CommonsBC

We visualize data on BC's economy, environment, resources, politics—maps & graphics. We fight for policy based on evidence, data, science in the public interest

[CommonsBC @commonsbc]

!! Peace Canyon dam at risk of failure from fracking-induced earthquakes, documents reveal: https://t.co/cUYOD9H9LW #PeaceCanyon #SiteC #bcpoli #cdnpoli #vanpoli

[Emily Lowan @Emily_Lowan]

Stake your government on what, @Dave_Eby? A thinly-guised fossil fuel subsidy to largely American-owned gas exports?

To protect our public grid, we must block LNG from accessing clean power. “Electrifying” LNG won’t reduce GHGs and would require 8.4 Site C dams in power.#bcpoli

[Mark Hume @themarkhume]

If BC’s coast belongs to all Canadians, then Sakatchewan’s potash & the oil sands in Alberta are national assets that Ottawa should manage. Look forward to hearing Premiers Moe & Smith elaborate on this remarkable concept. https://t.co/O5WPQLKGqu

[Emily Lowan @Emily_Lowan]

Every year, as wildfires choke us with smoke and the warnings of drought get louder, our government sides with fossil fuel billionaires over people and the planet. It’s not just apathy that brought us here, it’s corruption. (1/3)

[Lindsay Brown @Lidsville]

This is such a bad look for @BCGreens, stubbornly making it impossible for the bulk of new members to vote for party leader. They've been given several suggestions as to how to fix this & have refused them, only making tiny changes too inconsequential to matter. I'd sue. #bcpoli

[Wilderness Committee @wildernews]

Logging won’t stop wildfires, it’s making them worse.

Clearcuts + plantations are more flammable. Old-growth resists fire. Cultural burning reduces risk.

Real fire solutions come from Indigenous knowledge, not industry spin.

#oldgrowth #bcpoli

[ClimateChange Steves @Harold_Steves]

Canada is one of the top ten CO2 emitters in the world. But that's not the whole story. Canada exports fossil fuels to other countries, increasing their CO2 emissions. Alberta is intent on building more pipelines and BC is intent on shipping LNG. It's time to #keepitintheground.

[The Associated Press @AP]

An AP examination finds that the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives.

[Lindsay Brown @Lidsville]

Whoa! Ken Sim & co's motion to remove the fracked gas ban was defeated tonight!

PS
1. ABC Van is split! Interesting.
2. This ban won't make new housing more $$$. Price of land is the main cause of that.
3. Fracking gas *costs* BC. It's an over-subsidized scam.
#vanpoli #bcpoli

[ClimateChange Steves @Harold_Steves]

This is my field of science. Extreme heat, drought & floods, are causing food spoilage, food shortages, food borne diseases, higher food cost, illness, & starvation around the world. California carrots are banned due to e-coli. Avian flu jumped to humans https://t.co/VDLselNxyJ

[My Sea to Sky @MySea2Sky]

My Sea to Sky has made Woodfibre LNG an election issue at the local, provincial, and federal level for nearly eleven years now. Now we need @BCGreens and @bcndp to have the political courage to #CancelthePermits. #bcpoli
https://t.co/D126DBvkv2

[ClimateChange Steves @Harold_Steves]

Sorry David Eby but I couldn't resist passing this on. We have to laugh at ourselves sometimes. Hopefullly the new government will be a joint agreement between the @BCNDP & @BCGreens. If so the Greens should demand proportional representation legislation in the spring legislature

[My Sea to Sky @MySea2Sky]

Woodfibre LNG is a key issue in the West Vancouver Sea to Sky riding and My Sea to Sky has officially endorsed @JValeriote74 from the @BCGreens.
Every vote counts. 💚
#bcpoli #stopwoodfibrelng #stopfortisbc
https://t.co/SYevMi113S

[Lindsay Brown @Lidsville]

The Greens lost by only 60 votes in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky last election. It may be that close against the Conservatives this election too. Vote Green. Woodfibre LNG is still a thorny issue in that riding (& for all of us). Thanks Tracey for endlessly fighting this. #bcpoli

[Peace Brigades International - Canada @PBIcanada]

You can now watch Yintah on the CBC Gem streaming service: https://t.co/sWLqCJx9Ri The images of RCMP C-IRG violence against Indigenous land defenders peacefully resisting the Coastal GasLink pipeline on Wet'suwet'en territory convey an urgent need to work to #AbolishCIRG.

[CommonsBC @commonsbc]

@Harold_Steves That's right-wing framing. Where did Adam Olsen say that?

[The Thorn @VancouverThorn]

"Rustad’s comments on Peterson’s podcast are a much more full-throated denial of climate science than he’s displayed in some other venues."

It's 2024. This should be disqualifying. #bcpoli

[Lindsay Brown @Lidsville]

"I can’t believe the collapse of the BC Libs-BCU- whatever they are coincides with the start of the #SiteC reservoir fill. Karma is still a thing."

- message just now from a Peace River resident and longtime dam Site C dam opponent. I laughed. Bleakly. #bcpoli