Cascadia Was Poised to Lead on Climate. Can It Still?
BC, Washington and Oregon all aimed to slash emissions. After epic battles, they failed. First in a series on creating a zero-carbon bioregion.
Peter Fairley is an award-winning journalist based in Victoria and San Francisco, whose writing has appeared in Scientific American, NewScientist, Hakai Magazine, Technology Review, the Atlantic, Nature and elsewhere. SHARES Aji Piper, now 20, was 15 when he joined a lawsuit against the US government for failing on climate change. Here he wears a mask during one of Washington s climate-driven smoke emergencies.
Photo by Alex Garland. [Editor’s note: This is the first in a year-long occasional series of articles produced by InvestigateWest in partnership with The Tyee and other news organizations exploring what it will take to shift the Cascadia region to a zero-carbon economy.]
Washington, Oregon and British Columbia all pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions, and all fell short. Why?
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Twenty-year-old Aji Piper was 15 when he became a plaintiff in a landmark lawsuit in which youths are suing the U.S. government on the grounds that it is continuing to allow climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. He is pictured here wearing a mask to protect himself during one of Washington s climate-driven smoke emergencies. (Alex Garland)
With dozens of people killed by wildfires in the western U.S., millions of acres scorched and choking smoke spreading far into British Columbia, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee lit up the news wires in September. These are not just wildfires,” Inslee asserted at a press conference from Olympia, “these are
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January 6, 2021
CleanBC home energy retrofit rebates doubled
The provincial government is doubling CleanBC Better Homes retrofit rebates for select home-heating and energy-efficiency upgrades.
“With many people continuing to work from home due to the pandemic, we’re doubling popular CleanBC rebates for select home energy retrofits and upgrades,” said Bruce Ralston, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation this morning. “Together with our partners, we are helping families switch from fossil fuels to clean energy and make their homes as efficient, comfortable and affordable as possible.”
The province’s CleanBC plan aims to reduce the environmental impact of existing buildings and to waste less energy. By using more clean energy and using it more efficiently in homes and buildings, British Columbians can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality.
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