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Solar is MOVING UP! Cheaper panels, interest in going green spurs boom in rooftop solar
Falling prices for panels and environmental concerns convince some to find potential in their rooftops Curt Petrovich · CBC News ·...
Sep 15, 2021
Canada’s election comes at a critical time in the climate fight
nationalobserver.com By Merran Smith & Sarah Petrevan | Opinion, Politics | September 1st 2021 Penticton - Skaha Creek fire Aug 30, 2021...
Sep 1, 2021
Climate change has already done irreversible damage. Don’t make it worse
By Joel Burcat August 22nd 2021 nationalobserver.com MP Richard Cannings and kids at July 29 Penticton's On Fire! pledge march. On Aug....
Aug 24, 2021
Stop blaming yourself for the climate crisis
Opinion by John D. Sutter 5-7 minutes Salt Lake City (CNN) I live in a valley surrounded by jagged mountains -- the kind that attract...
Aug 15, 2021
Global Climate Day of Action
ON SEPTEMBER 24, PENTICTON WILL JOIN FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE IN THE STRIKE TO DEMAND INTERSECTIONAL CLIMATE JUSTICE! JOIN US! #UprootTheSystem...
Aug 6, 2021
Apartments and condos are becoming too hot to live in. How can we fix them?
nationalobserver.com Apartments and condos are becoming too hot to live in. How can we fix them? By Cherry Tsoi | Opinion | July 16th 2021...
Jul 22, 2021
Raise your voice
As a former NDP MLA, Okanagan-Penticton, I am adding my voice to those many British Columbians who are passionately calling for the...
Jul 16, 2021
Students want the truth about climate change
nationalobserver.com By Nick Wells | News, Politics | July 4th 2021 As part of a series highlighting the work of young people in...
Jul 5, 2021
Can Jonathan Wilkinson be our C.D. Howe?
By Seth Klein | Opinion | June 24th 2021 National Observer Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (left) and C.D....
Jun 29, 2021
Solar Coops save $$$
BC is moving to new ways of producing electricity Peace Energy Cooperative has helped many residents and communities install solar...
Jun 25, 2021
When it comes to cost, wind and solar projects beat coal
Almost two-thirds of wind and solar projects built globally last year will be able to generate cheaper electricity than even the world’s...
Jun 24, 2021
Nature conservation key to food security, climate sustainability
nationalobserver.com June 3rd 2021 Marc Fawcett-Atkinson Food Security Reporter In the 1930s, harmful agricultural practices transformed...
Jun 3, 2021
Canadian agribusiness wants scale to measure environmental impacts, but critics are wary
By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News, Food Insider | November 4th 2020 Making agriculture more sustainable is a widely shared goal — but how...
May 20, 2021
Climate action can save lives — it's time to go big
By Courtney Howard & Linda Silas | Opinion | April 22nd 2021 National Observer Discussions and plans of action around climate change are...
Apr 22, 2021
The New Climate Change Denialism
Starting in the 1980s, as atmospheric science began throwing up warnings that human use of fossil fuels was leading to climate change,...
Apr 7, 2021
Canada must adopt an emergency mindset to climate change. Seth Klein
If our current leaders believe we face a climate emergency, then they need to act and speak like it’s a damn emergency. We need them to name
Mar 28, 2021
CleanTech in Canada
Cleantech: B.C.’s $100-billion opportunity February 18th, 2021 Andrea Reimer Columnist @andreareimer nationalobserver.com When I was...
Feb 20, 2021
Podcast on Resiliency The Elephant in the Room: Why we can’t wrap our brains around climate change
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. It’s sometimes hard to know where to turn and know what to do. The ...
Jan 30, 2021
Don’t believe carbon pricing really works? Just ask B.C.
Carbon tax holds key to clean innovation. pembina.org Pembina Institute With the federal government’s backstop price on carbon...
Jan 18, 2021
Canada's Carbon Tax Moving Forward
The die has been cast on Canada’s carbon tax. Now we just need the courage to implement it across the country Marc Jaccard Globe and...
Dec 16, 2020