BC Environment

• B.C. homeowner ‘blindsided’ by early shutdown of Canada Greener Homes Grant

  Owner Ryan Cocking of Ryan Heating and Air Conditioning was helping with the application process and said he heard of others having difficulties with applying for the grant.

  Consumer

  Feb 29, 2024
  
• Conservation group buys out hunting rights in B.C. rainforest to protect wildlife

  Raincoast says in a statement the purchase makes the environmental group the largest hunting tenure holder in B.C., with six tenures covering more than 56,000 square kilometres.

  Environment

  Jan 4, 2024
  
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• Civil society groups, minister at odds on whether B.C. on track to meet climate targets

  Environment Minister George Heyman said Tuesday B.C. is on track to meet its climate targets, citing "one of the leading plans in North America" to address climate change.

  Environment

  Nov 7, 2023
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• Planned B.C. gold mine near Quesnel passes environmental assessment

  The certificate comes with 22 conditions, including hiring ratios, a new drinking water supply for Wells and minimizing impacts to the Barkerville woodland caribou herd.

  Environment

  Oct 10, 2023
• ‘Urgent crossroads’: 3-year anniversary of B.C. old-growth commitments, groups calling out province

  According to a number of organizations, none of the 14 recommendations have been fulfilled, while old-growth trees continue to be logged.

  Environment

  Sep 14, 2023
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada seize hundreds of illegal, ghost traps near White Rock, B.C.

  Crews collect the traps using a line and grapple hook, which is thrown over the side of a patrol boat, then dragged across the ocean floor.

  Environment

  Jan 28, 2023
• B.C. government announces new conservancy to protect rare ecosystems near Revelstoke

  The conservation of 185,329 acres in the Incomappleux Valley, located in the Selkirk Mountains roughly 29 kilometres west of Revelstoke, B.C., was announced Wednesday.

  Environment

  Jan 25, 2023
• Environmental group sues B.C. government over alleged ‘missing’ climate plans

  Sierra Club BC, represented by Ecojustice, claims the province has not presented plans outlining how it intends to meet its 2025, 2040 and 2050 climate targets.

  Environment

  Oct 4, 2022
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• Environmental groups give B.C. failing grades on old-growth forest protection plan

  B.C. environmental groups say the province is failing to make good on its 2020 promise to protect old-growth trees.

  Environment

  Sep 9, 2022
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• New report suggests proposed old-growth deferral areas in B.C. are being logged

  According to Stand.earth, more than 55,000 hectares of proposed protected land is at "imminent risk" of being logged, is currently being logged or has already been cut.

  Environment

  Aug 30, 2022