Dogwood News This Week: the road ahead

Details: Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00; Written by editor

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It’s been a wild year. More climate disasters, more raids on Indigenous land defenders. A major war in Ukraine and a rush to develop new oil and gas projects. A financial crunch and a health care crisis that's hitting the most vulnerable people the hardest. A dramatic BC NDP leadership race that put climate front and centre and sent a new premier to Victoria.

As the year... draws to a close, Dogwood staff and volunteers are taking time to reflect on victories and lessons learned in 2022 – and turn our minds towards the road ahead.

On Wednesday, our Field team pulled together a big organizing call to talk about how we can grow and strengthen our community connections, build our movement’s power to fight for climate justice, and deepen our commitment to actions that uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty.

Dogwood’s local teams will be hitting the ground running in the new year on all of these fronts. If you’re not already plugged in to our inspiring volunteer community and would like to be, hit reply to this email and one of our staff organizers will be in touch.

And whether you’re a longtime Dogwood supporter or someone who’s recently joined our community, we want to hear your priorities for action in 2023.

We know that to build an even bigger movement that has the muscle to make lasting change in B.C., it’s important we design strategies that people like you, who make up this powerful collective, support and want to participate in.

Please take a few minutes to fill out this year’s Dogwood Supporter Survey, if you haven’t already. Your answers will help us choose campaigns and priorities that will be effective, and help build our shared vision of the future. NEWS Stories we’re following https://dogwoodbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Dog-News-1.png

COP27 outcome was “bittersweet”
A historic win on funding for the poorer nations being hit hardest by climate change, but a colossal failure to take on fossil fuels. - National Observer

The ‘carbon bombs’ that could blow up our climate commitments
“What we are seeing in British Columbia in the Montney formation is the tar sands 10 years ago.” -Ricochet

Climate accountability or climate denial? The B.C. government’s new climate change accountability report doesn’t mention fracking or LNG once. - Jens Wieting via Twitter

More reason to take fracking quakes seriously
A series of recent earthquakes caused by the oil and gas industry in B.C. and Texas is cause for concern. -The Tyee

Premier Eby’s climate to-do list
How B.C.’s new premier could signal that he’s serious about climate action – and retain the legions of climate voters who recently joined his party. - Climate Emergency Unit/National Observer

Labour leaders oppose state violence towards land defenders BC Federation of Labour calls for the RCMP’s shadowy C-IRG unit to be disbanded. - BC Fed via Twitter

Gaslighting and greenwashing
How Canadians should be protected from fossil fuel company disinformation. - The Star

“Like giving your lungs a sunburn” A new report shows how heat domes, wildfires and smoke pose increasing health risks to British Columbians. - CBC https://dogwoodbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Dog-News-1.png

Is B.C.’s $6 billion commitment to CGL and LNG Canada still economically viable? The long term economic prospects for B.C. LNG don’t look good. - The Narwhal

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