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Peter McCartney: Everyday people fighting for our planet need your help

Across B.C., well-meaning residents are doing their best to preserve the natural environment.

Peter McCartney: Time for B.C.’s top polluters to pay the carbon tax

On April 1, B.C.’s carbon tax goes up $5 a tonne: about one cent on a litre of gasoline.

Peter McCartney: Fracking shatters illusions of a clean B.C.

A Wilderness Committee climate activist writes about his trip to the northeastern part of the province.

Peter McCartney: It’s back! Massive subsidies are quietly reviving LNG

We’ve already agreed to sell power to LNG producers at less than half what it costs to produce it, and the fracking industry in B.C. gets $271 million per year worth of special...

Peter McCartney: Kinder Morgan is pulling a fast one on us

You can’t cut down a tree without a permit. So why should a giant crude oil pipeline—with all the risk it poses to public safety and aquatic health—be entitled to skip the entire...

Peter McCartney: Democracy should trump a pipeline

Thankfully, we live in a country where voters are still able to hold their governments accountable at regular intervals.

Revitalizing Howe Sound means rejecting Woodfibre LNG

I’ve had a lot of inspiring moments around Howe Sound: taking in stunning mountain views from the top of the Stawamus Chief or dipping my feet in Browning Lake after a long hike....