Article originally published on Greenpeace International; Audio/edited recorded by Cortes Radio.
By Rex Weyler
Why are global politics so dysfunctional that the UN climate meeting requires a 15-year-old Swedish grade school student to speak the truth? Why does a coalition of youth, outside the COP 24 climate meeting articulate a more comprehensive action plan than the delegates inside the meeting?
Continue reading Enough: Change The System Itself!By Roy L Hales
One June 8, Sierra Club BC released their report BC forest wake-up call. I responded by requesting an interview with Jens Wieting, of the Sierra Club, and shooting off a list of questions to the Ministry of Forests. As I published my interview with Wieting yesterday, it seems appropriate to publish the Ministry’s answers as a Q&A today.
By Roy L Hales
British Columbia could be emissions free. The province’s forest cover is vast enough to absorb more carbon than we actually need to use. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Forests has not been doing a good job since the Liberal Government took power. Instead of storing carbon, BC’s forests now emit carbon. So many trees have been clear cut, infested by Mountain Pine Beetles or burned in forest fires, that BC’s forests produced 256 million tonnes of CO2 in the decade following 2003.
Continue reading BC’s Forests Produced 256 Million Tonnes of CO2
By Roy L Hales
The time for talking about rising global temperatures as a future threat is over. According to the most recent National Climate Assessment, Climate Change is here and getting worse.
Continue reading Climate Change Is Here And Getting Worse
