanagan College
Youth are involved in Climate Action at Penticton's Okanagan College, starting a Green Club.
Oct 7, 20251 min read


October Seniors Day is for Climate
Oct. 1 declared as Seniors for Climate Day The following is a letter to the editor from a local Penticton resident about climate and...
Oct 2, 20252 min read


A closer look at how BC is doing with its climate change targets.
Photo: BC Climate Emergency Campaign's Progress Report BC’s Climate Progress Pt. 2 Janet Parkins - Aug 19, 2025 Last month, in the first...
Aug 22, 20254 min read


Biochar
Making biochar in the Okanagan Photo: Eli Pivnick by Eli Pivnik, PhD If you have not heard about biochar, you will soon. It is a new, and...
Jul 21, 20253 min read


We need to talk about the fossil fuel elephant in the room
saobserver.net The 2023 Bush Creek East wildfire in the Shuswap burned over 100,000 acres and caused more than $240 million in insured...
Jun 24, 20253 min read


Passive House Concept in Saskatchewan 1977
Saskatchewan Conservation House 1977 (Canada's first Passive House) Chris Hatch's May 11, 2025 article in Canada's National Observer ...
May 11, 20252 min read


B.C. company wants to open $300M made-in-Canada sand mine to fuel anticipated fracking, LNG boom
CBC.ca May 4, 2025 Proposal comes as province focuses on new developments, igniting worry among climate groups A fracking well pad is...
May 5, 20253 min read


The federal election, the U.S., and climate action - Inside Climate
The federal election 2025 is about the climate.
Apr 16, 20253 min read


Lomi at home compost works!
One of our members has an at home electric compost unit. She wanted to share her personal experience. Elizabeth tells us how this...
Mar 21, 20252 min read


Stop Fossil Gas Ads
Photo from Climate Action Now! North Okanagan North Okanagan climate advocate calls for fossil fuel advertising restrictions FOCUS ON...
Feb 22, 20253 min read


The climate emergency is not up for debate. 🔥
Flood (photo hitesh choudhary Pexels) The climate emergency is not up for debate. 🔥 In the TRT World roundtable debate, Amiera Sawas ,...
Feb 2, 20251 min read


Change is Possible!
Clover Point, BC. photo by Benjamin Madison We have so many bad news stories these days. But this is a good news one. Mary shared...
Jan 27, 20252 min read


RNG Dangers for Climate and Health
Gas Stove (unsplash) Climate and health effects, marketing strategy and future potential of renewable natural gas by Janet Parkins Jan 7,...
Jan 7, 20253 min read


