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Experts split on funding bump for B.C. Wildfire Service

February 23, 2022 admin b.c. budget 2022, BC, forest fires, Indigenous issues, local news, news, politics, Wildfires

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:29:22 +0000

The B.C. budget includes $145 million over three years to be used in part to move the BC Wildfire Service from its current reactive model of fire response to a more proactive one.

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B.C. Climate News Feb. 14 to Feb. 20, 2022: Sea level to rise by 2050 as much as in past century, NOAA says | Study suggests climate change made floods at least twice as likely

February 19, 2022 admin climate crisis, drought, environmental issues and protection, floods, local news, nature and the environment, news, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 23:36:22 +0000

Here’s your weekly update with the latest climate change news for the week of Feb.14 to Feb. 20, 2022.

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Housing plans for Lytton First Nation shadowed by governance conflict

February 18, 2022 admin British Columbia, local news, lytton, news, vancouver, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 01:07:37 +0000

The Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council is co-ordinating a regional response, but a lawsuit and petition want sole control and funding to go to the Lytton First Nation.

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Members of B.C.'s Shackan First Nation to return home, more than 90 days after flood

February 17, 2022 admin fires, First Nations, Flooding, floods, forest fires, Indigenous issues, local news, merritt, news, Wildfires

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:25:28 +0000

The band declared a state of emergency on Nov. 15 in order to implement an evacuation order for all 45 properties on its reserve near Merritt.

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Save the date: Hell or High Water fundraising concert and telethon for B.C. communities announced

February 14, 2022 admin BC, Celebrity, Entertainment, Festivals, fires, Flooding, forest fires, Fraser Valley, local arts, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Stuart Derdeyn| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:26:32 +0000

A line-up of big names is announced for fundraising event.

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B.C. Climate News Feb. 7 to Feb. 13: Federal report highlights climate change risk to Indigenous people | Province expands parks and protected areas

February 12, 2022 admin climate crisis, drought, environmental issues and protection, floods, HEALTH, local news, nature and the environment, news, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:04:16 +0000

Here’s your weekly update with the latest climate change news for the week of Feb.7 to Feb. 13, 2022.

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B.C. Climate News Jan. 31 to Feb. 6: The EU calls for a plastics clampdown | Metro Vancouver protects forest in Maple Ridge | Penguins offer clues to climate change

February 5, 2022 admin climate crisis, drought, floods, HEALTH, local news, nature and the environment, news, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 22:06:56 +0000

Here’s your weekly update with the latest climate change news for the week of Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, 2022.

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Climate Solutions Improve Health & Save Money

March 1, 2020 admin Agriculture, air quality, bicycles, Cancer, clean air act, clean power, clean transport, climate change, climate solutions, consumer technology, Diabetes, electric bikes, emission standards, energy efficiency, firs, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, Heart disease, nrdc, obesity, pedestrians, plant-based diet, policy & politics, pollution, public health crisis, research, Solar energy, vegan, vegetarian, walking, Wildfires, wind energy

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 12:10:06 +0000

Climate change is a public health crisis, and we need every doctor, nurse, and other health professional to help fight it

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Last Month in Climate Science: More Injury-Related Deaths, Mass Seabird Die-Off, River Ice Disappearing

February 29, 2020 admin ANIMALS, antarctica, Birds, climate change, Crime, ecosystems, Extreme weather, fires, fires and climate change, glaciers, global weirding, HEALTH, Irrigation, oceans, ozone layer, permafrost, policy & politics, research, river ice, SCIENCE, sea ice, sea level rise, temperature rise, the flu, Violent crime, Water, Wildfires

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:54:43 +0000

Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace

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Tesla’s Helping Australian Bushfire Victims

February 21, 2020 admin 5b, atlassian, Australia, australia fires, australia tesla, australia wildfires, batteries, Bushfires, clean transport, climate change, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy Storage, ev charging, green economy, grid, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Media, mike cannon-brookes, Off The Grid, resilient energy collective, tesla, tesla australia, tesla energy, tesla powerwall, tesla solar, virtual power plants, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 04:14:07 +0000

Tesla is helping Australian bushfire victims with its part in the collective efforts alongside 5B, a solar provider in Sydney, and Mike Cannon-Brooks, the founder of Atlassian. The goal is to install solar panels and batteries in towns that have lost power completely due to the devastating bushfires of 2019–