Dogwood News This Week: the most vicious cycle

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news and action Friday June 16, 2023 For the first time in Canadian history, wildfire smoke has released more carbon emissions into the air than all other sources — travel, agriculture, heating buildings — COMBINED.

Governments in Canada don’t “count” wildfire smoke as emissions. They claim forest growth sucks all that carbon dioxide out of the air.

But regenerating forests takes hundreds of years, so that math doesn’t add up. Instead we’re seeing bigger, more intense wildfires literally fueled by the after effects of climate change. That means even more greenhouse gases rising up into the atmosphere.

It’s the... most vicious cycle. And our reliance on fossil fuels is to blame.

People still think of forests as vast “carbon sinks,” life-sustaining green umbrellas that help cool the global climate. The opposite is true: Canadian forests are now a growing source of emissions.

To break the cycle, we cannot allow any new fracking operations or gas pipelines to be built in B.C. That is the bare minimum.

The only way to keep gas in the ground is to keep oil and gas projects from getting construction permits. That means we need a huge, powerful movement calling out weak politicians who are quietly opening the back door to fossil fuel companies. And it means organizing voters to use their ballot as the bellwether of change.

Mostly, it means people like you taking meaningful action again and again. We can never go quiet. We must only get louder.
NEWS Stories we’re following

Old growth trees aren't safe The province has extended protections of Fairy Creek, but they keep chopping trees in other sensitive areas. -National Observer

Exhausted and underpaid Firefighters warn they may stand down if their working conditions do not improve. - The Energy Mix

Cut off Vancouver Island communities on edge as a huge wildfire shuts down an important highway. - National Observer

Not cool Care homes in interior and northern B.C. aren’t ready for the next heat dome. - Vancouver Sun

Going, going, gone What if conservation laws protected salmon, moose and caribou — and the people relying on them — BEFORE they were endangered? - National Observer

Communities coming together Saving the Fraser River. - National Observer

It's about the water Canada can't honour its obligations to Indigenous people while putting salmon and clean water at risk. - Salmon Arm Observer

BC Hydro pulls a 180 Looming drought has the utility rethinking reliance on expensive dams. First Nations say they’re ready to build clean renewable projects. - Global News Like what you're reading but aren't yet subscribed? Sign up for Dogwood News! Subscribe

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