B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix says an agreement between B.C. Hydro and the Nisga'a First Nation will help power a planned floating liquid natural gas terminal in northwestern B.C. across the finish line.
Dix said the agreement, marked by the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Prince George, B.C., on Tuesday, will see the North Coast Transmission Line supply up to 600 megawatts to what proponents say will be Canada's second-largest LNG facility.
Construction of the line is expected to start this summer.
Colossal fossil Shell and industrial conglomerate Mitsubishi are trying to sell off their shares in the $40-billion LNG Canada liquefied natural gas megaproject, reinforcing predictions that 2026 would be the year that an oversupplied global market for the climate-polluting gas begins to hit home.
At a time when humanity’s very survival is at risk, we need a movement that once again offers a hopeful alternative to the rise of the far right and the failures of neoliberalism. That is why we call on all those who defend human dignity and strive for an alternative to destructive capitalism to join us in Brussels from 15 to 17 May 2026 for the 7th International Ecosocialist Encounters.
Climate breakdown, fungal disease, and the Brazilian hospital on the frontline of a heating world.
Healthcare workers and patient companions on the oncology ward of Santa Rita de Cássia Hospital in Vitória, capital of Brazil’s Espírito Santo state, began reporting respiratory illness in October 2025: coughing, fever, fatigue, shortness of breath.
Police have raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest.
Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost £500,000 to advocate for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT).
