A great article in Chek News exposing the BC government’s PR spin, delay tactics, and sophistry that’s allowing for continued old-growth logging in highly endangered areas.
BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau and Green MLA Adam Olsen have been holding John Horgan’s feet to the fire in the BC legislature this past week. But the BC NDP’s response has been hugely disappointing.
Environmental groups and the BC Green Party say the province’s failure to defer old-growth logging will exhaust the last remaining stands while a new forestry plan is developed.
When interviewed by the Globe and Mail about BC’s old-growth forests and the government’s election promise to fully implement the Old Growth panel’s recommendations, Premier Horgan said, “It is not my intention to see the last big tree felled.”
But actions speak louder than words and so far Premier Horgan and the BC NDP are failing on old-growth. Read more…
Here’s a Global News piece, featuring an interview with Sierra Club BC’s Jens Wieting, about the BC government’s failing old-growth report card.
An article in the Times Colonist about BC’s failing grades on old-growth
An article in the Canadian Press on John Horgan’s abysmal old-growth report card.
Premier John Horgan is getting failing grades when it comes to protecting B.C.’s old-growth forests, according to a report card issued by a coalition of environmental groups on Thursday.
News coverage in The Tyee on where the BC NDP is at when it comes to old-growth
The Ancient Forest Alliance, Sierra Club BC, and Wilderness Committee issued a report card six months after the publication of old-growth panel recommendations to assess the BC government’s progress. Read on for details
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