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Paris climate conference

Conservative politics, business and COP21

Businesses and their liberal allies surge towards a greener future after Paris...but conservatives risk being left in the dust.

Zero emission vehicles, but no plan to get there yet

Province must rapidly transition from gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles to electric and other zero-emission options, warns Pembina's associate regional director.

B.C. is home to a green building renaissance

Mapping out the clean economy as a new, green, civilization slowly dawns.

Thousands rally in Vancouver on eve of global climate change summit in Paris

Gathering coincided with what organizers said were more than 2,000 similar events taking place around the world on the eve of the 21st U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris.

LNG could spell disaster for B.C's climate plans from the get-go

If B.C. builds any of its proposed LNG plants, it's game over for that province's climate targets as yet more greenhouse gases spill into the atmosphere.

Vancouver among cities affected by rising sea levels caused by climate change: report

Rising seas will drown huge swathes of Vancouver and endanger hundreds of thousands of residents if global warming continues.

Fossil fuels bite the dust as demand nosedives

Conventional fossil fuel industry predictions fail to see accelerating moves towards full decarbonisation of the global economy.

Vancouver mayor gets U.S. State Department invite to talk climate change action

Mayor Roberston decries Canada's lack of action ahead of Paris talks as a "great disappointment."
Pandora by Waterhouse with IPCC report and emissions

Pandora's box: dire warnings from world's best climate science

"Widespread" and "unprecedented" changes are already upon us. Failure to act will bring an ever-growing host of miseries.

Paris vs. Copenhagen: global majority now committed to climate action

Copenhagen 2009 ended in failure. The global climate commitment has grown dramatically, but will it be enough heading into Paris 2015? Here's the new landscape.