Global climate talks: Reporting from Madrid with Anjali Appadurai
Sierra Club BC’s Anjali Appadurai will be reporting from COP25 in Madrid, Spain from December 2-13.
Sierra Club BC’s Anjali Appadurai will be reporting from COP25 in Madrid, Spain from December 2-13.
From September 20 to 27, more than 7.6 million people across the globe rose up for climate justice. So, what’s next?
Sierra Club BC released the following statement from campaigns director Caitlyn Vernon in response to today’s joint federal-provincial announcement about electrification of fracking and LNG:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 29, 2019
“Electrification of fracking and LNG is not effective climate action. It’s the opposite: it locks us into ongoing carbon pollution that will worsen the climate emergency, at a time when we have very few years to rapidly phase out the use of coal, oil and gas.
“Whatever gas is saved by electrifying fracking operations will still be burned when the gas is exported overseas. Today’s announcement has no net benefit for the climate. By facilitating the expansion of fracking, it will make things worse.
“Electrification of fracking keeps us on a path to more frequent extreme weather events, bigger, more destructive wildfires and less reliable supplies of food and clean drinking water.
“Our health and well-being will suffer more. Our children’s future will be further compromised.
“Sierra Club BC supports the provincial government’s CleanBC program. We agree that rapid electrification is at the core of an effective response to the climate crisis, but electrification must transition us away from the use and export of fossil fuels, not lock us into ongoing carbon pollution.
“The 2019 B.C. budget announced $107 million for cleaner transportation, and $58 million for improving the energy efficiency of buildings, creating good jobs in the process. Yet this investment pales in comparison to today’s announcement of $680 million in taxpayer dollars to support the fossil fuel industry whose carbon pollution threatens our health and security.
“Kids around the world have been taking to the streets calling for governments to defend them, their future, and the places they love from the threats posed by the climate emergency. And yet the day after Greta Thunberg arrives in North America on a sailboat, our governments are crushing the hopes of young people by subsidizing oil and gas corporations rather than investing in renewable energy solutions.
“The Amazon is burning. The Arctic is burning. Salmon are dying from the heat.
“We are in a climate emergency. For our children and grandchildren, we must rebuild an energy system based on renewable energy, not fossil fuels.”
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Media contact:
Caitlyn Vernon
Campaigns Director
Sierra Club BC
250-896-3500
caitlyn@sierraclub.bc.ca
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The midterm elections in the United States brought a new kind of politician to Washington. Young people from all walks of life who are determined to use the transition to clean energy as a means to secure a better life for all.
They’re calling it the Green New Deal.
What does this emerging movement look like north of the border, and how can we tap it to get politicians onside as champions for more ambitious climate action? How is job security a central piece of this puzzle? In this episode we explore this movement for a just transition and what it could mean for you.
We interview Cree activist, writer and 350.org campaigner Clayton Thomas-Müller and Vancouver-based organizer Nayeli Jimenez about the campaign for a Green New Deal for Canada.
This was the final episode of Season 2! Listen to Episode 8 or find all of our previous episodes here.
Find links for more information on the initiatives mentioned in this episode below.
(L-R): Clayton Thomas-Müller at a Green New Deal Town Hall and Nayeli Jimenez.
Sierra Club BC – The Pact for a Green New Deal
Video – Canada: Green New Deal Town Halls
Video – Our Time Green New Deal Video
The urgency and ambition of the Green New Deal
A primer on the Green New Deal in the U.S. and Canada
The Canadian Green New Deal and migrant justice
Neil Young, Evangeline Lilly And More Canadian Stars Sign The Pact For A Green New Deal
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We’re entering a brave new world with the transition to clean energy—one of challenge and opportunity. Few places is this more visible than in the world of transportation. While some people see the future as being primarily about electric vehicles, others are questioning our whole approach to getting around.
In this episode, we explore what transportation could look like in the future.
We’ll revisit the 2010 Olympics with Vancouver’s Transportation Planning Manager Dale Bracewell to hear how this temporary experiment in a mass shift of people out of cars showed what’s possible when we collectively point toward a common goal. We take a leap with Gordon Price, professor of transportation planning at Simon Fraser University, into a possible future where commerce, transportation, technology and the service economy could come together into a single transportation service provider.
Listen to Episode 9 next or find all of our previous episodes here.
Find links for more information on the initiatives mentioned in this episode below.
Sue Elrington with Vancouver’s Transportation Planning Manager Dale Bracewell.
City of Vancouver Transportation 2040 Plan
Douglas Magazine: Yes, We’re Still Smart
What’s It Like Living in a City Without Uber or Lyft? Ask Vancouver.
This Is the Year Electric Car Racing Gets Real
The rise of mobility as a service: Reshaping how urbanites get around (2017)
Dalhousie University Connect Smart – What is Mobility as a Service (MaaS)?
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