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Sven Biggs

@svenbiggs.bsky.social
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Climate campaigner for Stand.earth and progressive activist.

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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What happens when a firebreak fails? #bcpoli 🔥
thetyee.ca
Did David Eby Make a Big Mistake? | The Tyee
New poll shows Conservatives ahead and doubts about the need for an election.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 25/09/2026
LNG Canada wants B.C. to increase how much gas it can flare until its systems can be redesigned in 2028. The company hosted community meetings to talk about it and @writermjs.bsky.social was there. #bcpoli
thenarwhal.ca
LNG Canada poised to decide on expansion as flaring challenges continue
The Kitimat, B.C., liquefaction and export facility has exceeded permitted emissions levels since starting operations last year. Now, LNG Canada wants the government to increase how much it can flare until its systems can be redesigned in 2028
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know the campaign just started a few hours ago but is anyone else getting the sinking feeling that @davidebybc.bsky.social badly miscalculated this moment? 🤦#bcpoli
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Tarnjit Parmar @tarnjitparmar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow ... Ravi Kahlon will not be seeking re-election. Big loss for the BC NDP.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It would kind of hilarious if Christy Clark ran in Vancouver Point Grey and this election ended just like the one in 2013 where the incumbent government won re-election but the Premier lost their seat. #bcpoli = 🤡😂
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 17/09/2026
A leaked document has made a big splash in Alberta, but the full details have not been made public — until now. The document lays out plans to overhaul Alberta’s natural gas pipelines in an effort boost oil and gas and support new AI data centres, via @drewanderson.bsky.social.
thenarwhal.ca
Read the leaked plan to boost data centres, oil and gas in Alberta | The Narwhal
The document proposes dramatic changes to Alberta’s natural gas pipelines as part of a plan to boost oil and gas production and support new AI data centres
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 27/07/2026
🚨LAST DAY TO SAY NO TO POLLUTING TILBURY LNG EXPANSION 🚨 Calling all last minute heroes and procrastinators! Submit your comment to stop gas expansion in MetroVancouver by midnight pacific time TONIGHT, on Monday, July 27th, to help protect endangered orcas and coastal communities. #GreenSky 🧵
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Haven't we seen this movie before? #SaveParksBoard #EvictKenSim #vanpoli
vancouversun.com
ABC drops bid to kill Vancouver park board, will run candidates for commissioner
In making the announcement, Mayor Ken Sim asks board to lift Kits Pool COVID-era restrictions
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 13/07/2026
“The reason Premier Smith can’t find a pipeline company willing to take on ownership of this misguided scheme is that the financial risks of the project outweigh the rewards. So the only way this pipeline will ever get built is if regular Canadians like you and I are forced to pay the costs.”
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 30/06/2026
Big moment, B.C.: it's time to speak up 📣 The Tilbury LNG expansion along the Fraser River threatens communities, habitat for endangered wildlife, and our climate 🌊🐟🫍 More LNG = more fossil fuels, and that’s not the future we want to build. #GreenSky
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 01/07/2026
Yesterday, in a video posted on his YouTube channel, Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social admitted that Canada is breaking with their climate commitments and that the country’s emissions will rise. 🧵 #GreenSky
Background photo of pipelines/fossil fuel infrastructure. Quote reads "He has publicly admitted that they are breaking with their climate commitments and that they're tearing up the climate plan...
It's somewhat of an admission of defeat." Quote attributed to Sven Biggs, Oil and Gas Campaign Director at Stand.earth, with black and white photo of Biggs in the bottom right corner. Arrow icon in top right corner.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
BC's New Electrification Plan is Embarrassingly Slight Premier @Dave_Eby and Energy Minister @adriandix should hang their heads in shame for trying to palm off such thin gruel as a "comprehensive new plan." @UBC economist Werner Antweiler explains. youtu.be/3yMY5ETaZkA
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BC's New Electrification Plan is Embarrassingly Slight
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 13/05/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Mississaugans did it! 🎉🎉🎉 Residents came together to pass the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at the City Council meeting today! Thank you to everyone who sent an email and presented to council 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 This #GoodClimateNews win is because of you. #GreenSky
Background photo of Mississaugans at the City Council with their fists raised in celebration. NEWS icon in top left corner and arrow icon in top right corner. “Mississauga City Council Endorses the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty” “Today, Mississaugans came together to pass the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Huge thank you to everyone who sent an email and presented to council to demonstrate support.” Background photo of the vote tallies, which unanimously pass the Treaty. “Endorsing the Fossil Fuel Treaty will help keep Mississauga on track with its climate commitments while sending a strong message to the provincial and federal governments that municipalities want and need climate action at higher levels.
Everyone should be rowing in the same direction - toward a clean and equitable transition.”
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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The USA's most notorious private equity vulture firms battle it out for Shell's big stake in Canada's big polluting, operationally challenged LNG Canada project. It's trouble when KKR, Blackstone & Apollo come knocking. @reuters.com breaks the story: 🧵 #greensky www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
reuters.com
Exclusive: Apollo, Blackstone and KKR vie for Shell stake in LNG Canada, sources say
Apollo Global Management , Blackstone and ​KKR are battling it out to acquire a significant stake in the mammoth LNG Canada project from energy major ‌Shell , three people familiar with the matter sai...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 17/04/2026
Doug Ford is not the King of Ontario. 👑 So why is his new Housing bill stripping municipalities of the ability to set climate-friendly standards for buildings? Tell Ontario leaders: hands off our communities and climate. ✍️ Take action now: bit.ly/4vAh6aK
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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Families are struggling w/ the cost of living Instead of delivering solutions, PM Carney is playing politics by suspending the federal gas tax It's a $2.4 billion fossil fuel subsidy -- and ignores the root cause of rising prices: Big Oil's profit environmentaldefence.ca/2026/04/21/m...
environmentaldefence.ca
More Fossil Fuel Subsidies Won’t Help With Affordability - Environmental Defence
Families across Canada are struggling with an affordability crisis. This is an urgent problem – and the government should be committed to delivering real
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Maybe it was indifference to incompetence....
bbc.com
No 10 had 'dismissive attitude' to Mandelson vetting, says ex-official
Sir Olly Robbins has defended his decision to approve the peer's security clearance for the role.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
So you are saying its incompetence?
bbc.com
Keir Starmer: Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me
The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 02/04/2026
Whether you’re living in the U.S. or Canada, it’s the same story: hard-earned money from working people like you is propping up ICE violence against migrants and racialized people. 🧵
Background photo of protesters at an anti-ICE protest with “NEIGHBORS SAY ICE OUT!” signs with photo credit in top right reading “Photo: Lorie Haull / Wikimedia Commons”. NEWS icon in top left corner and arrow icon in top right corner. “Profiting Off Terror: U.S. & Canadian Pensions & Banks are Sinking $115 Billion into ICE Contractors” “As ICE continues to terrorize communities across the U.S., U.S. and Canadian pension funds and banks are propping them up. In our new report, we're following the money.”Black background. “Whether you're living in the U.S. or Canada, it's the same story: Money from working people like you is propping up ICE violence against migrants and racialized people.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner. Cream-colored background. “ICE Contractors”. Palantir logo. “Palantir is a tech company that has been called the corporate backbone of ICE, providing technology used to surveil and deport migrants for years.” GEO Group & CoreCivic logos. “Geo Group and Core Civic are the two largest private prison companies in the U.S., and run detention facilities for ICE.” General Dynamics logo. “General Dynamics is the fifth largest weapons company in the world, and provides DHS with surveillance technology, including biometric and biographic information.” L3HARRIS logo. “L3 Harris is another weapons manufacturer that supplies phone tracking devices and other equipment to ICE.” CACI logo. “CACI is an information technology government contractor that provides IT, telecommunications, and investigative services to ICE.” AT&T logo. “AT&T is providing telecommunications and network support to ICE.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner. 
Background photo of towering corporate buildings. Arrow icon in top right corner. “Following the Money” “Here's a closer look at the top 10 banks around the world profiting off of relationships with ICE contractors:” Graph showing Top 10 banks financing ICE contractors 2020-2025, showing JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Mizuho Financial Group, Wells Fargo & Co, Citi, Deutsche Bank, TD, Societe Generale SA, and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/03/2026
B.C. has quietly eliminated its Climate Action Secretariat, the long-running agency that produced and implemented climate policy across government ministries. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli
thetyee.ca
BC Cuts Climate Agency, Sends Some Staff to Work on Pipelines | The Tyee
Experts say CleanBC has gone up in smoke.
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
#Alberta landowner blocks MAGA ENERGY access to wellsite after years of unpaid leases. #abpoli #cdnpoli
drillanddash.substack.com
“Get the hell off my land” Landowner blockades MAGA Energy’s access to wellsite after three years of unpaid rent
Mark Dorin's message for the Alberta Energy Regulator: “Do your damn job – or landowners are going to take action and protect themselves.”
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
What’s the cost of strengthening industrial carbon pricing for oil sands companies? Just a Timbit per barrel—or 50 cents on average by 2030. Get the facts and explore our new cost calculator ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/industrial-carb…
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/02/2026
They were going to pass rules to phase out gas stoves, until they received 20,000 public comments against the regulations. Except, oops, it turns out the comments were generated by AI.
phys.org
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
For those looking for thoughtful & balanced analysis of this week's BC Budget, I HIGHLY recommend this recording of yesterday's @bcpolicy.bsky.social webinar, featuring budget break-downs by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, @verosioufi.bsky.social & @svenbiggs.bsky.social 👇 bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/19/b...
bcpolicy.ca
🎬 Watch: Making sense of BC Budget 2026 (budget briefing)
https://youtu.be/xOhNRiUBZi8 Amid mounting pressures on public services, an unrelenting affordability crisis and significant economic uncertainty, the BC budget was widely expected to be an auster...
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I did not expect to see this in the WSJ: "Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around" Agreed!
wsj.com
Europe Needs to Learn Its Lesson: Stop Relying on Imported Energy
Growing reliance on American gas looks foolish given how unpredictable the White House has become.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Eby government has let polluters off the hook and taxpayers could pay the price. Action for who? #bcpoli
thetyee.ca
BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs | The Tyee
The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
‘For the second time in less than a month, a barge operated by the same Seattle-based shipping company encountered serious trouble on B.C.’s north coast.’ thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca
Seattle Firm Has Second Barge Hit Trouble on BC Coast | The Tyee
A photo showing a barge with a tree implanted in its front is real, The Tyee can confirm.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
In 2019, BC MLAs unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act It was hailed as a watershed moment for reconciliation Now, the government is vowing to change the law to block the courts from enforcing it and the official opposition is calling for DRIPA's repeal #bcpoli
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Steven Guilbeault @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
For decades First Nations and British Columbians have been clear: we don’t want oil tankers or crude oil pipelines on the north coast. stand.earth/press-releas...
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Carney and Smith’s pipeline pipe dream - Stand.earth
OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Reacting to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement about Ottawa’s ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with Alberta Premier Da...
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JenniferJames100 @femmenoire.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
So we are having another election then? #bcpoli
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 21/10/2025
Since 2016, big banks have directly financed over $15 billion to oil and gas operations in the Amazon rainforest — fueling human rights violations, environmental destruction, and climate chaos. 🧵
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 17/10/2025
#BREAKING: Sleydo' Molly Wickham, Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko will not serve prison time after a BC Supreme Court judge handed them a suspended sentence in Smithers court today for their role in opposing the #CoastalGasLink pipeline conflict. More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
thetyee.ca
RCMP Violated Charter Rights During CGL Arrests, Court Finds | The Tyee
Indigenous land defenders found guilty of criminal contempt may receive shorter sentences due to ‘extremely serious,’ ‘racist’ conduct.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
To put that in context around 800,000 years ago, our human ancestors were facing a near-extinction event caused by #climate change, which may have reduced the breeding population to as few as 1,280 individuals. #yikes www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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CO2 levels in atmosphere have tripled since 1960s, highest in 800,000 years: WMO report | CBC News
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and "turbo-charging" the Earth's climate and c...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 09/10/2025
Despite B.C.’s Peace River Region facing an ongoing severe drought, last year oil & gas companies set a new record high for freshwater extraction, with an alarming 50% increase. Join us in calling for common-sense changes to B.C.'s oil & gas regulations. TAKE ACTION: Stand.earth/ProtectFreshwater
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
"The names the report says are associated with credit cards used to purchase the memberships include people who have been closely associated with the party and, in some cases, with Rustad. " thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
thetyee.ca
Inside the BC Conservative Crisis | The Tyee
An ousted MLA, allegations of membership fraud and unanswered questions.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Here is a #BCpoli fun fact. Emily Lowan's vote total in the BC Green's leadership race at 3,1890 is more than double to the total the number of people who participated in the BC Conservative Party leadership review 1,268. 🤔
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Okay here is my BC Conservatives conspiracy theory. Last week an email from Rustad to his caucus apologizing for "spreading rumors about Conservative women" was leaked. The rumor was that an person whose name was redacted was having a relationship with someone in the Conservative office. #bcpoli
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
It was just a little over a year ago Elenore Sturko left the B.C. United caucus which lead to the collapse of that party. Today she was kicked out of the B.C. Conservative caucus. How long till that party implodes? Who will be next? Milobar? Halford? Dew? #bcpoli
cbc.ca
Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko booted from B.C. Conservative caucus | CBC News
B.C. Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko says she was "absolutely blindsided" by her removal from caucus Monday evening, which caucus chair Jody Toor confirmed to CBC News on Monday with no reason provide...
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 30/07/2025
"In the midst of the #climateemergency B.C. Premier Eby is going to hand over $200 of our taxpayer dollars to fossil fuel conglomerates." Read about it here 👇
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Premier Eby gives $200 Million in new fossil fuel subsides to LNG terminal  - Stand.earth
səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories (VANCOUVER, B.C.) – Yesterday B.C. Premier David Eby announced that his government is giving the Cedar LN...
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 09/07/2025
Opinion: The deaths of 47 people who died in the 2013 tragedy were collateral damage from the culmination of policy decisions stretching back more than the previous three decades. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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Remembering the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
The deaths of 47 people who died in the 2013 tragedy were collateral damage from the culmination of policy decisions stretching back more than the previous three decades
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Psst…the only way to stop climate change is to stop burning fossil fuels. Pass it on.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 06/06/2025
💥 BREAKING: The B.C. Government today announced that they will grant the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) fracked gas pipeline its request for a substantial start decision. Read our response here: bit.ly/4kuC9Wo #PRGT #BCPoli
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 20/05/2025
#Gaza: The U.S.-Israel plan to control the distribution of supplies under the guise of humanitarian assistance raises grave ethical, security and legal concerns. Doctors Without Borders call on Israeli authorities to uphold International Humanitarian Law. Share if you do too.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 20/05/2025
The day it opens, LNG Canada will become B.C.‘s largest point-source emitter of #GHG, while increased gas production across the entire supply chain will also add to B.C.’s emission totals. This and other LNG projects guarantee B.C. will fail to meet its legislated emission targets. Marc Lee writes.
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Here Come BC’s First LNG Shipments. Cause to Celebrate? | The Tyee
Boosters ignore that more plants are a risky play meaning higher emissions and gas costs while diverting clean electricity.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Right now! I am occupying Premier Eby's constituency office along with a group of climate and democracy activists. We are demanding that the B.C. government says no to the PRGT fracked gas pipeline.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
British Columbia needs more renewable energy but it cannot come at the expense of our province’s commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples or environmental regulations. stand.earth/press-releas...
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Stand.earth urges B.C. NDP to immediately change course on undemocratic fast-tracking legislation - Stand.earth
Stand is joining First Nations leaders and other environmental organizations in voicing alarm at proposed legislation.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/04/2025
A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by the evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, the authorities said.
nytimes.com
Wildfire Burns in 3,200 Acres of New Jersey Forest Area
The fire in the Pine Barrens led to the evacuation of 3,000 residents and the shutdown of a stretch of the Garden State Parkway.
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Sven Biggs @svenbiggs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Private media giant Bell Globemedia takes principled stand against increased funding for public broadcaster
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