Dogwood News This Week: A legacy visible from space
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John Horgan certainly left his mark on the lands known as British Columbia.
The Site C dam, which is permanently erasing more than 10,000 years of human history and culture in the Peace River Valley, will be his most expensive monument.
But there’s also the Coastal GasLink pipeline, endless fracking pads and tailings ponds, giant clearcuts, and mine and highway expansions. Horgan’s legacy is visible from... space.
The upside of all this destruction was supposed to be a better life for British Columbians. Healthcare, education, affordable housing. But that deal has fallen apart.
Life in B.C. is shorter, and more expensive and stressful than it was five years ago. And the climate crisis looms over everything, making the future deeply uncertain.
Will the next premier have what it takes to rally people and use the power of government to make our communities stronger and more secure?
Or will they pander to global corporations looking to squeeze the last drops of profit out of our province? BC NDP members will make that choice for us soon. Read more…
- Allies across the country came together on June 29 to mark the one year anniversary of B.C.’s deadly heat dome, and call for an end to climate denial and delay in Canada. Because the climate crisis isn’t something that’s coming in the future, it’s something we’re living with here and now. -National Observer
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A direct plea from Ukranians: do not ramp up oil and gas production. The best way to stand with Ukraine is to end the global fossil fuel addiction that feeds Vladimir Putin's war machine. -National Observer
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It’s the oil and gas industry, and the influence of the OPEC cartel, that are actually driving the inflation rate. -National Observer
- Meanwhile in America: after setting back decades of work to secure women’s rights, the U.S. Supreme Court turned its sights on undermining climate action, announcing a decision to restrict the Environmental Protections Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. -The New Yorker
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In a first-ever look at the chemical makeup of gas used in homes, American scientists in Boston found benzene — a carcinogen for which there is no known safe level of exposure — in 95 percent of the samples. Alarming studies like this should trigger governments at all levels to protect families and kids against so-called natural gas. It is not safe or “clean”. -The Boston Globe
- West Moberly First Nations made the difficult decision to end their decades-long fight against the Site C dam. “Every time we drive by that development it’s going to be a constant reminder of what’s been done to us,” Chief Roland Willson said. “Forcing us into this situation like this is not something to be proud of. They beat us into submission, basically.” -The Narwhal
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