BC Climate Emergency Campaign

Comment: LNG start-up flaring is a public-health blind spot — and B.C. is ignoring it LNG terminals burn nearly three times more gas during their first two years of operation than afterward.

We all have blind spots, which is why it is important to check them regularly especially while driving an economic engine forward.

The final LNG Unpacked webinar is Oct 23 @ 12pm PT!

Our co-executive director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, @emikonewman.bsky.social, Ismail Askin @workersolidaritybc.bsky.social on how LNG expansion is impacting the cost of living, jobs, workers and bills.

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The final webinar in our LNG Unpacked series is Oct 23 @ 12pm!

Join guests Iglika Ivanova @bcpolicy.bsky.social & Ismail Askin @workersolidaritybc.bsky.social to learn about how LNG expansion is impacting cost of living, jobs, workers, and our bills.

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Opinion: BC’s massive carbon bomb approval is an act of arson — BC Climate Emergency Campaign By Dr. Melissa Lem, Kai Nagata, and Emiko Newman.

By approving Ksi Lisims, the BC gov has chosen the side of the fossil fuel industry at the exact moment global markets are shifting to renewables.

Piece by Dr. Melissa Lem (@cape-bc.bsky.social), Kai Nagata (@dogwoodbc.bsky.social) & Emiko Newman (BCCEC).

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Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

This is extremely alarming. Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social won the federal election promising to make us *less* depending on the US. Now we are hearing reports that he is offering up a CLOSER energy and military partnership in exchange for a trade deal... 🧵

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We joined hereditary leaders from Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan, the City of Victoria and Stand.earth to speak at a press conference to kick off the fall session of the BC Legislature.
We’re calling for respect for First Nations rights and title and real climate action, not more subsidies for polluters.

Comment: LNG start-up flaring is a public-health blind spot — and B.C. is ignoring it LNG terminals burn nearly three times more gas during their first two years of operation than afterward.

New research shows LNG terminals burn nearly 3× more gas in their first two years, releasing toxic air pollution that B.C. isn’t tracking. Doctors say this public-health blind spot puts frontline communities at risk.

US West Coast refiners boost imports of light Canadian crude Canadian waterborne exports of light crude to the U.S. West Coast have surged since the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) began operating in May, data shows, surprising some market participants who thought it would mainly be used to send heavy crude to Asia and California.

And here's a kicker – less than half the oil coming through the TMX pipeline is going to Asia. A majority of the TMX oil is actually going to the U.S. west coast - the very country from which this new proposal claims to liberate us!
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

So PLEASE, could we just move on! And invest in the infrastructure we actually need to hasten our transition off fossil fuels, leave this deadly industry behind, and create hundreds of thousands of new green jobs that are insulated from Trump and the U.S.

PetroChina offloads TMX crude pipeline commitment | Latest Market News PetroChina Canada is no longer a shipper on the 590,000 b/d Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) crude pipeline, less than six months after Canada's newest pipeline went into service.

Late last year, PetroChina chose to offload its shipment commitments to TMX, very likely because China is moving on, with its solar capacity exploding.

Hey 🇨🇦! We should move on too!...
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Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs

BC folks! Outstanding piece here by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social.

BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem

The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.

Read on 👇
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Start-up emissions at B.C. LNG plants systematically underestimated, finds study Researchers say B.C. regulators have underestimated pollution by ignoring LNG terminal start-up emissions.

A new study from @cape-acme.bsky.social finds that the amount of methane gas burned during the start-up of an LNG export terminal is nearly THREE TIMES higher than during regular operations, threatening the health of neighboring communities.😷

The voices of young people are clear: Youth unemployment isn’t just a statistic, it’s a crisis shaping their lives & futures.

A Youth Climate Corps could put thousands to work while supporting climate & community.

Tell Carney: Listen to youth & act for a YCC: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

Feds, BC are shifting LNG risks to public purse, report claims The federal and provincial governments are on track to provide almost $4 billion in existing support to the LNG sector on the West Coast by 2030.

. @davidebybc.bsky.social & @mark-carney.bsky.social to provide $4 billion in subsidies for BC fracked gas exports, despite forecasts that demand for the fossil fuel will peak well before projects come online @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/23/n... #bcpoli #cdnpoli

On Oct 1 at 7pm is the 3rd webinar in our LNG Unpacked series, focused on the health impacts of LNG.

We're so excited to be joined by Dr. Bethany Ricker and Dr. Rachel Grimminck of @cape-bc.bsky.social & Zachary Dale from @cane-aciie.bsky.social

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The BC government's decision to contribute $200 million for infrastructure needed to electrify Cedar LNG begs the question: can other energy-hungry projects expect similar hand outs? Ksi Lisims LNG? What about the KSM mine? Montney Basin O&G?

The energy ministry did not respond when I asked #bcpoli

Tens of thousands in 70+ communities across Canada took to the streets in an unprecedented & historic cross-movement mobilisation to #DrawtheLine and demand Mark Carney & the federal government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction — or a just and safe future for all of us.✊

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.

Exclusive: LNG Expansion Brings New Health Risks to Kitimat via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Who: Frack Free BC, Sue Big Oil, and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment What: Connect the Dots community picnic When/Where: Wednesday, September 24 at 6-8 pm at Trout Lake Park (covered picnic shelter) Registration page: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/connect-the-dots-vancouver-tickets-1471437060859/

Connect the Dots between climate and health tomorrow in Vancouver! Join CAPE BC, Sue Big Oil & Frack Free BC for a community picnic on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5:30pm at Trout Lake Picnic Shelter. www.eventbrite.ca/e/connect-th...

Governments & fossil fuel companies call LNG “low-carbon.” But LNG Canada will unleash 36M tonnes CO₂/yr, equal to 9.5 coal plants or 8M cars. Far from a "clean" energy source.

🎧 Listen to the full episode & more stories that dig deeper into the climate crisis: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

Vancouver

#DrawTheLine

📍 Vancouver

#DrawTheLine

🧵 THREAD: Draw The Line - National Day of Action happening RIGHT NOW across Canada ✊

Today, communities from coast to coast are standing united for people, for peace, and for the planet. Here's what's happening on the ground...

#DrawTheLine @350canada.bsky.social

📍Toronto

Poster for LNG Unpacked: Climate & Health Implications - October 1, 2025 - 7-8pm PT - Zoom With photos of speakers Dr. Rachel Grimminck and Dr. Bethany Ricker (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment); Zachary Daly, RN (Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment); and Emiko Newman (BC Climate Emergency Campaign)

Learn about the dangers LNG poses to our physical and mental health at this webinar with Dr. Bethany Ricker (CAPE BC co-chair), Dr. Rachel Grimminck (CAPE), Zachary Daly (@cane-aciie.bsky.social), & Emiko Newman (@bcclimateemergency.bsky.social ).
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv

On Oct 1 at 7pm is the 3rd webinar in our LNG Unpacked series, focused on the health impacts of LNG.

We're so excited to be joined by Dr. Bethany Ricker and Dr. Rachel Grimminck of @cape-bc.bsky.social & Zachary Dale from @cane-aciie.bsky.social

REGISTER:
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In light of BC approving the Ksi Lisims LNG terminal, we feel the need to reshare one of our most important podcast episodes: The Costs of LNG.

We dig into the climate, health, and financial impacts, and cover (almost) everything you wanted to ask about LNG (but were too afraid).

🎧 Listen here 👇

The Guardian climate pledge 2025 Since our 2024 climate pledge, there has been a global pushback against green progress. This update reflects the urgent and growing challenges facing our planet – and how the Guardian is more focused ...

Kudos to @theguardian.com - this is how climate emergency reporting should be done!
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Launching a Loss New research reveals the combined public financial support for liquefied natural gas projects by the governments of British Columbia and Canada will amount to CAD 3.93 billion by 2030.

LNG projects in BC, Canada are on track to receive CAD 3.93 billion in public support by the end of 2030.

This money could be better spent accelerating growth of clean industries & helping communities adapt to climate change.
🆕 @IISD_Energy report:
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Ksi Lisims approval: Eby Government backs MAGA-linked LNG terminal, risks devastating climate impacts - Stand.earth səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories (VANCOUVER, B.C.) – The Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal – which is owned by Texas-based Western LNG and th...

"Who in their right mind would want to put more Canadians at climate impact risk for the sake of foreign billionaire business interests?” - Kiki Wood (@stand.earth)

BC’s approval of the Ksi Lisims #LNG terminal, backed by MAGA mega-donors, risks devastating the climate, community & marine life.

$10B LNG project in northwest B.C. gets environmental certificate despite opposition | CBC News The Ksi Lisims LNG terminal project, about 80 kilometres north of Prince Rupert, B.C., has received a provincial environmental assessment certificat — a critical step for the megaproject despite conce...

This Ksi Lisims LNG approval is terrible news.

"It's hard to believe that we're moving ahead in B.C. with climate-destroying LNG projects in the midst of a climate crisis," said Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs.

Yup.

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