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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 B.C.’s Energy Utility Regulator: Power for You and Me, Not AI and LNG (By June 25)
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From Dogwood: BC Hydro has admitted it could face power shortages as early as 2030, specifically citing AI data centres and LNG terminals. To meet increased demand, BC Hydro is considering building another dam in drought-stricken northeastern B.C, and rethinking restrictions on burning fossil fuels for power. Read more. Until Thursday, June 25th, the BC Utilities Commission is taking public comments regarding BC Hydro’s 20-year power plan. Submit your comment. Under “Current proceedings,” select “BC Hydro 2025 IRP” here.
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Action Now!
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📌 Extreme Heat is Already Hitting People in Canada. Cities Must Act Now
From CAPE: Just as landlords are legally required to maintain safe minimum temperatures in winter, municipalities and provinces across Canada must not only establish enforceable maximum indoor temperature protections for all rental housing during the summer months, but also create measures that support both landlords and tenants. Read more
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📌 Sign Federal E-Petition for Climate Footprint Labels
From Possible by Design: Most global emissions come from parts of the economy where the market lacks transparency. A mandatory climate footprint label on consumer products - similar to nutrition labels - would close that gap and put capitalism to work, compelling producers to compete on emissions reductions. The international measurement standard already exists, and brands like Oatly, Logitech, and Allbirds already label voluntarily. Federal e-petition e-7510,asks the Government of Canada to make these labels mandatory. Sign here.
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📌 Canada’s Electricity Strategy Needs to Lead with Renewables, Not Fossil Fuels.
From David Suzuki Foundation: Ottawa just released a draft of its long-anticipated national electricity strategy, and it needs to hear from you — not just Big Oil. This is Canada’s time to commit to 100% affordable, reliable, renewable power for all. We need a strategy that puts communities first with affordable renewable power, an upgraded grid, retrofitted homes, Indigenous-led projects and hundreds of thousands of good union jobs. If thousands of us flood the consultation with calls to ditch fossil fuels and invest in a 100% renewable electricity grid, we could force Ottawa back to the drawing board. Send your letter here
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WE-CAN Friends and Allies
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Tuesday, June 23, 6 pm Where’s the Bus? The Rural Transportation Crisis in BC
From the Public Transit Alliance. Register here
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Thursday, June 25, People’s MOU Day of Action
From 350.org: Canada’s Pipeline MOU with Alberta is the final nail in the coffin for Canada’s climate policy. It’s time to rise up and stop Big Oil from winning everything on their wishlist. On June 25th, one week before the proposed route for the West Coast pipeline is to be announced, people from across Canada will take action at their MP offices. Together, we will deliver massive copies of the “People’s MOU” and call on our leaders to sign a deal with the people. MOU actions in Burnaby, Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver Quadra, Penticton, Kelowna, South Surrey, North Vancouver, West Vancouver. Details here
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Sunday, June 28, 2 pm Heat Dome 5th Anniversary Commemoration (In Victoria)
From Climate Justice Victoria, Victoria Coolkit, Seniors for Climate Victoria, Canadian Association of Nurses: Many of the deaths in Victoria happened in James Bay, and our commemorative walk aims to ensure that these lives lost will not be forgotten. Meet at the Ogden Point sun dial at Dallas Rd and Dock St. Details here
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Sunday June 28, 2 pm Heat Dome 5th Anniversary Commemoration (In Penticton)
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From First Things First Okanagan: Meet at Gyro Park. Details here
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Sunday, June 28, 2pm Heat Dome 5th Anniversary Commemoration (In Vancouver)
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From Sierra Club of BC: Meet at City Hall. Details here
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Friday, July 3, 12 pm-1 pm Sqwa First Nation Solar
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From WE-CAN: We invite you to join us for our Indigenous Engagement Lunch ‘n Learn with Slade Williams, Energy Champion for the Sqwa First Nation, in Stólo territory near Chilliwack, who is leading the nation's mission to shrink its carbon footprint. Come learn with us, and ask all the questions you want! Save the date- registration coming soon.
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Climate Solutions
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The Battery Revolution has Turned Night into Day
From National Observer: A funny thing happened on the way to buy more fossil fuels last week. The winner wasn’t gas. It was batteries. In Ontario, “Batteries went head-to-head with gas plants in a competitive auction and won, proving they are a long-run reliability solution and less expensive than new gas capacity.” Read more.
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China Built a Solar Farm the Size of a Small Country — and the Desert Beneath it Came Back to Life
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From Factopia: The Kubuqi Desert Solar Base in Inner Mongolia spans 1,600 square kilometres of restored desert and generates 16 gigawatts of electricity. But what makes the Kubuqi unlike any energy project ever built is not the electricity it generates. Read more
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Climate Image of the Week
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Climate Politics and Action
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B.C.'s New Industrial Projects Face 90% Electricity Shortfall, Warn Experts
From Business in Vancouver: A report reveals B.C. could face Canada’s second-largest industrial energy gap by 2035, despite recent grid investments by BC Hydro to meet demand. Read more
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Power Play: How to Supercharge Canada’s Clean Electricity Advantage
From Climate Institute: Access to low-cost clean power can be a competitive advantage for Canada—but only if the country transforms how it plans and builds its electricity systems. Canada lags its international peers building clean electricity, which risks constraining national economic growth. Read more
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Demanding a Real Plan for Canada’s 2030 Climate Target
From Ecojustice: On behalf of CAPE and Environmental Defence, we are taking Prime Minister Carney’s government to court for its climate plan that – we say – violates the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act. We’re arguing that it no longer has a credible plan to meet its (legally binding!) target. We’re asking the courts to step in and order the federal government to create a climate plan that’s capable of achieving its 2030 target. Read more
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Canada’s Pension Plan is Financing Four LNG Terminals — and May Risk Even More
Now Where? Bill McKibben on Iran, Oil, and Solar
From Substack: A few hours after President Trump launched his absurd war against Iran, I used this newsletter to note that it was yet one more argument for clean energy, for “building out the un-embargoable supply of electrons that come from the sun and wind.” A few days later I observed that though sunlight must travel 93 million miles to reach the earth, none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz. Read more
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The Iran War Pumps Up Oil and Gas Profits. Tax Them
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From The Tyee: If Canada implemented a 15% tax on excess oil industry profits over the next 12 months, it could generate $9 billion. A 75% tax could generate $46 billion. Four of Canada’s biggest oil producers are 60% U.S.-owned. Polling indicates that respondents’ No. 1 preference for reallocating revenues is a direct rebate to households. They could also be put towards public transit, building retrofits and other investments that transition us away from fossil fuel reliance. Read more
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Climate Science and Impacts
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Amoc Collapse Could Change Europe’s Climate 10x Faster than Expected. We Aren’t Ready
From The Guardian: Imagine we detect a large asteroid heading straight for Earth. We are able to intervene and prevent disaster, but instead we cut the funding needed to track it. A few million dollars, it was argued, was too expensive to have a chance to save society. Read more
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Climate Migration: The Welcome Table
From Josh Fox: 1 out of every 3 people on the planet will lose their homes due to climate change, forcing the largest mass migration in human history. We will either be on the move, or tasked with welcoming those who are. We need to start welcoming those in harm's way, not incarcerating them. THE WELCOME TABLE, the most important film I've ever made, premieres on HBO on June 23. Sign up to host a house party screening today! Read more
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‘Termination Shock’: Expert Warnings on Geoengineering’s Planetary Risks
From The Guardian: Solar geoengineering proposals have received the most attention, but a host of desperate schemes have been proposed in an effort to “fix” the disruption of the climate. All of this is a huge diversion of resources and deflection from the task at hand. As one of us likes to say, when you’re in a climate hole, stop digging … and burning fossil fuels. It really is, at some level, that simple. Read more
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Forestry and Nature
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Sierra Club BC ad Campaign Puts World Cup Spotlight on BC’s Endangered Old Growth
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From Sierra Club BC: As World Cup soccer matches get underway and Vancouver welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors looking to enjoy B.C.’s spectacular nature along with the tournament, Sierra Club BC has launched a massive ad campaign with an alarming message: “100 soccer fields of old-growth forests are still clear-cut every day in B.C.” The ad campaign also calls on people to send a message to the provincial government at protectoldgrowth.ca. Read more
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Resistance and Movement
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A Giant Human-Made Protest Windmill
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From Localyst: In May, hundreds of protesters gathered in Germany to form a giant windmill and demand a clean energy transition and the country's divestment from fossil fuels. Watch here
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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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Tuesday, June 23, 7 pm The Climate Costs We All Pay: New Insights into Public Attitudes on Climate Change and Accountability
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From West Coast Environmental Law: Andrew Gage shares key findings from our recent polling and discusses how to talk about climate change in ways that connect with people's everyday concerns. We'll explore what British Columbians think about rising climate costs, affordability, and fossil fuel accountability – and what these insights mean for climate conversations and advocacy. Everyone who registers will receive our updated messaging guide. Register here
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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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Monday July 6, 7:30 pm Queering Climate Action: Gay4Choir Dress Rehearsal (In Esquimalt)
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From GWAS: Join us for an evening of musical fun, queer joy and climate action in the park! Gay4Choir hosts monthly two-hour choir gatherings with the goal of building community, relieving stress, and finding joy through collective singing and self-expression. This performance is the result of a 6-week rehearsal series in preparation for performing on the family stage at the Victoria Pride Festival. Esquimalt Gorge Park Green, 1070 Tillicum Rd. Details here
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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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