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Neither the province nor LNG Canada has been forthcoming about this information. Much of it is buried in a document that is not publicly available.

Exclusive: LNG Expansion Brings New Health Risks to Kitimat | The Tyee The project’s fast-tracked second phase would push a key pollutant far above current limits, documents reveal.

LNG Canada's fast-tracked Phase 2 breaches Canada's air standards for nitrogen dioxide in Kitimat.

That could mean growing acid rain and ground-level ozone.

"It rusts the body," said U of T prof Jeffrey Brook.

Canada’s emissions flatlined in 2024, early estimate shows Canada's success in decoupling economic growth from emissions is faltering. While national emissions in 2024 were down 8.5 per ...

Sobering estimates from @climateinstitute.bsky.social today:

Canada has stalled its progress on climate, putting its 2030 emissions target farther out of reach.

Modest reductions in electricity and buildings were drowned out by rising emissions from oil and gas.

Halt LNG Expansion Until Health Risks Studied, Say Doctors | The Tyee First Nations leaders and health professionals say people are getting sick, and BC needs to hit pause.

NEW: BC has announced approval for the Ksi Lisims LNG facility.

It comes a week after medical professionals called on the province to halt LNG expansion until it has completed a comprehensive health review.

My reporting, with @zoeyunker.bsky.social, from last week:
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Halt LNG Expansion Until Health Risks Studied, Say Doctors | The Tyee First Nations leaders and health professionals say people are getting sick, and BC needs to hit pause.

BC excluded the health impacts of fracking in a review years ago. Its panel members raised concerns anyway.

As LNG in BC gets ready to boom, First Nations leaders and doctors are calling for a study before it's too late.

A collab with @amandafollett.bsky.social!

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The investigation that could scuttle FortisBC's climate plan BC’s gas utility is facing regulatory scrutiny over its accounting practices for the environmental credits it uses to claim some of its natural gas sales are carbon-neutral, "renewable” and reduce emi...

Fascinating report on Fortis claims re: renewable natural gas and the strange credit system they use to justify it.

"FortisBC admitted it doesn't always receive certificates which act as a safeguard against double-counting."

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The decision doesn’t destroy private ownership. It requires government to negotiate with the nation.

“We just have the opportunity to work and build a relationship with the people around us in Richmond and the surrounding areas," Chief Tholmen, John Elliott, of Stz’uminus First Nation.

Richard Moody (Port Moody’s namesake) was supposed to make the village into a reserve for the nation. He sold it to himself instead, concealing his identity in the process.

(During the trial, the province argued that Moody paid “full price” for his purchase.)

What’s now a mostly industrial strip of land south of Vancouver was once a busy summer village with 108 longhouses belonging to the Quwʼutsun Nation.

Inside Richmond’s Precedent-Setting Cowichan Tribes v. Canada Case | The Tyee The BC Supreme Court decision affirms Aboriginal title on private lands. What’s next?

Some things I learned while writing this story on Canada’s new “pillar” of Aboriginal Law, Cowichan Tribes v. Canada, for @thetyee.ca:

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Inside Richmond’s Precedent-Setting Cowichan Tribes v. Canada Case | The Tyee The BC Supreme Court decision affirms Aboriginal title on private lands. What’s next?

“All of the Cowichan Title Lands were sold to settlers with no regard for the Cowichan’s interest.”

@zoeyunker.bsky.social with a comprehensive report on the decision, described as a “pillar” of Aboriginal law, which received an immediate smack down from BC.
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As Gazans Starve, Families in Canada Struggle to Get Loved Ones Out | The Tyee ‘We are watching ethnic cleansing live on television. Powers that could make a difference are not acting.’

A year and a half after an airstrike injured a three-year-old boy in Gaza, his aunt continues to try to get him to Canada. Nariman Ajjur says her nephew is now showing “clear signs of malnutrition” as well as the psychological effects of living in a war zone. thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Post-Collapse, a Closer Look at the Red Chris Mine Expansion | The Tyee The company’s plans are on BC’s fast-track list. Experts say the proposed ‘block caving’ method brings new risks.

At the Red Chris mine, the workers are safe. But risks remain.

For @thetyee.ca I investigated the mine's fast-tracked proposal to go underground, and the unexpected pollution problems it still hasn't solved.

Post-Collapse, a Closer Look at the Red Chris Mine Expansion | The Tyee The company’s plans are on BC’s fast-track list. Experts say the proposed ‘block caving’ method brings new risks.

As the Red Chris mine embarks on a new, riskier form of mining, it might not be the last time owners or workers are caught unprepared. @zoeyunker.bsky.social explains.

Right now: BC is announcing another call for power, aiming for 5,000 GW. No limits on project size this time.

Vancouver will miss its climate targets. Natural gas is partly to blame Vancouver is on track to blow through its climate targets with the use of natural gas to heat buildings driving the majority of greenhouse gas emissions, the city has revealed in its annual climate pr...

Vancouver is on track to blow past its climate targets, thanks mostly to natural gas.

The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill | The Tyee Documents expose the huge cleanup BC faces for Port Alice and 11 more shut mills. Will new projects also slip off the hook?

"Port Alice isn’t the first time the province of B.C has paid the pulp mill industry’s cleanup bill. And it won’t be the last." By @zoeyunker.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill | The Tyee Documents expose the huge cleanup BC faces for Port Alice and 11 more shut mills. Will new projects also slip off the hook?

Today in @thetyee.ca, @zoeyunker.bsky.social with a great, terrifying piece on how the costly, dangerous clean-up of Port Alice's pulp mill portends poorly for BC's current industrial development push: thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

Carney's controversial major projects bill becomes law Passage of Bill C-5 an "assault on science and democracy" say critics.

Canada's fast-track law, Bill C-5, is now law after it passed the Senate today with no amendments.

‘Ass Backwards’: Canada’s New Legal Posture Post-Bill C-5 | The Tyee The Senate-bound law would allow Ottawa to stamp major projects approved before their risks are assessed.

With Bill C-5, Canada has the power to erase its laws for chosen projects.

What could this Swiss-cheese legal landscape mean now and in the future?

My latest for @thetyee.ca

Conservatives vote with Carney government to rush Bill C-5 The federal Conservatives voted with the Liberals on a special order to push a massive piece of legislation on major project approvals through the House of Commons before the week’s end.

Super helpful coverage on Bill C-5 from @natashabulowski.bsky.social:

Rally happening now in downtown Victoria to fight council decision to cut down Centennial Square’s giant sequoia tree.

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With Bill 15, the NDP Is Following the BC Liberals' Approach | The Tyee When the Campbell government passed a similar fast-track law, New Democrats were outraged.

The fun thing about politics is that, in time, the tables almost inevitably turn

As @zoeyunker.bsky.social writes for The Tyee, once upon a time it was an NDP opposition calling out a BC Liberal law to fast-track projects

Now it's the NDP pushing fast-tracking legislation #bcpoli

With Bill 15, the NDP Is Following the BC Liberals' Approach | The Tyee When the Campbell government passed a similar fast-track law, New Democrats were outraged.

Why is the BC NDP's Bill 15 so controversial? @zoeyunker.bsky.social explains the similarity between this "fast-track" legislation and the BC Liberals' similar approach in days of yore (i.e., the early 2000s) #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

With Bill 15, the NDP Is Following the BC Liberal’s Approach | The Tyee When the Campbell government passed a similar fast-track law, New Democrats were outraged.

In 2003, the BC Liberals passed a law that let it fast-track “significant projects” and bypass the normal approval process.

The NDP of 2003 had strong feelings about the legislation. But it had much in common with today’s #Bill15, introduced by the NDP itself. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports.

With Bill 15, the NDP Is Following the BC Liberal’s Approach | The Tyee When the Campbell government passed a similar fast-track law, New Democrats were outraged.

The NDP's pending fast-track law, Bill 15, is adapted from one passed by the BC Liberals in 2003

The NDP had a different take back then:

“It is the equivalent of a banana republic,” said then-leader, Joy MacPhail.

“The premier will have unrivalled, near-absolute power."

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