Current Problems: Environment
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November 27, 2024
British Columbia LNG pipeline in limbo as it awaits provincial decision
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs met on Nov. 25 to recognize the expiration of PRGT’s environmental assessment permit with a ceremony. Photo from Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs OfficeListen to article Canada’s National Observer: The fate of a 900-kilometre natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia is in limbo after its environmental assessment certificate expired on Nov. 25. The...
November 26, 2024
Yukon gold mine at risk of cyanide discharge says company managing clean up
APTN News: The company managing the takeover of the Eagle Gold Mine on First Nation Na-Cho Nyäk Dun’s (FNNND) traditional territory in Yukon is asking for its water licence to be relaxed on an emergency basis or risk an uncontrolled discharge of cyanide. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) took over as receiver for the Eagle Gold Mine near Mayo,...
November 22, 2024
The Prince Rupert gas pipeline doesn’t pass today’s health standards
Pipelines can not proceed until their construction is investigated for health effects. Photo by Francis Eatherington/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: On November 25, B.C.’s environmental assessment (EA) commission will rule on whether an environmental assessment certificate issued a decade ago for construction of the Prince Rupert Gas pipeline, should require a new,...
November 21, 2024
Site C dam to be given Indigenous name after flooding Treaty 8 territory
BC Hydro’s plans to give the controversial dam and reservoir Indigenous language names are being called inappropriate by a First Nations chief whose traditional territory was flooded by the megaproject BC Hydro says the Site C dam and reservoir will be given Indigenous names after the $16-billion energy project flooded dozens of sites of cultural...
November 20, 2024
Controversial Pipeline Fighting to Avoid New Environmental Review
Prince Rupert gas line has applied to extend approval granted a decade ago. Nicholas Gottlieb YesterdayThe Tyee Nick Gottlieb is a writer and a graduate student at Simon Fraser University, as well as the author of Sacred Headwaters. The Tyee: The proponents of the 900-kilometre Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line have applied to the provincial Environmental...
October 28, 2024
Gitanyow First Nation file for judicial review on Ksi Lisims LNG project
Gitanyow seek declaration that they must be consulted on major LNG project First People’s Law Report: Business Intelligence for B.C. – Gitanyow hereditary chiefs have filed for a judicial review of the Ksi Lisims LNG project, challenging the BC Environmental Assessment Office’s ruling that they need not be consulted on the project. The $9 billion...
September 12, 2024
Coastal Gaslink fined $590K for erosion, sediment control issues
CGL received 4 penalties for similar issues in 2022 and 2023 totaling nearly $800K The Tyee: CBC News: The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has fined Coastal GasLink (CGL) $590,000 for deficiencies related to erosion and sediment control measures. Coastal GasLink is a 670-kilometre-long pipeline project spanning northern B.C. that will carry natural gas across the...
August 28, 2024
Blockades and Protests Greet New Pipeline Project
First Nations warn that the Prince Rupert line will face sustained opposition. The Tyee: At 6 a.m. Monday, Richard C. Mercer, a Nisga’a member, parked his truck across Highway 113, the Cranberry Connector, just outside Gitlax̱t’aamiks, B.C. For the next three hours, he turned back every vehicle associated with the construction of the Prince Rupert...
August 23, 2024
A New Pipeline Battle Looms for BC
The Prince Rupert line fights for its life. Opponents say no. The Tyee: The beloved performing arts showcase is back this September on Granville Island. That summarized the messages from more than 20 speakers opposing the proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline at a community town hall in Kispiox, B.C., last month. The “it” they...
August 14, 2024
Is Canada’s critical-minerals strategy a green shift or greenwashing?
Indigenous and remote communities will bear the long-lasting ecological, social and cultural impacts of mining. This cannot be ignored. NationTalk: Policy Options – Canada has followed the lead of many countries recently by adopting policies and measures to promote rapid development of its value chain for domestic critical minerals essential in clean energy technology. Climate change, geopolitical and economic turmoil are...
June 7, 2024
Canadian mines a threat to Alaskan Indigenous rights
Ooligan, caught on the Unuk River in Alaska. Photo by Sonia Luokkala/SEITC This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Canada’s National Observer: In Southeast Alaska, winter fades and the return of the ooligan (also known as eulachon) in the Unuk River marks the arrival of spring. Ooligan, sm’algyax,...
May 2, 2024
The true cost of critical minerals
By Emilie Cameron, Rosemary Collard & Jessica Dempsey | Opinion | Canada’s National Observer: OPINION – Canada is positioning itself as a global destination for critical mineral extraction. Are we willing to destroy caribou herds and trample on Indigenous rights to do it? Barnabas Davoti/Pexels Listen to article The 2024 federal budget bolsters Canada’s ambitions to be a global supplier of critical minerals....
March 14, 2024
Gitanyow Condemns B.C. Government’s Move To Proceed With Ksi Lisims LNG Review
NationTalk: Gitanyow Lax’yip, March 14, 2024: Premier Eby’s push for the expansion of LNG development directly contradicts his promises on climate action, exacerbating the very crisis he claims to combat. The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (GHC) condemn the Premier’s hypocrisy and dismissal of their plea to assess the impacts of the Ksi Lisims LNG project thoroughly....
February 16, 2024
First Nation challenges LNG project over climate, salmon concerns
An artist’s rendering of the Ksi Lisims LNG project in northern B.C. Screenshot Canada’s National Observer – Gitanyow is prepared to challenge Ksi Lisims, even through the courts, over what they say is “one-sided and industry-driven” consultation on its LNG project in northern B.C. The nation is concerned about the climate and environmental impacts, particularly...
January 30, 2024
Eyes turn to B.C. as U.S. pauses approval of LNG projects
Canada’s National Observer: Climate advocates are calling on Canada to follow the lead of U.S. president Joe Biden and pause Canadian liquified natural gas projects. Joe Biden in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015. Wikimedia Commons / https://www.instagram.com/p/-4GT-WFwUS Listen to article Calls from climate advocates to follow the lead of the United States and pause Canadian liquified...
January 26, 2024
First Nations question the economic toll of shipping through the Salish Sea
T’Sou-ke First Nation Chief Gordon Planes says shipping in the Salish Sea shouldn’t be free given the environmental impacts. Photo Rochelle Baker / Canada’s National Observer Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: Tsawout First Nation councillor John Paul Etzel stood up and posed a central question for hundreds of people gathered this week to preserve the...
January 21, 2024
Federal Green deputy leader convicted of criminal contempt for Fairy Creek logging blockades
Angela Davidson participated in Fairy Creek protests that tried to block logging on Vancouver Island The Tyee: Victoria Times Colonist, – Federal Green Party deputy leader Angela Davidson — also known as Rainbow Eyes — has been convicted of seven counts of criminal contempt for her participation in the Fairy Creek logging blockades on Vancouver...
January 10, 2024
Canada’s next big LNG project may be the sleeper climate issue of 2024
A delegate is silhouetted while walking past the ExxonMobil booth during the LNG2023 conference, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, July 10, 2023. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: One of the biggest climate stories in Canada in 2024 might well prove to be a project that, so far at least, few...
October 13, 2023
Former B.C. mining exec fined $30K for environmental violations — but First Nation says damage costs far more
Yellow Giant mine released excess waste water into wetland and waterways on Gitxaała territory in 2015 CBC Indigenous: The former executive of a now-bankrupt mining company has been fined nearly $30,000 for environmental violations dating back to 2015 — an amount that has led to competing appeals from both sides. The charges follow a July 7 ruling...
October 12, 2023
First Nation in B.C. ‘furious’ after federal government rejects order to protect owls
This June 1995 file photo taken in Point Reyes, Calif., shows a northern spotted owl. The chief of a British Columbia First Nation says members of his community are “furious” after the federal government reversed course on an emergency order to protect the endangered northern spotted owl. Photo: Tom Gallagher/The Canadian Press. APTN News: The...
October 4, 2023
Coastal Gaslink Is Facing 11 More Potential Fines
The company’s current total for penalties is $800,000. But that number is likely to grow. The Tyee: B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office says it’s still considering nearly a dozen administrative penalties against the Coastal GasLink pipeline after issuing its heftiest fine so far to the project last month. The recent fine, for $340,000, was a result...
September 25, 2023
Why First Nations Bear the Brunt of BC’s Drought
If we’re serious about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, we need water policy reform. The Tyee: The state of drought in British Columbia is at a critical point, and government officials are watering down their responsibility to act. This points to widespread governmental policy failures in climate change, forest and mining...
September 22, 2023
Coastal GasLink fined $340,000 for erosion, sediment control challenges
The Globe and Mail: Coastal GasLink has been fined $340,000 by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office for issues related to erosion and sediment control. Coastal GasLink, which is owned by Calgary-based TC Energy Corp. TRP-T +0.64%increase, said the fines stem from four inspections of its ongoing pipeline construction project that occurred in April and May of 2022....
August 29, 2023
BCFNEMC and FNLC Call for Moratorium on Placer Mining in British Columbia
NationTalk: (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) )originally published on August 28) The BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council (BCFNEMC) and the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) urgently call on the British Columbia government to immediately impose a moratorium on placer mining claims and leases as highlighted in a recently released report prepared for...
May 17, 2023
Tracing the toxic impact of B.C. coal mining
Concern is mounting over the effects of B.C. mines on aquatic life, with Indigenous groups, scientists and environmentalists in Canada and the U.S. saying action cannot be delayed. CBC News: South of the border, in Bonners Ferry, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho is working to restore the population of Kootenai River white sturgeon. The landlocked...
March 11, 2023
Sitting on a carbon bomb
CBC News: Under the ground in the B.C. Peace lies Canada’s largest potential source of greenhouse gases. Some want to leave it there. Others say we need the energy. One First Nation is uniquely positioned to play a key role. Elder Jerry Davis pulls his pickup truck over to the side of a road on...
March 7, 2023
Indigenous chiefs fly to Ottawa in rival moves as salmon farm battle intensifies
The Globe and Mail: Indigenous chiefs representing B.C. Indigenous communities came to Ottawa on Tuesday to make opposing arguments about whether open-net salmon farms should be able to continue off the coast or be closed and moved to tanks on land. As the battle over the future of ocean-based salmon farms off the coast of British...
February 24, 2023
One fish, two fish, red fish, dead fish? Feds fail to disclose Coastal GasLink data on salmon eggs, habitat
Pipeline contractors estimated there were at least 273,000 salmon eggs in a Wet’suwet’en river crossing. Fisheries and Oceans Canada said it was ‘impossible to confirm’ The Narwhal: Shannon McPhail said she felt like the “world’s biggest schmuck” after reading an email from a senior official at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The official told her it...
February 17, 2023
Fisheries department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish
The Globe and Mail: Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray has announced the federal government will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around British Columbia’s Discovery Islands. Murray says in a news release the Discovery Islands area is a key migration route for wild salmon where narrow passages bring migrating juvenile salmon into close...
December 8, 2022
Tahltan’s decades-long struggle to protect Sacred Headwaters
David Suzuki Foundation: That’s just one of many revelations in the powerful new film The Klabona Keepers, about the Tahltan Nation’s struggle to protect the Sacred Headwaters, or Klabona, from mining. (The film, co-directed by my grandson Tamo Campos, is a collaboration between non-Indigenous filmmakers and Indigenous elders, who were given ownership of the intellectual property....
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