Stefan Labbé

Covering Climate & Environment for Glacier Media. Words in @guardian @NewsHour @globeandmail | Tips? [email protected] | Threads at stefan_labbe

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A suspected bot network targeted Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the party's "net zero agenda" in the lead-up to the federal election, a new analysis says

Experts say the activity suggests a familiar climate disinformation tactic

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A B.C. company is set to open the world's first commercial production of filters that snatch CO2 from the air

Svante Inc. says its multimillion dollar gamble will herald a new era of carbon capture

But critics say the payoff may never match the price tag
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Vancouver’s @themetalsco says it will now seek U.S. approval for deep sea mining in international waters

As the U.S. administration reportedly weighs an executive order, the head of the @UN seabed authority warned the move would violate international law

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Climate change could improve grape-growing conditions in British Columbia -- at a cost

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"...imagine a set of nested dolls, where the biggest doll on the outside determines the shape of the ones inside."

@zoeyunker reports on B.C.'s "transformational" plans for its forests, asking the question: Do they live up to the hype?

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Rob Shaw: B.C. ships dirty American coal but NDP scoffs at leveraging it

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A new financing program will help protect communities from disaster, but it won't help those still vulnerable from the last strike

Merritt's Sean Strang said the city has been left behind

“It’s frankly a slap in the face.”

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Logging records show Drax still sources whole trees from primary forests felled by other companies in B.C. despite its own sustainability criteria saying the company will "avoid damage or disturbance to high carbon forests" including “primary forest"

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The B.C. government has sanctioned a Chilliwack slaughterhouse and is “re-focusing the role of inspectors” at all slaughter facilities in the province

Their new mandate, said the ministry — focus on both food safety and the humane treatment of animals

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Big trees crucial to migrate B.C. forests under climate change, finds study

The goal of the experiment was:

- find out how Douglas fir trees handle human-assisted migration

- if they would do better in forests left partially intact after logging

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Mapping shows Canada's seabeds could hold billions of tonnes of carbon

The new maps 274 carbon hot spots in B.C. and Atlantic Canada.

Researchers say Canada should consider including the carbon-rich areas as it moves to expand protected areas.

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These are just some of the highlights of an important set of parallel investigations from @examinationnews @TorontoStar @MSTODAYnews

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🧵Billions in green financing were handed to some of the world's biggest polluters in agri-food, forestry, mining, & oil & gas

The loans, often from Canadian banks, rarely came with binding targets, and several recipients later increased their emissions.

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Canadian banks were involved in handing out many of largest SLLs.

Royal Bank of Canada told reporters it was "proud" of its work and that its criteria for this financing were in “alignment with widely accepted global and Canadian industry standards.”

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Operation underway to capture B.C. wolves for relocation in Colorado

It says the operation is expected to last up to two weeks, with the goal to "recover and maintain a viable, self-sustaining wolf population in Colorado."

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A legal challenge claiming the planned expansion of Canada’s largest port would threaten the survival of endangered southern resident killer whales has been struck down by a federal judge.

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@ty_olsen The magma has been raising the sea floor by about 25 cm/year and is steadily increasing.

But because it erupts so often, it then deflates again. He said it’s not as productive as the hot spots in Hawaii or Iceland.

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Underwater volcano off B.C. coast is primed to erupt.

The Axial Seamount is not expected to threaten human population centres but it could help scientists forecast the eruption of more dangerous volcanoes.

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