BCSEA News & Views

Much of BCSEA’s work before the BC Utilities Commission is to support clearly good things like energy efficiency and conservation, when BC Hydro or FortisBC bring forward their plans.

But some issues involve difficult trade-offs between our vision of a completely greenhouse gas free energy system and the on-the-ground difficulties of achieving some GHG reductions while maintaining the energy services that society demands. 

VICTORIA, BC

B.C. took a significant step toward a sustainable energy future with today’s announcement of $17 million in clean energy vehicle funding by Environment Minister Terry Lake and Energy and Mines Minister Rich Coleman.

The Kamloops Chapter of the BCSEA sent four questions to the Kamloops candidates running for Mayor and Council positions in the November 19 elections. Candidates were assured that the BCSEA is non-partisan. We do not support any particular political party or candidate; rather, we encourage all parties and candidates to adopt policies that support sustainability.

If you have never ridden a pedal assist electric bike, you don’t know what you’re missing. They’re just like a regular bike, but when you come to a hill or need to rest your legs you just zip on the electric drive and zip up the hill.

Many of Richmond’s youngest residents have become leaders, demonstrating how individual action across the community can make big differences.

Can our global civilization operate - and flourish - without fossil fuels? That’s the question that hangs over us all, with techno-optimists at one end of the spectrum and the “party’s over, civilization will collapse” folks at the other.

The Kamloops Chapter of the BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA) urges Kamloops residents to voice their opinions on the proposed Lorne Street parkade. This can be done in an online survey or by visiting the information displays this weekend.

Now is the time to let Kamloops City Council know what its citizens think of spending $10,025,000 with debt over 30 years for a three-level parking structure at Riverside Park.

Preview from the Editor.—To many people, the mere thought of the ‘West’ conjures up mental images of wide open spaces that support world class wildlife populations. But in the midst of increasing energy demand, open space is a premium, and poorly placed developments threaten our wildlife heritage. From boreal caribou in Alberta to sage-grouse in Wyoming, much has already been lost, and recent increases in domestic production to rid ourselves of foreign oil portend the challenge ahead. And as this crisis deepens, decision-makers look to science to help them develop solutions to maintain viable and connected wildlife populations before this conservation opportunity is lost.