by LaurenEBS | Dec 13, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Mining
Thousands of salmon on the West Coast of North America are finding their way into new streams left behind as glaciers retreat. But a new study suggests mining companies are too keen on the newly exposed mineral deposits beneath the shrinking glaciers — and few...
by LaurenEBS | Dec 11, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development
The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (GHC) express deep concerns over the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG Project (the Project) in an open letter addressed to the representatives of the Project on November 24, 2023. Ksi Lisims LNG proposes to construct a floating LNG terminal in...
by LaurenEBS | Nov 30, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Ksi Lisims LNG Project
In northern BC, an Enbridge pipeline project has been resurrected by Alberta natural gas pipelines, liquids pipelines and energy company TC Energy. Purchased in 2022, the “Westcoast connector” (as it was called when owned by Enbridge) was renamed the...
by LaurenEBS | Nov 29, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Mining
The melt creates potential salmon habitat while attracting attention from mining companies. A new paper published in Science says that as glacier ice melts, new land and rivers are being revealed in the ice-covered transboundary region shared by northern B.C., Alaska,...
by LaurenEBS | Nov 24, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Mining
SFU researchers say environmental policies need to be more future-thinking as climate change progresses As climate change forces the rapid retreat of glaciers across B.C., scientists say there is one potential silver lining: freshly exposed habitats for salmon. But it...
by LaurenEBS | Nov 23, 2023 | Climate, Fisheries, Mining
The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs’ Office, participating in a study led by researchers from Simon Fraser University, finds that mining companies are staking claims on future salmon habitats as glaciers retreat. In the ice-covered transboundary region shared by northern...
