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Recent Climate Articles
BC Hydro's Call for Renewable Energy Projects Selects Nine Wind Private Sector Winners
Last year BC Hydro put out a call for private sector investment in BC's energy future. “Clean and affordable electricity is key to powering economic growth and unlocking private-sector investment that creates thousands of good jobs here in British Columbia,” said Premier David Eby. The 30-year electricity purchase agreements for the nine wind projects are expected to provide nearly 5,000 gigawatt hours per year of electricity, enough to power 500,000 new homes, boosting BC Hydro’s current supply by 8%.
More details can be found in the BC Government's news release.
Environment Canada Warns - 2025 Could Be Another Hot One!
Environment and Climate Change Canada have published their first publicly available annual global mean temperature forecast, predicting that 2025 will be warmer than every year on record prior to 2023. The forecast anticipates a global mean temperature in the range of 1.35 °C to 1.55 °C above the pre-industrial value, meaning global temperatures in 2025 will remain at least 1.0 °C above pre-industrial levels for the 12th consecutive year. This reaffirms that the significant increase in global temperatures we have witnessed over the past two years is not a temporary fluctuation, but a clear signal of the long-term global warming that is driven by greenhouse gas emissions.
Links to Our Newsletters
March 02, 2025 - Climate Solutions, "Buy Nothing" Movement, Your Diet-Less Meat More Plants, Events
February 01, 2025 - Urgent Climate Action Needed, Salmon Arm Draft OCP Feedback, Good Climate News, Events.
January 01, 2025 - A Look Back at Our Achievements in 2024, Good Climate News, How to Become a Member.
December 01, 2024 - Subscriber Survey, Impact of US Election on Climate Action, Sustainable Holiday Gift Giving.
November 01, 2024 - The Future of Energy Efficient Building in Canada and BC.
October 01, 2024 - The Price on Carbon and BC's Election, Business and Climate Policies, October Events.
September 01, 2024 - Never Dull BC Politics, The Cost of Climate Change, Good Climate News, Many Events
August 01, 2024 - Sustainable Roots & Blues, More Climate Action Salmon Arm, Climate Solutions Simulator
July 01, 2024 - New Solar Panel & Battery Storage Rebates, Loving Big Cars & Trucks, O&G Derail Climate Action
June 01, 2024 - Changes to CleanBC Rebates, Greenwashing Explained, End of Life Choices, June Events
May 01. 2024 - The Hottest 10 Months on Record, Positive Climate News, Climate Reads! Book Club, May Events
April 01, 2024 - Carbon Tax Explained, Urgent Climate Action Needed, Let's Talk Sustainability, April Events
March 07, 2024 - Current State of GHG Emissions, Good News, BC's Drought, Events and Initiatives
February 01, 2024 - News on EVs, Heat Pumps, Let's Talk Sustainability, Upcoming Events (Correction to AGM).
January 21, 2024 - February Climate Events & Campaigns, Transit Week Challenge, Shuswap Watershed Council
January 01, 2024 - Happy 2024! COP 28 Winners & Losers, Let's Talk Sustainability, Canada's 2023 Climate Actions
December 01, 2023 - COP28, Let's Talk Sustainability, Avoid the Pitfalls of Purchasing a Heat Pump
November 02, 2023 - Celebrating BC Library’s “Climate Action Week” Nov 4–10, and Recent Climate News
October 05, 2023 - October Events, RNG Greenwashing, and the Rise of Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories
August 29, 2023 - Electrification of Everything, RNG, Important Sites During Wildfire Season, Events
July 16, 2023 - Have We Reached Tipping Points? Why Don't More People Get Engaged in Climate Action, Events
June 12, 2023 - The Cost of Climate Change and Who's Responsible
May 29, 2023 - June Events, Supporting Climate Action Across the Region!
May 16, 2023 - "Unprecedented" Wildfire Season Already, Finding Hope, Fighting Plastic Pollution, Events
April 29, 2023 - Call to Action - We Need Your Voice to Ask for Change!
April 19, 2023 - 2023 Earth Day Events, and a Focus on Effective Climate Solutions
April 03, 2023 - Call to Action - We Need Your Voice - Salmon Arm Buys New Gas-Powered Fleet Vehicles
March 23, 2023 - The Latest IPCC Warning, Regional Food Sovereignty, The Trouble with Plastics and Events
February 21, 2023 - Fossil Fuel Dominates the News, From Health Impacts to Greenwashing
January 10, 2023 - A New Year Starts With Climate Disasters But Also Glimmers of Hope