by LaurenEBS | Nov 30, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Ksi Lisims LNG Project
In northern BC, an Enbridge pipeline project has been resurrected by Alberta natural gas pipelines, liquids pipelines and energy company TC Energy. Purchased in 2022, the “Westcoast connector” (as it was called when owned by Enbridge) was renamed the...
by LaurenEBS | Nov 29, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Mining
The melt creates potential salmon habitat while attracting attention from mining companies. A new paper published in Science says that as glacier ice melts, new land and rivers are being revealed in the ice-covered transboundary region shared by northern B.C., Alaska,...
by LaurenEBS | Nov 24, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Mining
SFU researchers say environmental policies need to be more future-thinking as climate change progresses As climate change forces the rapid retreat of glaciers across B.C., scientists say there is one potential silver lining: freshly exposed habitats for salmon. But it...
by LaurenEBS | Nov 23, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Mining
The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs’ Office, participating in a study led by researchers from Simon Fraser University, finds that mining companies are staking claims on future salmon habitats as glaciers retreat. In the ice-covered transboundary region shared by northern...
by LaurenEBS | Jul 6, 2023 | Climate, Forestry, Programs, Wildfire
Project led by Gitanyow Nation in collaboration with UBC researchers explores how cultural burning, planting practices protect against catastrophic wildfire. Climate change, forestry and fire suppression practices have all worsened wildfire seasons in British...
