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Welcome to the WE-CAN Climate News Roundup
Your Primary Source for CLIMATE NEWS
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Top Story
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📌 Tell Your MP: Don’t Gut Canada’s Environmental Laws (Please write)
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From EcoJustice: The federal government has proposed dangerous changes to Canada’s environmental laws to fast-track major projects. These aren’t just “streamlining” reforms. They could allow the Cabinet to create environmental sacrifice zones across Canada, to guarantee the pre-approval of pipelines and other industrial projects. Tell the federal government: No “God Squad” powers deciding on species extinction! No fast-tracking projects without credible review and consultation! Send your letter here
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Action Now!
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📌Canadians Need Climate Experts on the Canada Pension Plan Board – Not Fossil Fuel Insiders
From SHIFT: With nearly $800 billion of our retirement savings, the Canada Pension Plan is one of the largest investment funds in the world. In June, the government appointed a new director who also sits on the board of Canadian Natural Resources Limited, one of Canada's largest oil and gas producers. Send your angry protest letter here.
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📌Open Letter Welcoming Wheelchairs and Mobility Scooters on Bike-and-Roll Routes (Please sign)
From COSCO: For organizations: please support our open letter to the UBCM asking that provincial Motor Vehicle legislation and regulations be updated to allow the use of wheelchairs and 3 & 4 wheel mobility scooters on bike lanes and traffic-calmed bike routes across BC. Sign here
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📌 The June 2026 BC Budget Consultation – by 2 pm June 19
From WE-CAN: The NDP Budget Committee is accepting written submissions for its 2027 Budget. What should we be asking for? You can make up to three recommendations, with an explanation for each. You can participate by using the submission form HERE. We have set up a Google Doc to share ideas and proposals. Click here.
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WE-CAN Friends and Allies
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The Public Transit Alliance of BC is On The Move!
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From the Public Transit Alliance of BC: Welcome to On the Move, your one-stop for everything public transit-related. Stay up to date on local and international news, top stories, and exciting events and actions. See our first newsletter here.
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Tuesday June 23rd, 6 pm Where’s the Bus? The Rural Transportation Crisis in BC
From the Public Transit Alliance: Where’s the bus? For many people, it’s hard to get around BC by public transit. There’s a bewildering mix of public, private, health and community services, no integrated timetable, and often no service at all. Join us as we ask the question: “What’s to be done?”, with first-hand accounts from Creston, Kitimat, Gabriola, Port Alberni, and Sicamous, Jeremy Valeriote MLA, and experts who have spent years focused on the challenge. Register here
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Thursday, June 25, All Together Now: A People’s MoU Day of Action
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From 350.org: Ahead of the July 1st deadline for another West Coast pipeline, we need to demonstrate public opposition to new pipelines and fossil fuel expansion. We need to organize coordinated action across the country, and force the media and politicians to notice. We need to stop the deregulation agenda, win a windfall profits tax, accelerate a renewable energy transition, and widen wedges in the Liberal party around climate issues, to build pressure within caucus to push Carney in a different direction. Get involved here
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Climate Solutions
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Vancouver Landlords to Face $1,000 Fines for Prohibiting Air Conditioners
From Times Colonist: New Westminster and Port Moody already have regulations prohibiting landlords from restricting tenants’ use of portable cooling devices. Read more
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Excess Profits Tax on Oil and Gas Receives Majority Support from All Regions, Age Groups
From The Energy Mix: Two-thirds of Canadians support an excess profits tax on oil and gas. The survey found 66% in favour and 24% opposed and using the revenue to help Canadians lower their energy bills. Direct rebates to every household emerged as respondents’ favourite way to distribute proceeds, with 35% support, followed by local infrastructure projects at 20%, Canada Sovereign Wealth Fund contributions at 18%, and public transit at 16%. Read more
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An Equal and Habitable World is Possible’: A Sweeping Vision for Planetary Survival
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From The Guardian: The Global Justice Project attempts to set out a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability. It explores the conditions under which the world could move toward this horizon and traces an economically and ecologically consistent transition path from 2026 to 2100. Read more
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Join the Movement. Fuel the Change. The climate crisis won’t wait — and neither can we. At the West Coast Climate Action Network, we connect with and support nearly 300 climate organizations across BC. Together, we amplify impact, share resources, and drive urgent change.
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But we can’t do it without you!
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By becoming a monthly donor, you provide steady and reliable support that sustains the climate movement throughout the year. Your contributions fund vital coordination, advocacy, events, and tools — empowering people and organizations across BC to fight for a livable future. Monthly giving also makes it easier for you to stay connected to the cause, while helping us plan and grow with confidence
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Whether it’s $5 or $50 a month, your donation directly strengthens climate action in BC — and every dollar adds up.
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Be the spark. Join our growing community of monthly donors today.
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Thank you for standing with us in this decisive decade.
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Climate Image of the Week
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Climate Politics and Action
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60 Organisations Reject Public Subsidies for LNG
From Environmental Defense: A coalition representing 1.6 million Canadians has asked public banks to keep taxpayer money out of LNG. The coordinated push comes amid growing concerns that they are considering directing public funds toward LNG infrastructure, including the foreign-owned, foreign-built Ksi Lisims floating LNG terminal in British Columbia. Read more
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The Business Case for LNG Just Keeps Getting Weaker
From National Observer: The LNG market looked to be headed for a glut before the Trump/Israel adventure in Iran as countries produced a massive wave of new supply. All things being equal, that means lower prices for LNG exporters. Canada, being one of the higher-cost sources of supply, should expect to be hit harder than most. Diversification away from Hormuz will be key, away from LNG itself. Read more
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B.C. Hydro in Negotiations to Buy Gas-Fired Plant in Campbell River
From Times Colonist: The Island Generation plant is a source of power for the Island when demand for energy spikes during long periods of heat and cold. Read more
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Canada’s AI Strategy Includes No New Protections for Water or Climate
From National Observer: A single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any new actions to curtail this. Read more
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Natural Gas Companies Lobbied Against Canada’s Latest Plan to Reduce Household Emissions
From The Narwhal: Canada’s updated national building code puts limits on new buildings’ greenhouse gas emissions, though provinces can choose whether or not to implement them. The new rules could reduce the use of natural gas, a fossil fuel, to heat Canadian buildings. Documents obtained by The Narwhal reveal an effort by the Canadian Gas Association to lobby against the changes. Read more
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New BC Conservative leader Findlay Leans into 'Uncompromising' Right-Wing Vision
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From National Observer: Kerry-Lynne Findlay implored her party to choose a leader who would "make the arguments for conservatism: less government, more freedom, less intrusion into our lives." Some of the other candidates, she said, have "a lot of explaining to do" to justify support for positions that she called "not conservative" such as carbon pricing, supporting DRIPA, and condemning the Freedom Convoy. Read more
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Climate Science and Impacts
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‘Severe’ Stress on Oceans as Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles in 10 Years, UN Warns
From The Guardian: Sea levels continue to rise at an increasing rate, from 2mm a year prior to 2015 to 4.3mm a year in 2023. 16% of the increase in global ocean heat since 1955 occurred after 2018. The greatest relative warming has been observed in the Atlantic Ocean and the southern parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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'Mornings and Nights no Longer Exist' at 47C: A Day in the Hottest Place in India
From The Guardian: In May, this dusty district in India's Uttar Pradesh state spent days at the top of an unenviable national ranking: the hottest place in the country. Temperatures hovered at 47-48C for more than a week. Read more
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In the Okanagan, Local Leaders Brace for a Record Drought
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From National Observer: The situation is so dire that in May the Sylix Okanagan Nation, which includes Westbank First Nation, declared a watershed emergency across its entire territory — a move intended in part to highlight the flaws in BC's water management regime. Read more
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Forestry and Nature
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The 2026 New Forest Act Roadshow, June 2 – 22
From Boundary Forest: The New Forest Act Roadshow is a series of public presentations across BC explaining what the New Forest Act is, why our current forestry system is failing, and what a workable legislative solution looks like. That solution is the New Forest Act. Campbell River June 1, Quadra Island June 13, Courtenay June 15, Port Alberni June 16, Honeymoon Bay June 17, Powell River June 19, Victoria June 22. Details here
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World Oceans Day - The Octopus’s Garden Celebration on Denman Island
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Resistance and Movement
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We CAN End Capitalism and Build a Kind, Green, Cooperative Economy Instead
From Guy Dauncey, Substack: If you think of capitalism as the global entanglement of everything financial and economic, then for sure, it feels like a pretty wild dream to imagine that we could disentangle it all and establish something different. But we can… Read more
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You Can Take Action! Events, Protests and Rallies
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*PLEASE NOTE* If your climate organization is a WE-CAN member, click “Post your Event” under ‘Calendar’, and it will be added following approval.
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The calendar is a great networking tool, helping you connect and share events with the broader climate movement. Check it out and start posting your events today!
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Thursday, June 11, 9 am What Do Canadians Really Think About Climate Change 2026
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From Re.Climate: Do some Canadians really believe climate change is a hoax? In 2025, this was a legitimate question for up to 34% of Canadians. Public opinion is shifting faster than ever. Our annual public opinion rollup brings together over 100 polls to give you a clear-eyed portrait of where Canadians are at. Register here
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Saturday, June 13, 10 am Save the Rail Trail – Okanagan Transit Alliance
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From Okanagan Transit Alliance: Meet on the pedestrian bridge over Highway 97 by the landmark building to educate the community about the expense and harm the Clement Extension will cause to our community. This is a family-friendly event planned to coincide with the farmer's market. Come to our Work Party on May 23rd at 7 pm to make print materials and meet us in person. Email okanagantransitalliance@gmail.com for the location.
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Wednesday, June 17, 12 pm 'Understanding BC's Community Generation Potential'
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From BCSEA: What is the generation potential of rooftop and utility-scale solar in BC? What is BC Hydro’s Community Generation Service Rate? With the UBC Energy Mapping project and UVic’s Accelerating Community Energy Transformation. Register here
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Saturday, June 20, 10 am- 2 pm, Cowichan Climate Community Event (In Duncan)
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Join us for a Community Celebration of Environmental and Climate Initiatives to celebrate, engage, and learn from the dedicated individuals and organizations who are driving climate initiatives and environmental stewardship across the Cowichan Valley! Charles Hooey Park, Duncan (by the old railway station). Read more
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Saturday, June 27, 1-4 pm Hope, Clarity, Action: A Cozy Climate Storytelling Workshop (In Nanaimo)
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From Nanaimo Climate Action Hub: Enhance your climate storytelling skills in this hands-on workshop focused on campaign messaging. Participants will work through a structured process to refine a clear, audience-ready campaign message. $30. Read more
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Grants, Job Vacancies and More!
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Applications are Still Open! Are You Hosting a Climate Event Through a PICS-Network University? We Can Provide Support.
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From PICS: Our University Climate Knowledge Mobilization Events program supports climate change-related research dissemination, knowledge mobilization, and events hosted by PICS university (UBC, SFU, UNBC, UVic) groups, organizations, departments, or institutes. The program offers up to $2,500 for eligible events. We aim to support up to 35 events a year and will close when funding is fully subscribed. Read more
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Environment Funders
Their list of members is here - a useful source of thinking when it comes to fundraising
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WE-CAN’s Fundraising Toolkit for Climate Action Groups is here
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Stay Connected. Be Inspired. Get Involved.
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From all of us in the West Coast Climate Action Network
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We honour the title and rights of the Indigenous peoples on whose ancestral lands we live and work.
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