Climate change

MILOBAR – Government plays the blame game when the going gets tough

October 8, 2021 // 3 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson THE FALL SITTING of the Legislature brings another opportunity for the Official Opposition to ask tough questions of government [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Can premier explain his response to 570 heat wave deaths?’

October 5, 2021 // 1 Comment

Excerpts from a Question Period exchange today (Oct. 5, 2021) in the B.C. Legislature between Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Health Minister Adrian Dix. T. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Now we know – climate change is real, and it’s our fault

August 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU WANT TO IMPRESS friends and acquaintances at your next social gathering, casually ask them if they’ve read Climate Change 2021 – [Continue]

BEPPLE – After warning upon warning about climate change, will we act?

July 28, 2021 // 5 Comments

MY FATHER’S FAMILY emigrated from Romania to Canada in 1929. They were descendants of some of the many Germans who went to Romania starting in 1763 by invitation of [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Energy, climate change high on lists of concerns

July 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 13, 2021 – As main federal party leaders embark on cross-country tours ahead of an all-but-certain election later this year, they are hoping to [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The cries of ‘climate change’ depend on the weather

July 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

THE RECENT HEAT WAVE and subsequent fires have provided an opportunity to remind climate change deniers that it’s real. The incineration of Lytton has captured global [Continue]

GINTA – It’s not summer that brings killer heat waves but climate change

July 2, 2021 // 2 Comments

I STARTED WRITING this column with a different angle. It was about trees in urban settings and their vital role in helping us survive extreme summer temperatures. I’ll [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops needs an upfront climate change utility tax

June 30, 2021 // 3 Comments

HOT, HOT, HOT. Any way you look at it, this past week’s scorching weather has sent a clear message. Climate change is upon us. Things are getting hotter. Now more [Continue]

KNOX – Climate crisis didn’t end just because we’ve been fixated on plague

May 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

THREE YEARS AGO, a veteran forest campaigner was on the phone, bemoaning how little attention green-minded people were paying to the logging of old-growth on Vancouver [Continue]

BEPPLE – City’s new climate action plan is imperfect but it’s a good start

April 21, 2021 // 2 Comments

THIS WEEK, the City of Kamloops took another step towards addressing the climate emergency that we face globally. The City’s Community Climate Action Plan was brought to [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The new climate deniers surrender to wishful thinking

February 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

THE NEW CLIMATE DENIERS no longer deny that climate change is happening. It’s become too obvious that it is. It used to be that climate change deniers could ridicule the [Continue]

BEPPLE – January rain storm a wakeup call that climate change is upon us

January 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

I AWOKE EARLY this morning to the sound of rain beating on my window and wind shaking the trees. The looming threat, climate change emergency, had awoken me. Like many, [Continue]

SUZUKI – The woman who discovered global warming – in 1856

March 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

OUR BOOK Just Cool It!: The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do features a chapter on climate science history. We include discoveries by well-known scientific pioneers, from [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Cheer up, climate change could be a lot worse

February 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL was remarkable for three reasons: It was a model for international cooperation; it succeeded in reducing atmospheric pollution; and now studies show it [Continue]