Dogwood News This Week: going rogue
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When dead salmon started turning up along the edge of the Coquihalla River, locals took notice. It was happening right next to a Trans Mountain construction site. Coincidence?
After public outcry over the dead fish, the company released a statement saying their work there is finished. Basically, nothing to see here!
So why are Trans Mountain excavators still digging in the spot they claimed was no longer an active work site?
Five years ago, the company acknowledged their work in rivers and streams would harm local salmon. Their “solution” to keeping them away from construction was to put down bright orange construction fencing on the river floor to prevent fish from spawning there. It was met with major backlash and the company was forced to remove it.
This company does. not. learn.
Canada and B.C. both have regulations and agencies that are supposed to protect salmon and the waters we all rely on. But they're so captured by resource industries that this kind of rogue behaviour goes on unchecked, bad projects like Trans Mountain get the green light, and citizens are left doing the monitoring and enforcement that should be the job of government.
It might be too late for the salmon that didn't make it up the Coquihalla River. But it's not too late to fight for stronger environmental laws, and leaders who are brave enough to push back against the corporate interests controlling so much of life in B.C.
- Anjali Appadurai officially launched her campaign for leader of the BC NDP this week. She says her run is not just about the climate – it’s about changing a political culture that has rewarded industry rather than planning for the long term health of workers, communities and the planet. -Vancouver Sun
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The fossil fuel industry is exploiting the war in Ukraine as justification for proposed fracked gas projects like Woodfibre LNG… even though it wouldn’t be complete for at least five years. Using basic math, it’s clear these projects can’t meet Europe’s immediate gas needs. And experts say by the time operations like Woodfibre come online, Europe’s demand for gas will have dropped while demand for renewables will be up. Because climate. -The Toronto Star
- The International Institute for Sustainable Development analysis goes even further, making clear that proceeding with LNG projects could result in stranded assets. In other words: economic disaster. -Financial Post
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The Germans don’t want our LNG, either.
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Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and supporters took to the streets of Vancouver this week to make clear: they never surrendered rights to 22,000 square kilometres of their territory and they do not consent to the Coastal GasLink pipeline being built through their land. -CHEK News
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Europe’s drought could be the worst in 500 years. -The Guardian
- United for Clean Power looks a lot like a progressive advocacy group. But it’s not. It’s actually a Republican-linked dark money group that appears to be using deceptive astroturfing via Facebook ads to undercut climate policy in America. And Canada will not be immune. -Heated
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