B.C. Climate News: Study says climate change made California wildfires more likely, more intense | ‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight 

Article contentArticle content“Since Canada’s current climate policy has become too divisive, it’s time for a new, more effective climate plan that everyone can get behind,” he told the crowd in Halifax.Article contentArticle contentCarney also promised to maintain incentives for Canadians purchasing “eco-responsible” items like energy efficient appliances of electric vehicles, but assured that big polluters would pay for them – not a consumer carbon tax.Article contentArticle contentHe also promised to “improve” the industrial carbon pricing system and extend it to 2035.Article contentArticle content“What that does is it provides a very clear signal to large companies to make the investments now to get their emissions down, to become more competitive,” he said.Article contentArticle contentRead the full story.Article contentArticle content—Christopher NardiArticle contentArticle contentThe Canadian government ends EV rebates. What it means for B.C. driversArticle contentArticle contentThe federal government announced in early January that its electric vehicle rebate program will be paused at the end of March or when its current funding is exhausted.Article contentArticle contentThe rebate of up to $5,000 for zero-emission passenger vehicles has put over 546,000 EVs on the road since 2019, helping electrics jump from 3.1 per cent of the Canadian market to 11.7 per cent in 2023.Article contentAdvertisement 7Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article contentArticle contentNew zero-emission vehicles reached 14.2 per cent of sales in the first three quarters of 2024, including a new high of 16.5 per cent in the third quarter.Article contentArticle contentWhile Transport Minister Anita Anand called the federal program a “huge success,” she confirmed in early January that it is scheduled for a pause on March 31, or once all money allocated to the program has been used up.Article contentArticle contentRead HERE to find out what this means for drivers in British Columbia.Article contentArticle content—Joseph RuttleArticle contentArticle content Green Leader Elizabeth May (left) and climate activist Zain Haq at a news conference. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNGArticle contentArticle contentNo reprieve for deported Vancouver climate activist Zain Haq: ‘I accept my fate’Article contentArticle contentClimate activist Zain Haq boarded a plane to Pakistan in Toronto shortly before 1 p.m. PST on Sunday, still hoping for Immigration Minister Marc Miller to intervene in his deportation.Article contentArticle contentThat last minute reprieve did not come. Minutes before boarding he was calm — and tired — after spending 10 hours on a layover following his late night flight from Vancouver.Article contentArticle contentHe was also resigned to the fact despite months spent searching for a way to stay in the country he now calls