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Jens Wieting
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Settler, dad, Sierra Club BC's Senior Policy & Science Advisor, working for a livable planet, the web of life, climate action & social justice, views are my own, he/him
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"I'm literally spending my morning looking at #oldgrowth management areas that don't have old-growth in them, & looking at the adjacent old-growth that does exist that's not protected. We have a failed system here." Rachel Holt, Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-tree protection law? | CBC News
Conservationists are questioning why an old-growth yellow cedar tree with a diameter that should have ensured its protection and a buffer area around it under provincial law was logged.
www.cbc.ca
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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The new federal-Alberta pipeline MOU threatens B.C.’s coast and climate progress. This move goes without the consent of Coastal First Nations, B.C. and all who want meaningful climate action. Pipelines belong in the past — not our future.

Read more here: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/n...
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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As our Senior Science Advisor Jens Wieting points out in this latest CBC article, B.C.’s CleanBC review shows LNG expansion undermines real climate action. It’s time to strengthen B.C.’s emission reduction plan and invest in real climate solutions.

Read more here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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My @sierraclubbc.bsky.social colleague Shelley Luce talked with CBC about what's needed to meet the goal of protecting 30% by 2030 across #Canada & safeguarding #biodiversity: prioritizing endangered #ecosystems, as highlighted in our 'Closer to the Brink' #forest report. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. municipalities are adding to Canada’s 30X30 conservation goal, is it helping? | CBC News
Cities and towns across B.C. are trying to help the country meet an ambitious conservation goal of protecting 30 per cent of its lands and waters by 2030. While the square kilometres are adding up, Ca...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
globalhome.bsky.social
📢 With #LNG’s leading developers, financiers & decision-makers gathering for the World LNG Summit, NGOs have joined forces to launch ExitLNG.org Visit ExitLNG.org to find the latest data on LNG, the companies & the financial support behind it #fracking #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climateaction #climatecrisis
Exit LNG - Put an end to LNG expansion
Global LNG supply is expected to expand by almost 50%, while global LNG carrier capacity is projected to grow by around 40%.
ExitLNG.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Oh interesting, whose fault is that?
Headline from NYT: losing the climate information war
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Energy use "in Asia and Europe is shifting to renewables that are cheaper than LNG" @marclee.bsky.social.

Losing money exporting a fossil fuel that is as bad for the climate as coal is a fail on so many levels. Solar and wind are the future of energy, not fracked gas. #bcpoli
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The Ottawa-Alberta pipeline agreement signed this morning should be seen for what it really is — an attempt to spin a narrative for a pipeline with no route, no proponent and no support from Coastal First Nations or the B.C. government.

Read our statement here: sierraclub.bc.ca/stories-even...
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The #CleanBC review shows that the B.C. gov has acted with one hand to reduce emissions from buildings, from transportation, from other industries, & then acted with the other hand to increase emissions by allowing a massive expansion of #LNG production & #fracking #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Review of B.C.'s emissions recommends renewed efforts as critics say LNG stands in way of progress | CBC News
While the review tries to balance the B.C. government’s priorities around LNG projects with aims to lower pollution, some critics — including the B.C. Green Party, who pushed for the review — say LNG ...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Happening now #bcpoli #CleanBC #climateaction
sobittersosweet.bsky.social Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 12d
The CleanBC review will be out tomorrow morning

Energy Minister Adrian Dix is holding a 9am press conference with Green MLA Jeremy Valeriote and review co-leads Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz #bcpoli

It will be live streamed: www.youtube.com/live/Bc6-yKH...
Hold for Minister Dix Announcement
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November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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With federal & #Alberta govs touting an imminent deal on a new #oilpipeline to B.C.'s northwest coast, a new analysis concludes that investors in Canadian #oil&gas will face serious financial risk. Provincial revenues from the industry could fall 82% as the global energy transition unfolds #bcpoli
With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces
With the federal and Alberta governments touting an imminent deal on a new oil pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, analysis released Thursday morning concludes that investors in Canadian o...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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POD DROP: Karen Price on “Closer to the Brink” a report that highlights a lack of progress in protecting old growth forests in BC. @ubcic.bsky.social @350canada.bsky.social
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Closer to the brink: The state of BC forests in 2025
Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-11-19 · 19m
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November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Coastal First Nations say the federal government hasn't been talking to them about Alberta's pipeline proposal, despite multiple requests for nation-to-nation meetings

"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
“As the Rights and Title Holders of the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, we are incredibly alarmed to read media reports about alleged negotiations between the federal government and the province of Alberta regarding proposals to build an oil pipeline to the northwest coast. “We have been very clear that we do not support this proposed project and Coastal First Nations, along with the province, have called on the federal government to uphold the tanker ban. Any discussions around an exemption to the current ban on oil tankers triggers the honour of the Crown and requires our consent. “We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press. Both the Prime Minister and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson have repeatedly stated that such a project would require the support of First Nations and of the government of British Columbia. “We have put forth multiple requests for nation-to-nation meetings with both the Prime Minister and Minister Hodgson. It is time for them to live up to their commitments and set up a respectful table that includes Coastal First Nations and the province of BC. This approach is only building mistrust, and Canada should commit to talking with us directly instead of deliberately sidestepping our communities.” On November 5, 2025, Coastal First Nations and the Province of BC signed the North Coast Protection Declaration, calling on the federal government to uphold the oil tanker ban as a matter of national responsibility and an investment in Canada’s treasured marine environment and the economic prosperity of future generations. The oil tanker ban is the result of over 50 years of advocacy from First Nations and coastal communities and is supported by federal and provincial governments of all political stripes.
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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1/2 According to the @theglobeandmail.com "sources said Ottawa may be willing to grant some waivers, such as lifting the #tankerban for the specific area where the pipeline would emerge on the B.C. coast." #Northcoast tanker ban #bcpoli #cdnpoli #climateaction www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
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November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Saturday | 10:30 PT Karen Price on “Closer to the Brink” a report that highlights a lack of progress in protecting old growth forests in BC. @ubcic.bsky.social @350canada.bsky.social
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A fresh old-growth clearcut with large orange logging truck and green logging loading equipment on Vancouver Island, Kwakwaka'wakw territory. Credit Mya Van Woudenberg_Sierra Club BC.jpg
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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🗓️ November 15, 2025

⏰ Starting at 7:45 AM

📍 We'll meet in the outdoor square across the street from the Victoria Conference Centre entrance on Douglas Street

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Orange background. “PEOPLE OVER PROFIT” “NOV 15 AT 7:45 AM” “NDP CONVENTION WELCOME PARTY” “JOIN US AT THE OUTDOOR SQUARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE VICTORIA CONFERENCE CENTRE ENTRANCE ON DOUGLAS STREET TO LET THE NDP KNOW THAT EVEN AMIDST WALKING BACK ITS COMMITMENTS, WE REMAIN STEADFAST TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES AND THE PLANET.” Photo of climate protesters standing together with a giant inflatable Premier David Eby. Logos for Stand.earth, Sierra Club BC, Wilderness Committee and Dogwood.
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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A new independent report found that, despite provincial commitments to protect old growth and change course in forest stewardship, endangered forests in BC are now even closer to the brink.

➡️ See the key findings of the "State of the forest in BC in 2025" report: sierraclub.bc.ca/stories-even...
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
globalhome.bsky.social
The idea of #abundance through #fast-tracking major industrial projects, incl. #fossilfuel projects like #LNG in BC, without appreciating that we are already crossing red lines for stability of our natural life support systems, #climate and #biodiversity, is a spectacularly bad idea #bcpoli #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Beautiful morning encounter with this Anna's hummingbird showing off colours and acrobatic flight skills at #maplewoods #bird #birds #nature #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #birdwatching
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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A Northern Harrier tangles with a Short-eared Owl over the tidal flats of the Fraser Delta. November 2025.

#birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A Short-eared Owl spreads its wings as it tries to pull up and away from a Northern Harrier whose talons grasp desperately at the owl’s tail feathers.
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
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November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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A ray of hope during bleak times for #nature and #climate. Gratitude to Coastal First Nations for their leadership defending the #GreatBear #Rainforest and Sea from #oiltankers & Premier Eby for signing the #NorthCoast Protection Declaration with them #bcpoli #cdnpoli news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Premier’s, Coastal First Nations’ statement on the North Coast Protection Declaration
This morning, on Nov. 5, 2025, Premier David Eby; Chief Marilyn Slett, president, Coastal First Nations; Mayor Garry Reece, Lax Kw’alaams; Jason Alsop, president, Haida Nation; Paula Amos, Indigenous Tourism B.C.; and Clarence Innis, Hereditary Elder, all signed the following declaration:
news.gov.bc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM