B.C.’s Climate Action Plan must be bold
VICTORIA- Sierra Club BC today released an open letter from Executive…
Opposition to Enbridge grows since federal approval
Opposition to Enbridge grows since federal approval
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B.C. forest wake-up call: Heavy carbon losses hit 10 year mark
For a full decade, B.C. forests have been releasing dramatically more carbon into the atmosphere than they have absorbed out of the atmosphere. B.C.’s forests emitted 256 million tonnes of carbon dioxide during the period 2003 - 2012.
Powell River citizens urge Island Timberland to hold off logging in their community
Company undermines its own environmental policy by ignoring public…
Old-growth logging eliminates B.C.’s progress in reducing carbon emissions
A new report released today by Sierra Club BC - Carbon at Risk: BC’s Unprotected Old-growth Rainforest - shows that one year of logging old-growth rainforest in southwest B.C.is responsible for releasing approximately 3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
B.C.’s remaining old-growth forests non-renewable: Sierra Club report
One year of logging old-growth forests in southwestern British Columbia blows away a year of carbon emissions reductions made through climate-change fighting initiatives like the carbon tax, says a Sierra Club report released today.
