Horgan Takes Fire for Boosting Fossil Subsidies as B.C. Election Nears

Premier John Horgan and Washington State Governor Jay Inslee meet in Victoria — Photo by Province of BC — 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

With British Columbia five days away from a provincial election October 24, and mail-in voting already well under way, Premier John Horgan’s New Democrats are taking fire for doubling down on the subsidies the previous Liberal government had extended to the province’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.

“Right now, B.C. hands over a billion tax dollars a year to the oil and gas industry—that’s twice as much as we spend fighting climate change, and five times as much as we get back in royalties,” Dogwood B.C. states, in a sign-on asking supporters to contact their MLAs about fossil subsidies. “We’re paying rich companies to pollute, we’re getting ripped off in the process, and it’s got to stop.”

Dogwood adds that “the next B.C. government will guide our province through half of the remaining eight years we have left to avoid the most terrifying impacts of climate change. Step one for any MLA serious about climate action is to stop taxpayer handouts to fracking and pipeline companies, and invest that money in B.C.’s clean energy revolution.”

Source: Horgan Takes Fire for Boosting Fossil Subsidies as B.C. Election Nears [Sign-On] – The Energy Mix

This entry was posted in General and tagged British Columbia, Climate Change, environment, fossil fuels, John Horgan on October 19, 2020 by Steve.

History of racism, exclusion colours provincial election for Indigenous Sask. residents

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The long history of racism and exclusion of First Nations people from federal and provincial elections continues to colour attitudes, according to more than a dozen academics, political leaders and other Indigenous people interviewed by CBC News.

Andrea Landry, who teaches at First Nations University of Canada and lives on the Poundmaker Cree Nation, said she won’t be voting provincially.

Landry said she has no interest in participating in a system that continues to oppress Indigenous people and continues to treat Fist Nations as wards of the state.

“We’re our own sovereign nation, so if I voted in Canada’s or the provincial election, it would be like a Canadian citizen voting in American elections. It just doesn’t make sense. Based on the reality that we are our own sovereign nation, I’m not a Canadian,” Landry said.

Source: History of racism, exclusion colours provincial election for Indigenous Sask. residents | CBC News

This entry was posted in General and tagged federal, minorities, racism, Saskatchewan on October 19, 2020 by Steve.

Natural disasters surge in past 20 years, likely to continue to wreak havoc: U.N.

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Heatwaves and droughts will pose the greatest threat in the next decade, as temperatures continue to rise due to heat-trapping gases, experts said.

China (577) and the United States (467) recorded the highest number of disaster events from 2000 to 2019, followed by India (321), the Philippines (304) and Indonesia (278), the U.N. said in a report issued the day before the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. Eight of the top 10 countries are in Asia.

Some 7,348 major disaster events were recorded globally, claiming 1.23 million lives, affecting 4.2 billion people and causing $2.97 trillion in economic losses during the two-decade period.

Source: Natural disasters surge in past 20 years, likely to continue to wreak havoc: U.N. | Reuters

This entry was posted in General and tagged Climate Change, environment, extremism, heatwave, world on October 18, 2020 by Steve.

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Mi’kmaq Warrior Peacekeepers Called to Nova Scotia

The police may not be able to negotiate with the Sipekne’katik, now that the Warriors have been called in. If they feel the police are acting in “bad faith” they may decide to communicate with the Canadian Military instead. In New Brunswick in 2013 First Nations demanded the military as they felt the police had become an “objective.” If they feel the RCMP only represent the interests of the Colonists, they will be dismissed.

For a recap of how this could happen, see Miles Howe’s article in the Rabble.

October 18, 2020

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World Bank Directs $2B to Fossil Projects Over Two Years, $12B Since Paris Agreement – The Energy Mix

A report released last week by climate campaigners at Berlin-based Urgewald shows the agency handing US$2 billion to fossils over the last two years, and $12 billion since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, Bloomberg Green reports, with most of the money supporting new projects.

October 16, 2020

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Horgan Takes Fire for Boosting Fossil Subsidies as B.C. Election Nears

History of racism, exclusion colours provincial election for Indigenous Sask. residents

Natural disasters surge in past 20 years, likely to continue to wreak havoc: U.N.