Dogwood News This Week: every day is Christmas for oil & gas

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news and action Saturday December 3, 2022 We’re headed into a time of year often referred to as ‘the season of giving’. But B.C. doesn’t limit its giving to the month of December. We hand over our tax money, fresh water, land and future prospects to gas companies 365 days a year.

There’s seemingly no end to our generosity! According to our friends at Stand, B.C. is about to double the amount of freshwater we hand over to fracking companies, bumping up to 10 billion litres a year.

No need to include a receipt, they won’t be returning our gift. Frackers use that water to extract methane, permanently polluting it and disposing it in a way that takes it out of Earth’s... water cycle.

And why stop there? Instead of the lump of coal the oil and gas industry deserves, the people living in B.C. gave them $1 billion of our tax money each year. These companies have taken that money and invested it in expediting climate change. So I guess that gift was a two-for: here’s our money AND our future. Enjoy!

Indigenous communities in northern B.C. are being forced to face oil and gas expansion projects head on to protect their health, land and water. It’s the ultimate secret Santa they didn’t ask for, don’t want and shouldn’t have to deal with on their own.

The places, resources and future of this province should not be gifts served on a platter for industry to use as they please. The gravy train needs to stop.

But when it comes to supporting things people living in B.C. and Canada actually care about, like climate action, we’ve seen folks step forward in droves. Dogwood staff were overwhelmed this week when more than 300 folks chipped in to our Giving Tuesday campaign, helping us reach our goal and then some. That generosity puts us on track to start 2023 off strong.

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NEWS Stories we’re following

Eby’s legacy? The province has maintained its support for Coastal GasLink, despite opposition from Wet’suwet’en Nation hereditary leadership. Will our new premier ignore climate science and economic sense by supporting three additional gas projects in northern B.C.? -The Tyee

The cost of Coastal GasLink has nearly doubled It is the second time in a handful of months TC Energy has had to bump up their budget. Sounds familiar, eh TMX? -CBC

Stonewalled Trans Mountain hides dealings with spy firms. This pipeline is owned by the public. They should be held accountable for spying on them. -CBC

The feds are looking into companies using greenwashing And it won't just be the gas industry put under the microscope. -The Tyee

The staggering price of climate inaction In B.C., 2021’s heat, fire and floods cost the economy somewhere between $10.6 to $17.1 billion. Ignoring the problem now will make it billions of dollars worse later. -The Tyee

Fracking with freshwater A new report from our friends at Stand details how the B.C. government is letting fracking companies pollute billions of litres of water for mere pennies.

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Thursday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. Stop TMX: Voices from the Frontlines Hereditary matriarch, Miranda Dick, and hereditary chief, Saw-ses, will be in Victoria speaking about ongoing resistance to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project in Tk’emlúps (Kamloops). The two will talk about activities of resistance, the perpetration of cultural and ecological genocide, and recent court experiences. Happening at The Dock: 722 Cormorant St. #300.
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