B.C.'s Green Party leader is dismayed Alberta's fossil fuel “war room” is targeting Nanaimo for phasing out natural gas hookups.
B.C.'s Green Party Leader is dismayed Alberta's fossil fuel “war room” is targeting Nanaimo, B.C., for its leadership in phasing out natural gas hookups to reduce the community's emissions.
Alberta's infamous energy “war room” - the Canadian Energy Centre , armed with $32 million in tax dollars by the United Conservative government in 2023 to protect and promote the fossil fuel industry - put Nanaimo in its crosshairs after the city council voted to accelerate the phaseout of FortisBC's natural gas hookups from new buildings to meet B.C.'s zero-emissions targets.
The neighbouring communities of Saanich and much larger cities like Victoria and Vancouver, along with other B.C. municipalities, have also shown leadership in taking similar decisions or are expected to enact similar measures, Furstenau noted. B.C. Minister of Environment George Heyman's office declined an interview request or to comment if it was appropriate for another provincial agency to push to reverse a decision made by a local government in British Columbia.
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