BC and Alberta’s 100m fracking setback zones are dangerously outdated, write CAPE docs Margaret McGregor, @timtakaro.bsky.social & colleagues. Studies show health risks—cancer, respiratory illness, birth defects—extend at least 100x farther. Why are we lagging behind US standards?

BC and Alberta Lag in Protecting Residents from Fracking Risks | The Tyee

The two provinces set lower buffer zones than US energy states.

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CAPE physician volunteer Dr. Ashley Lawson, at a moving commemoration last month of the 2021 heat dome, called on all levels of government for stronger heat protection: indoor temperature regulation, expanded green space, & most importantly, a phase-out of fossil fuels, which are driving the crisis.

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Dr Ashley Lawson of @cape-acme.bsky.social spoke at the Victoria Heat Dome 5th Anniversary Commemoration we organized with @cane-aciie.bsky.social @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social and other groups. Take 5 minutes to listen! #yyj #bcpoli #heatwave @cape-bc.bsky.social

Dr Ashley Lawson of @cape-acme.bsky.social spoke at the Victoria Heat Dome 5th Anniversary Commemoration we organized with @cane-aciie.bsky.social @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social and other groups. Take 5 minutes to listen! #yyj #bcpoli #heatwave @cape-bc.bsky.social

Victoria Doctor Says Fossil Fuels Creating Health Crisis at Heat Dome Commemoration

YouTube video by Eric D at Ecopath Planning

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This week, Vancouver City Council will vote on a Vision Zero Safe Mobility Plan. Please Mayor Sim and council in support or sign up to speak to council. Safe active transportation & better public transit are good for health, equity, and the planet! Write to council now:

Contact Mayor and Council

Contact City Council and the mayor as a group.

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Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · 3mo ago

On Tuesday June 2, council will vote on the new Vision Zero Safe Mobility Plan. This plan is GREAT. (Details in 🧵below). But we don't know if it will pass and we need your help! Please take a minute to email council & sign up to speak if you're able: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/05/26/s...

Vancouver — please join us tomorrow morning at City Hall to show your support for clean, green homes and climate progress!

B.C. allowed logging in caribou habitat despite its own ministry's recommendation (BC)

B.C. allowed logging in caribou habitat despite its own ministry's recommendation - BC News

Mike James doesn't know yet whether his first grandchild will be a boy or girl, but he hopes they will have a chance to see threatened southern mountain caribou during a future visit to his family's cabin near Quesnel Lake.

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Vancouver, Mayor Sim is at it again. On May 20, he’s pushing a motion to roll back our climate-safe building bylaw and bring methane gas back into homes. We stopped this in 2024—let’s do it again. 1/

Mayor Ken Sim tries to kill Vancouver's popular gas ban. Again

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is trying to get rid of the city's ban on natural gas heating in new buildings as well as a suite of other rules designed to reduce emissions.

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Vancouver is trying again to get fossil fuels back into new homes. Please tell them to stop by clicking below. @stand.earth

Join me in taking action to stop climate rollbacks in Vancouver!

Is it Groundhog Day? More than a year after pulling the same move and getting voted down after a tidal wave of opposition, Vancouver City Council is once again trying to reverse decades of progress on...

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Momentum is building to support the call for the BC government to require a cumulative health impact assessment of the LNG industry. Terrace, Squamish, Hazelton, & Dawson Creek have all passed motions calling for an assessment. Want to help get your city council on board? Please reach out!

BC Towns Call for an Investigation into LNG Health Effects | The Tyee

Health officers’ report last fall has led local leaders to demand answers about the impact of LNG on residents’ health. Will the province listen?

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Onto new business, which is the cooling bylaw. Coun Dell shouts out @cape-bc.bsky.social and @nadinenakagawa.bsky.social as he begins introducing motion.

Victoria! Take action now to protect tenants from extreme heat. New Westminster recently passed a bylaw requiring landlords to ensure at least 1 room in each home stays at or below 26°C. This week Victoria will vote on a similar motion. Let them know there’s public support for cooling standards!

Demand heat safety in Victoria, BC - CAPE

We have a chance to show Victoria council there’s public support for cooling standards for renters. Take action by sending them an email!

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Research shows Indigenous Guardians are good for the environment, and the economy. But despite a recent $230 million announcement by the federal government, funding gaps risk undermining their work. Check out the latest in our Who Pays? series: thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-g...

Indigenous Guardians benefit the land and economy | The Narwhal

Guardian programs have proven to be wise investments — but funding gaps and uncertainty undermine their programs.

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This is tomorrow! Do you have your (free!) tickets yet? RSVP now before they're all gone!

CAPE BC - Canadian Ass'n of Physicians for the Environment BC@cape-bc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Vancouver! Next Thursday, April 30, 7pm, come hear from doctors, nurses, & Indigenous leaders on the health costs of LNG flaring. Kitimat residents are being exposed to record-breaking flaring. With expansion planned for the Tilbury LNG facility in Delta, what impacts face Metro Vancouver? RSVP now!

Terrace is the latest community - along with Squamish, Dawson Creek, and Hazelton - to join the call from CAPE and the Health Officers' Council of BC for an independent, comprehensive, and cumulative health impact assessment of the LNG and fracking industry.

Terrace council calls for assessment of LNG industry health impacts amid gas flaring at Kitimat facility | CBC News

Terrace city council is backing a call by a physician to have the province look into the combined impacts of LNG industry on human health.

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RSVP for this free event on Thursday, April 30 at 7pm PT here:

Vancouver: what are the health harms of flaring from LNG?

Attend a community forum to hear directly from doctors, nurses, and frontline community members about the health harms of LNG.

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Pollution in our homes? Pollution in the neighbourhood? Learn more about the dangers of LNG pollution and MetroVancouver's own burgeoning LNG pollution projects. #GreenSky

Please RSVP to attend. We want to make sure as may people as possible have the opportunity to learn about the implications on human health of continued expansion of the LNG industry in BC. Invite your friends!

CAPE BC - Canadian Ass'n of Physicians for the Environment BC@cape-bc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Vancouver! Next Thursday, April 30, 7pm, come hear from doctors, nurses, & Indigenous leaders on the health costs of LNG flaring. Kitimat residents are being exposed to record-breaking flaring. With expansion planned for the Tilbury LNG facility in Delta, what impacts face Metro Vancouver? RSVP now!

Join us May 12 for a discussion with @cape-bc.bsky.social on: ✅ The health impacts of climate change ✅ Co-benefits of solutions like public transit, active transportation & getting gas out of homes ✅ Strategies to ensure climate & health are prioritized in BC's muni elections tinyurl.com/5dx588wa

Vancouver! Next Thursday, April 30, 7pm, come hear from doctors, nurses, & Indigenous leaders on the health costs of LNG flaring. Kitimat residents are being exposed to record-breaking flaring. With expansion planned for the Tilbury LNG facility in Delta, what impacts face Metro Vancouver? RSVP now!

Vancouver: what are the health harms of flaring from LNG?

Attend a community forum to hear directly from doctors, nurses, and frontline community members about the health harms of LNG.

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Our newsroom published three investigations this week, including one that revealed Canada’s first major LNG export terminal was among the worst-emitting LNG plants in the world in 2025. Catch up in this week’s newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l...

LNG Canada: the worst flaring in the world? | The Narwhal

LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned 350 million cubic metres of gas in 2025. That’s more than any other LNG export facility on record in 2024

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🔥 Attend a community forum in Vancouver to hear directly from doctors, nurses, and frontline community members about the health harms of LNG.

Vancouver: what are the health harms of flaring from LNG?

Attend a community forum to hear directly from doctors, nurses, and frontline community members about the health harms of LNG.

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Victoria’s cruise ships spew diesel fumes over homes & schools, harming health & climate. Shore power at Ogden Point could cut emissions by 99%, save lives, & reduce healthcare costs. Seattle & Vancouver are acting, why not Victoria? GVHA, it’s time to #PowerDownPollution!

Comment: Shore power at Ogden Point would help quality of life

Air pollution is one of the largest risk factors for death and disability — a risk that Victoria residents live ­dangerously close to.

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The BC Lung Foundation will be holding their annual air quality and health workshop on April 21st at the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle hotel. The title of this year's workshop is "Here Comes the Smoke: Emerging Public Health Challenges in a Changing Climate."

ICYMI 🔔 Over 80 organizations endorsed a letter to banks and pension funds calling on them not to fund #TilburyLNG expansion. Whales are threatened by every tanker, and LNG terminals cause pollution on the land through leaks and flaring. #SayNoToLNG #GreenSky

TOMORROW: Join our own @drmelissalem.bsky.social at the LNG: Not in Our National Interest campaign launch. Learn why Ksi Lisims & LNG Canada Phase 2 fail Canadians and how clean energy wins. Week of Action details for mid-April! Register: stand-earth.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Alberta-Ottawa methane deal risks 3 million tonnes of extra emissions by delaying action to 2035. Weak provincial rules around venting undercut federal standards. We need strong, science-backed methane rules NOW. Take action: tell Ottawa to close the loopholes! cape.ca/action/harmf...

Smith and Carney's deal on methane could let Big Oil waste millions worth of natural gas

A tentative Alberta-Ottawa deal reached last week could allow the province's oil and gas industry to release about 3 million extra tonnes of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere, analysts say.

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BC just eliminated its Climate Action Secretariat, redirecting staff to LNG & pipelines. Fracking & LNG expansion mean more pollution, respiratory disease, and climate-fueled disasters. Our health depends on climate action. Time to demand better. cape.ca/action/study-bc-lng-health-impacts/

BC Cuts Climate Agency, Sends Some Staff to Work on Pipelines | The Tyee

Experts say CleanBC has gone up in smoke.

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Climate change is already reshaping life across BC. What does climate change mean for our health & the future of our health care system? Join Dr. Rachel Grimminck, @drmelissalem.bsky.social & @bchealthyliving.bsky.social on March 31 for a conversation on building a resilient, equitable future!

Rising Heat, Rising Risk: Climate Change and Health Care in BC

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Join us on Mar 31 for the launch of a new national campaign, LNG: Not in Our National Interest. Hear from movement leaders & experts why LNG projects don't make economic sense for Canada & learn how to get involved in the in-person Week of Action! stand-earth.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Saturday | 11:05 PT Dr. Sharon Dodd of CAPE @cape-acme.bsky.social on a court victory that protects the federal government’s ability to regulate plastic pollution. @cape-bc.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social @oceanacanada.bsky.social @environmentaldefence.ca