PG Public Interest Research Group
NUSC 6-342 - 3333 University Way V2N 4Z9 Prince George, BC, Canada

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The destructive impacts of three coal mines on critical caribou habitat were justified by promised economic benefits that were ‘grossly exaggerated,’ a recent r...eport from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds. Report co-author Robyn Allan, an independent economist, said project proposals promise economic benefits such as tax revenue, job creation and coal production which are weighed against potential effects on caribou and efforts to mitigate damage to the environment. However, Allan said those purported economic benefits aren’t tracked and there is no mechanism for regulators, such as the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, to ensure promised benefits are delivered. And when people go looking for those benefits as Allan and her co-authors did they come up short. When it comes to actually critiquing the cases presented by the proponent and making sure the promises are delivered on, that doesn’t happen, Allan said in an interview with The Narwhal. We need good information upon which we can make good decisions, and we don’t have that.

Between 60 and 70 percent of the Earth’s terrestrial surface is used for farming, forestry or ranching. They’re the lands that feed us; however, many of the management practices used on them to maximize food or timber production are driving astonishing biodiversity loss.

Do your New Year’s resolutions include eating more fruits & veggies? Or supporting more local food producers and businesses? If so, our Good Food Box is the program for you! This semester, we’re offering two bundle options: Winter Semester (JanMar) 4-Box Special (JanApr) ... All Large GFBs include a dozen eggs from Tiny Ninety Farm. If eggs aren’t your thing, leave a note when you place your order and we’ll substitute for extra produce! Order by Sunday, January 17. Pickup for all GFBs and add-on items is January 26 (NUSC Event Space at UNBC) & 27 (downtown). LINK TO ORDER: https://pgpirg.square.site

Two northern resident killer whale families brought along a baby as they returned for the first time in 20 years to their traditional winter foraging grounds in British Columbia waters.

Just north of the oilsands, the largest remote solar farm in Canada is about to power up

COVID-19 is just a dress rehearsal for disruptions we might see and can certainly anticipate resulting from climate change. If you’re still to see local apples at your local grocer, here’s what it’ll take. Alex Nguyen reports.

We'd like to add a 7th thing: advocate for environmental justice and climate action By voting, joining grassroots actions & projects, engaging with your election official(s), or however else you can have an impact on your community!

Posted @withregram @ohhappydani I am struggling to draw much of anything or put many words together but this is what I see in my head. If you think of yourself as an ally, this was written for you. I feel like many of you are caught in a cycle of inaction and it’s time change it. Black people and people of color, please take care racial trauma is both real and prevalent. White supremacist domestic terrorism cannot win. We have hope. When HORRIFIC INJUSTICE tak...es place, We won’t be overtaken by SHOCK & CONFUSION, as if the fruit of systemic oppression is surprising. Our EMOTIONAL RESPONSE will be marked by empathy & compassion, Leading to a rejection of PERFORMATIVE ALLYSHIP in exchange for the real, vigorous work. And, should GUILT & FATIGUE try to settle in, we’ll recenter the needs of those yearning for liberation, Remembering that INACTION & PASSIVITY are detrimental to justice, And that APATHY is the antithesis of unconditional love. See more

Today at 5:00pm check out https://anchor.fm/the-abstract to listen to the #iwau2020 podcast contest winner! PG Public Interest Research Group CFUR 88.7fm

Submit your poetry, photography, and creative non-fiction to win $500! For our tenth annual Writing in the Margins contest, Briarpatch Magazine is looking ...for fresh writing and photography that brings to life issues of political, social, and environmental justice. Winning entries in each category will receive cash prizes of $500 and will be published in Briarpatch. Entrance costs $25 and includes a one-year subscription to Briarpatch. We have a limited number of bursaries for low-income writers and photographers to enter for free. Judges: - Larissa Lai, creative non-fiction - Sonnet L'Abbé, poetry - Pat Kane, photography Submit before December 1, 2020! https://briarpatchmagazine.com/writinginthemargins

A decade after writing a book about agriculture's connection to climate change, Anna Lappé interviews the author of a new study that confirms we can’t bring down emissions without addressing the food system. via Civil Eats

The future is wild.