It's the first landfill proposal in the province selected for fast-tracking under Premier Doug Ford's newly enacted Bill 5 — which makes the project immune to many of the checks and balances it would otherwise face. Great story here from @matinsarfraz.bsky.social

One way to read Lowan's victory is that progressives are hungry for bold change. We saw this in New York City, we've now seen this in the BC Greens, and as the federal NDP kicks off its leadership race this is clearly how the political winds are blowing. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...

Mr. Eby doesn't mention that the electrical build-out he's lauding especially in northern BC is primarily to fuel the expansion of the LNG industry ... one of the fossil fuels burning up the planet. This at NY climate week. Flabbergasted.

The Trudeau-era strategy of influencing policy by lobbying high-level officials isn't working for climate groups — who are now pivoting to an outsider game in an attempt to find leverage in the age of Carney.

Alberta’s new power market plan sidestepped fixes for the intertie with BC, which represents a lost opportunity for Ottawa's dreams of a national grid. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/17/a...

Call. Cancel. Spread the word. #Disney #Kimmel #Hulu #ABC

Just canceled Disney+ under reasons for cancelation? "You canceled Jimmy Kimmel, we canceled you." Seems only fair. This is the way!

I called five different numbers. Every single one led to the same man’s voicemail. My first investigative piece is out in Canada’s National Observer—uncovering a hidden fossil fuel ad network.

Carney was criticized for “deceiving voters” during the election. He cloaked himself as the face of the “elbows up” movement and an alternative to the Conservatives — only to poach Poilievre’s policy and talking points after gaining power, NDP caucus said. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/n...

The federal NDP plans to rebuild by reclaiming political ground on the left, interim party leader Don Davies said in an interview with Canada’s National Observer. Via @rochellebaker1.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/12/n...

Cutting creek walker contracts during salmon spawning season is ‘gross mismanagement’ by Fisheries Canada, critics say. The latest lapse is part of a DFO legacy of neglect in monitoring BC salmon returns on northern coast. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/05/n...

Critics contend that Premier Doug Ford’s decision makes no sense and his arguments aren’t backed by evidence while ignoring downsides such more congestion, higher emissions and the risk of losing skilled staff to more flexible employers. @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/27/a...

Half of the seafloor in BC's Queen Charlotte Sound could be oxygen deprived by mid-century due to climate change, with potentially nasty ripple effects for marine life and fisheries, a new study shows. #climatecrisis #pocketbookissues #bcpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/26/n...

Half of the seafloor in BC's Queen Charlotte Sound could be oxygen deprived by mid-century due to climate change, with potentially nasty ripple effects for marine life and fisheries, a new study shows. ✍️ @rochellebaker1.bsky.social 🔗 @nationalobserver.com 🌎

The lion's share of CleanBC's Industry Funds last year went to fossil fuel projects, raising alarm about greenwashing and missed targets. #bcpoli #climatecrisis #CleanBC www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/n...

Bumblebees bumblebees bumblebees! My latest feature, for @biographic.bsky.social takes readers on a bumblebee safari into their wild, and domesticated, world few consider when eating greenhouse tomatoes: www.biographic.com/plight-of-th... #conservation 🦤 🧪 #bees

Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC Judge Kimberly Prost is an attack on intl law. Canada must defend the court we helped found. Time to push back by counter-sanctioning Rubio, junior rat to the king rat. www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

Mount Underwood wildfire threatens to wash out Bamfield's summer season. This one of TWO drought fuelled fires burning near Port Alberni. #pocketbookissues #climatechange #BCWildfires www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/15/n...

From sanctuary to shipping lane: LNG Canada tankers threaten BC’s whale haven. via @nationalobserver.com #fossilfuels #BCpoli #oceanprotection www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/13/n...

Ottawa is quietly preparing for the possible exit of major salmon farm operators from B.C. — and that could choke off the egg supply needed to launch land-based fish farm companies like #SalmonEvolution #cdnpoli #bcpoli #salmonfarming #wildsalmon www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/n...

Vancouver-based The Metals Company wants to circumvent international regulations via a backdoor US mining bid, but its actions may expose Canada to legal action for failing to uphold its international treaty obligations. #deepseamining #TheMetalsCompany #ISA www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/31/n...

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

BC's backing of Cedar LNG courts financial liability — especially with recent landmark International Court of Justice opinion that Petrostates may have to pay billions in climate compensation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/31/n...

Let’s not let foreign automakers press us into changing the EV mandate www.pembina.org//op-ed/lets-...

Two small inlets are getting some initial protection as part of the Great Bear Sea Marine Protected Area Network. The area has beautiful natural areas and key food harvesting and sacred cultural sites that have sustained the Gitga’at Nation. ✍️: @rochellebaker1.bsky.social 🔗: @nationalobserver.com 🌎

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

India hits 50% non-fossil power milestone ahead of 2030 clean energy target www.reuters.com/business/ene...

I can nearly spit on monster cruise ships as they pass by my island home the passage is so narrow. Cringe at the tonnes of contaminated, acidic, scrubber wastewater dumped within mere kilometres of the shores of many coastal communities like my own. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/18/n...

Why indeed??? If Canada's oil giants are reluctant to invest in carbon capture, why should the feds foot the bill? @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/26/o...

UNACCEPTABLE. @padilla.senate.gov - a sitting U.S. Senator - was just physically assaulted and handcuffed for asking DHS questions about issues that impact his constituents at a PUBLIC PRESS CONFERENCE. This is the stuff of authoritarian regimes.

The federal government is heading an international coalition to protect marine life from rising underwater noise, but domestic action lags behind. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/12/n...

With the NDP reduced to seven seats, Former MP Charlie Angus and party activists are pushing back against a "top-down approach" to the NDP leadership race and instead are advocating for a return to grassroots organizing. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/12/n...

You know what might help? A major new oil pipeline… www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

As the new government introduces "Trump-lite" policies that target asylum seekers and place Drill-Baby-Drill over Indigenous rights and the environment, worth recalling that for every vote that shifted from Conservative to the Liberal this year, more than 4 shifted from parties on the left.

EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.

The climate-induced wildfires expected to raze northern Canada over the next 35 years will slow global warming by 12 per cent globally and 38 per cent in the Arctic, according to recent UW research. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/05/n...

The province is looking to make its "short-term emergency" measure of shooting wolves to protect caribou a permanent practice in lieu of protecting habitat, critics warn. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/02/n...

Climate change is exacting a toll on BC's iconic West Coast Trail — straining infrastructure and the Indigenous Guardians and crews who caretake it, Huu-ay-hat Chief Councillor Sayaač̓atḥ, John Jack says.  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/20/n...

Adorbs! This was my mental health story of the day. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A historical record of the nation’s sustainable resource use, reviving clam gardens will increase Mamalilikulla’s food security and ensure culture and traditional knowledge is passed down from elders to younger generations, says Chief John Powell. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/07/n...

Conservative Aaron Gunn, a residential school denialist who faced widespread calls to be dropped as a candidate, ended his winning campaign the same way he started it: by keeping his whereabouts secret and avoiding questions from the media. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/30/n...

Moment of gratitude alert: HUGE thanks to @jameswsthomson.com for giving me the chance to bird-dog Poilievre’s campaign for @nationalobserver.com. Jimmy helped me talk and think through a thousand ideas, tirelessly responsive & supportive and insightful. Every writer should be so lucky. 1/

So polls in B.C. now closed it will be interesting to see how many seats the NDP can hang onto. Seat projects suggest three at best down from the 13 seats the party won last election.

The NDP candidate and former Campbell River councillor is confident her deep community roots, political experience and commitment to respectful politics will prevail in a riding that historically swings between orange and blue. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/28/n...

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Scientists say they’ve calculated a tab for oil giants’ climate damage - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...