Ben Parfitt

Keeping an eye on forests, the environment, fracking and water resources in BC. Policy analyst @CCPA. Views my own.

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Great Q and A with Sarah Cox on her new book Signs of Life: a deep dive into all we're doing wrong and could be doing right to save species in Canada. And mark April 25 in your calendar when she'll speak at Vancouver's downtown public library. #bcpoli https://t.co/E30sXUQsJM

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BC's Ministry of Forests still remains focused on one thing to exclusion of all others. TIMBER! Time long overdue for stewardship - Anthony Britneff, who served with distinction in Forest Service for 40 years. #bcpoli #OldGrowth https://t.co/Qf1Kmg4eWL

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Congratulations, indeed! To a great reporter and a great human being. May the coming adventures be many and great.

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Congratulations to @wilsondeborah who is working her final day today for @CBContheisland and @AllPointsWestBC at CBC Radio in Victoria. She is the last original staffer of the seven-person crew who opened the station in 1997.

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Head'n to CCPA-BC gala fundraiser Thursday. A great evening in offing with special guest speaker and Tsleil-Waututh territory defender, Rueben George. Oh yeah, and the funny and sharp Charlie Demers will be in the house. Consider coming too! https://t.co/3BygEALB9y

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Time to End Information Hide-and-Seek Games via @TheTyee https://t.co/td1gf0EWdL You know you're in trouble when government "communications" staff tell you to file a Freedom of Information request just to find out who works for you. #bcpoli

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Being told to file a formal Freedom of Information request just to find out who works for you? Welcome to Orwellian world of access to information in BC where "communication" is all about delay #bcpoli #cdnpoli @CCPA_BC https://t.co/SuaIt7lRUx

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Straw and plywood homes for tranquilized bears in #SiteC dam flood-zone? #BCHydro can do better. How about overbuilt concrete structures (a hydro specialty) and heat pumps powered by "clean" electricity? For latest Site C insanity see @thenarwhalca #bcpoli https://t.co/5VWSSateCr

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“Fighting to protect the delta is really us fighting to protect who we are." A must-read on the threats #BCHydro dams and #oilsands industry pose to the Mikisew Cree and Wood Buffalo National Park by @sarahcox_bc in @thenarwhalca https://t.co/H1QqEvtgtE

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Great to see conversation growing in response to my FOI exposé on the province's dismal regulation of dikes in today's @TheTyee. Read comments at end of article Add your voice. British Columbians deserve better. #bcpoli #ubcm @CCPA_BC https://t.co/93iWCJlEm6

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FOI points to advance knowledge of "severely compromised" dikes in Merritt, BC, dikes that later failed during November 2021's monster floods. Don't miss great read by CP's @brennaowen on what else that FOI, obtained by @CCPA_BC, reveals https://t.co/QmNW5niKwk

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More than fingers needed in dikes. FOI documents show provincial and local governments failed repeatedly to respond to reports showing Merritt's dikes were structurally unsound years before 2021's floods hammered community #ubcm #bcpoli #cdnpoli @CCPA_BC https://t.co/PqBaglkJDF

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What's a few billion more? FOI documents obtained by @thenarwhalca show BC Govt wants Canadians to foot $3 billion bill to electrify province's LNG industry. Somewhere, Shell & Petronas execs must be laughing . . . all the way to the bank. #bcpoli #cdnpoli https://t.co/Gp2xaUs3PO

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Roost easy? BC government approves yet more logging in forests needed for #endangered spotted owls & tells gun owners to come to area and blast away. Yeah, that'll really help "recovery" efforts @thenarwhalca @sarahcox_bc @ecojustice_ca #bcpoli #cdnpoli https://t.co/vg2Hv3sjfL

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Stumped. How did it came to pass that thousands of hectares of primary forest were clear-cut on treaty lands belonging to McLeod Lake Indian Band? @TheTyee #bcpoli #cdnpoli #UBCIC https://t.co/MsmJiHOzds

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Smoke and mirrors? #Drax predecessor claimed pellet mill would mean cleaner air & less waste burned at logging sites. Instead, logs got turned to pellets and burning continued. See today's @TheTyee and add comment. #bpoli #ubcm #climate https://t.co/wMw7ic4l6X

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New name, same old captured regulator. BC Oil and Gas Commission, now BC Energy Regulator, gives $24-million break to Canada LNG and Coastal Gas Link. How's that for climate inaction? Great read by @sarahcox_bc in @thenarwhalca #bcpoli #cdnpoli https://t.co/t1Gepzy7Jw

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Record earthquakes happening smack dab in the middle of intense oil sands industry operations. Don't worry, Alberta Energy Regulator says. They're completely natural @TheTyee #bcpoli #cdnpoli #oilsands #tarsands https://t.co/x8Xplg0uVH

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Will they choke on hypocrisy? Federally-owned Transmountain Pipeline gives $5,000 to buy food for endangered, captive-bred spotted owls while it's allowed to destroy last #oldgrowth forests where owls could live. #bcpoli #cdnpoli @thenarwhalca @sarahcox_bc https://t.co/hO2XDrV3oS

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Houston, we have a problem. World's biggest sawmill opened in Houston BC in 2004. 20 years later, monster mill is shutting down. Forests gone. Jobs gone. When will we learn more from less is way to go? #bcploli #ubcic #oldgrowth #ppwc #unifor @TheTyee https://t.co/KVG0VWpEY8

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And for more on the deepening forest crisis . . . listen in on special event tonight in Prince George hosted by Community Futures, PPWC and Stop the Spray B.C. Honoured to be part of that conversation too #bcpoli https://t.co/8g93FB4KuF