CommonsBC @commonsbc

We visualize data on BC's economy, environment, resources, politics—maps & graphics. We fight for policy based on evidence, data, science in the public interest commonsbc.ca British Columbia Joined May 2012

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Emily Lowan @Emily_Lowan

9 months ago

Stake your government on what, @Dave_Eby? A thinly-guised fossil fuel subsidy to largely American-owned gas exports? To protect our public grid, we must block LNG from accessing clean power. “Electrifying” LNG won’t reduce GHGs and would require 8.4 Site C dams in power.#bcpoli

Katie DeRosa @katiederosayyj

9 months ago

NEW - Premier David Eby did not rule calling an early election if the NDP cannot pass the North Coast Transmission Line bill. He slammed the Conservatives for trying to delay the bill, says BC Greens don’t support it. “I will stake my government on it.” #bcpoli

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Mark Hume @themarkhume

10 months ago

If BC’s coast belongs to all Canadians, then Sakatchewan’s potash & the oil sands in Alberta are national assets that Ottawa should manage. Look forward to hearing Premiers Moe & Smith elaborate on this remarkable concept. cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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Emily Lowan @Emily_Lowan

10 months ago

Every year, as wildfires choke us with smoke and the warnings of drought get louder, our government sides with fossil fuel billionaires over people and the planet. It’s not just apathy that brought us here, it’s corruption. (1/3)

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Lindsay Brown @Lidsville

10 months ago

This is such a bad look for @BCGreens, stubbornly making it impossible for the bulk of new members to vote for party leader. They've been given several suggestions as to how to fix this & have refused them, only making tiny changes too inconsequential to matter. I'd sue. #bcpoli

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Wilderness Committee @wildernews

a year ago

Logging won’t stop wildfires, it’s making them worse. Clearcuts + plantations are more flammable. Old-growth resists fire. Cultural burning reduces risk. Real fire solutions come from Indigenous knowledge, not industry spin. #oldgrowth #bcpoli

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ClimateChange Steves @Harold_Steves

a year ago

Canada is one of the top ten CO2 emitters in the world. But that's not the whole story. Canada exports fossil fuels to other countries, increasing their CO2 emissions. Alberta is intent on building more pipelines and BC is intent on shipping LNG. It's time to #keepitintheground.

Our World in Data @OurWorldInData

a year ago

Which countries have contributed the most to historical CO₂ emissions? When we emit carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere, most of it stays there for centuries or millennia. This means that CO₂ emitted even a century ago has contributed to the rising temperatures we see

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The Associated Press @AP

a year ago

An AP examination finds that the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives.

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Lindsay Brown @Lidsville

2 years ago

Whoa! Ken Sim & co's motion to remove the fracked gas ban was defeated tonight! PS 1. ABC Van is split! Interesting. 2. This ban won't make new housing more $$$. Price of land is the main cause of that. 3. Fracking gas *costs* BC. It's an over-subsidized scam. #vanpoli #bcpoli

Seth Klein @SethDKlein

2 years ago

Friends! Mobilization works! We just defeated effort to re-allow gas in new building in Vancouver!! Gas industry did all it could to bring back fossil heating. Tonight, they failed 🎉 Special 🙏 2 Councillors @AdrianeCarr, @PtFry, @LisaDominato, @PeterMeiszner & @rebeccaleebligh

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ClimateChange Steves @Harold_Steves

2 years ago

This is my field of science. Extreme heat, drought & floods, are causing food spoilage, food shortages, food borne diseases, higher food cost, illness, & starvation around the world. California carrots are banned due to e-coli. Avian flu jumped to humans yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/11/climat…

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My Sea to Sky @MySea2Sky

2 years ago

My Sea to Sky has made Woodfibre LNG an election issue at the local, provincial, and federal level for nearly eleven years now. Now we need @BCGreens and @bcndp to have the political courage to #CancelthePermits. #bcpoli squamishchief.com/local-news/ele…

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ClimateChange Steves @Harold_Steves

2 years ago

Sorry David Eby but I couldn't resist passing this on. We have to laugh at ourselves sometimes. Hopefullly the new government will be a joint agreement between the @BCNDP & @BCGreens. If so the Greens should demand proportional representation legislation in the spring legislature

Tristin Hopper @TristinHopper

2 years ago

Once Eby's head starts issuing white smoke we'll know there's a new BC government.

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My Sea to Sky @MySea2Sky

2 years ago

Woodfibre LNG is a key issue in the West Vancouver Sea to Sky riding and My Sea to Sky has officially endorsed @JValeriote74 from the @BCGreens. Every vote counts. 💚 #bcpoli #stopwoodfibrelng #stopfortisbc thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-20…

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Lindsay Brown @Lidsville

2 years ago

The Greens lost by only 60 votes in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky last election. It may be that close against the Conservatives this election too. Vote Green. Woodfibre LNG is still a thorny issue in that riding (& for all of us). Thanks Tracey for endlessly fighting this. #bcpoli

Tracey Saxby @tracey_saxby

2 years ago

Thanks to @ainscruickshank and @thenarwhalca for helping to expose how Woodfibre LNG and FortisBC are already harming our community. I'd say I feel like @ErinBrockovich but this work makes my heart race. #StopWoodfibreLNG #StopFortisBC #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-20…

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Peace Brigades International - Canada @PBIcanada

2 years ago

You can now watch Yintah on the CBC Gem streaming service: gem.cbc.ca/yintah The images of RCMP C-IRG violence against Indigenous land defenders peacefully resisting the Coastal GasLink pipeline on Wet'suwet'en territory convey an urgent need to work to #AbolishCIRG.

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CommonsBC @commonsbc

2 years ago

@Harold_Steves That's right-wing framing. Where did Adam Olsen say that?

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The Thorn @VancouverThorn

2 years ago

"Rustad’s comments on Peterson’s podcast are a much more full-throated denial of climate science than he’s displayed in some other venues." It's 2024. This should be disqualifying. #bcpoli

The Tyee @TheTyee

2 years ago

Conservative Leader John Rustad’s distrust of accepted climate science was on full display during an almost two-hour interview with Jordan Peterson. @JenStDen breaks down the highlights. #bcpoli #canpoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/09/0…

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Lindsay Brown @Lidsville

2 years ago

"I can’t believe the collapse of the BC Libs-BCU- whatever they are coincides with the start of the #SiteC reservoir fill. Karma is still a thing." - message just now from a Peace River resident and longtime dam Site C dam opponent. I laughed. Bleakly. #bcpoli