CAPE BC - Canadian Ass'n of Physicians for the Environment BC
@cape-bc.bsky.social
British Columbia Regional Committee of @cape-acme.bsky.social, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. A physician-directed non-profit working to secure human health by protecting the planet. 🌎🩺
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A new op-ed from CAPE AB Co-Chair Dr. Julia Sawatzky cuts through the hype: gas-powered AI data centres mean more air pollution, more toxic chemicals, and more pressure on rural & Indigenous communities. Alberta deserves a cleaner vision.
Opinion: Alberta's AI boom poses hidden health, environmental risks
Today, I'm concerned about a growing threat to health: the rush to build gas-powered AI data centres across Alberta.
edmontonjournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A new op-ed from CAPE AB Co-Chair Dr. Julia Sawatzky cuts through the hype: gas-powered AI data centres mean more air pollution, more toxic chemicals, and more pressure on rural & Indigenous communities. Alberta deserves a cleaner vision.
One more hour to sign up to speak!
The only opportunity for the public to comment on this budget is at a special council meeting this Wednesday, November 12, at 9:30 am. And the deadline to register is Tuesday at 5pm! Sign up to speak here: 2/
Request to speak at a Council meeting
Request to speak at a Council meeting
vancouver.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One more hour to sign up to speak!
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Tomorrow is the only opportunity for the public to speak out on this tragedy of a budget. Over 300 people have signed up so far. If enough people speak out, the hope is that the vote will be delayed. Please sign up! You can speak over the phone; it’s easy. Deadline to sign up is today at 5pm.
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tomorrow is the only opportunity for the public to speak out on this tragedy of a budget. Over 300 people have signed up so far. If enough people speak out, the hope is that the vote will be delayed. Please sign up! You can speak over the phone; it’s easy. Deadline to sign up is today at 5pm.
We’ve just learned that Mayor Ken Sim plans to eliminate Vancouver’s entire Climate and Sustainability Office under his “Zero Means Zero” budget. This would gut the city’s climate team and undo decades of work that protect residents’ health and safety. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We’ve just learned that Mayor Ken Sim plans to eliminate Vancouver’s entire Climate and Sustainability Office under his “Zero Means Zero” budget. This would gut the city’s climate team and undo decades of work that protect residents’ health and safety. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver City Council is set to vote on an austerity budget that would cut $120M from services protecting health, climate, and equity. Vulnerable residents, clean energy programs, and more of the services we value are at risk. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Vancouver City Council is set to vote on an austerity budget that would cut $120M from services protecting health, climate, and equity. Vulnerable residents, clean energy programs, and more of the services we value are at risk. 1/
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If ever there was a red alert moment about the future of Vancouver, this is it.
The city is on the brink of undoing decades of progress that made the city safer, healthier, and more livable.
Vancouver residents please head to Stand.earth/VanBudgetCuts to email Council and make your voice heard.
The city is on the brink of undoing decades of progress that made the city safer, healthier, and more livable.
Vancouver residents please head to Stand.earth/VanBudgetCuts to email Council and make your voice heard.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If ever there was a red alert moment about the future of Vancouver, this is it.
The city is on the brink of undoing decades of progress that made the city safer, healthier, and more livable.
Vancouver residents please head to Stand.earth/VanBudgetCuts to email Council and make your voice heard.
The city is on the brink of undoing decades of progress that made the city safer, healthier, and more livable.
Vancouver residents please head to Stand.earth/VanBudgetCuts to email Council and make your voice heard.
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🗺️ 🏭 🧟 🥊 Tankers, flare stacks, and fossil fuels—oh my!
Check out this new map tool to get an overview of polluting LNG projects across North America. stand.earth/lng-false-cl...
Check out this new map tool to get an overview of polluting LNG projects across North America. stand.earth/lng-false-cl...
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🗺️ 🏭 🧟 🥊 Tankers, flare stacks, and fossil fuels—oh my!
Check out this new map tool to get an overview of polluting LNG projects across North America. stand.earth/lng-false-cl...
Check out this new map tool to get an overview of polluting LNG projects across North America. stand.earth/lng-false-cl...
The Burnaby incinerator is one of B.C.’s top polluters, releasing dioxins, mercury, and other toxins linked to cancer, respiratory illness, and hormone disruption.
Metro Vancouver is deciding its new waste plan now. Tell them it’s time to shut it down and protect community health.
Metro Vancouver is deciding its new waste plan now. Tell them it’s time to shut it down and protect community health.
Shut down the Metro Vancouver Incinerator
The Burnaby incinerator, located in an urban environment and near neighbourhoods and farms, is a major source of pollution. Touted as waste to energy, it wastes more energy than it recovers. Bur...
you.leadnow.ca
October 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Burnaby incinerator is one of B.C.’s top polluters, releasing dioxins, mercury, and other toxins linked to cancer, respiratory illness, and hormone disruption.
Metro Vancouver is deciding its new waste plan now. Tell them it’s time to shut it down and protect community health.
Metro Vancouver is deciding its new waste plan now. Tell them it’s time to shut it down and protect community health.
Dr. Bethany Ricker, a CAPE physician in Nanaimo, spoke with Redeye Radio, warning that fracking and LNG are making people sick. Health professionals & First Nations leaders demand an independent health assessment before any new projects are approved.
POD DROP! Health workers and First Nations challenge BC and Canadian governments to prove LNG is safe (it's not), before approving any more projects. Dr. Bethany Ricker joins us. @cape-bc.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social #bcpoli #canpoli
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Health professionals, First Nations call for health impact study of LNG
Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-10-22 · 12m
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October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Dr. Bethany Ricker, a CAPE physician in Nanaimo, spoke with Redeye Radio, warning that fracking and LNG are making people sick. Health professionals & First Nations leaders demand an independent health assessment before any new projects are approved.
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Saturday | 10:25 PT Health workers and First Nations challenge BC and Canadian governments to prove LNG is safe (it's not), before approving any more projects. Dr. Bethany Ricker joins us. @cape-bc.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social #bcpoli
October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Saturday | 10:25 PT Health workers and First Nations challenge BC and Canadian governments to prove LNG is safe (it's not), before approving any more projects. Dr. Bethany Ricker joins us. @cape-bc.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social #bcpoli
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Are you a health care worker who cares about the polycrisis of environmental degredation and climate?
Check out this amazing conference (that I happen to be speaking at).
with @drmelissalem.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @avilewis.ca and more!
October 25th. virtual.
ubccpd.ca/learn/learni...
Check out this amazing conference (that I happen to be speaking at).
with @drmelissalem.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @avilewis.ca and more!
October 25th. virtual.
ubccpd.ca/learn/learni...
October 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Are you a health care worker who cares about the polycrisis of environmental degredation and climate?
Check out this amazing conference (that I happen to be speaking at).
with @drmelissalem.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @avilewis.ca and more!
October 25th. virtual.
ubccpd.ca/learn/learni...
Check out this amazing conference (that I happen to be speaking at).
with @drmelissalem.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @avilewis.ca and more!
October 25th. virtual.
ubccpd.ca/learn/learni...
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We all have blind spots, which is why it is important to check them regularly especially while driving an economic engine forward.
Comment: LNG start-up flaring is a public-health blind spot — and B.C. is ignoring it
LNG terminals burn nearly three times more gas during their first two years of operation than afterward.
www.timescolonist.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We all have blind spots, which is why it is important to check them regularly especially while driving an economic engine forward.
The planetary health emergency is already here, but so are the opportunities for action.
Join CAPE’s Planetary Health Emergency: The Health Benefits of Climate Action conference on Oct 25. Hear from leading experts & explore how health professionals can drive climate solutions. tinyurl.com/CAPEconf
Join CAPE’s Planetary Health Emergency: The Health Benefits of Climate Action conference on Oct 25. Hear from leading experts & explore how health professionals can drive climate solutions. tinyurl.com/CAPEconf
October 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The planetary health emergency is already here, but so are the opportunities for action.
Join CAPE’s Planetary Health Emergency: The Health Benefits of Climate Action conference on Oct 25. Hear from leading experts & explore how health professionals can drive climate solutions. tinyurl.com/CAPEconf
Join CAPE’s Planetary Health Emergency: The Health Benefits of Climate Action conference on Oct 25. Hear from leading experts & explore how health professionals can drive climate solutions. tinyurl.com/CAPEconf
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By approving Ksi Lisims, the BC gov has chosen the side of the fossil fuel industry at the exact moment global markets are shifting to renewables.
Piece by Dr. Melissa Lem (@cape-bc.bsky.social), Kai Nagata (@dogwoodbc.bsky.social) & Emiko Newman (BCCEC).
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Piece by Dr. Melissa Lem (@cape-bc.bsky.social), Kai Nagata (@dogwoodbc.bsky.social) & Emiko Newman (BCCEC).
bcclimateemergency.ca/in-the-news-...
Opinion: BC’s massive carbon bomb approval is an act of arson — BC Climate Emergency Campaign
By Dr. Melissa Lem, Kai Nagata, and Emiko Newman.
bcclimateemergency.ca
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
By approving Ksi Lisims, the BC gov has chosen the side of the fossil fuel industry at the exact moment global markets are shifting to renewables.
Piece by Dr. Melissa Lem (@cape-bc.bsky.social), Kai Nagata (@dogwoodbc.bsky.social) & Emiko Newman (BCCEC).
bcclimateemergency.ca/in-the-news-...
Piece by Dr. Melissa Lem (@cape-bc.bsky.social), Kai Nagata (@dogwoodbc.bsky.social) & Emiko Newman (BCCEC).
bcclimateemergency.ca/in-the-news-...
New research shows LNG terminals burn nearly 3× more gas in their first two years, releasing toxic air pollution that B.C. isn’t tracking. Doctors say this public-health blind spot puts frontline communities at risk.
Comment: LNG start-up flaring is a public-health blind spot — and B.C. is ignoring it
LNG terminals burn nearly three times more gas during their first two years of operation than afterward.
www.timescolonist.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
New research shows LNG terminals burn nearly 3× more gas in their first two years, releasing toxic air pollution that B.C. isn’t tracking. Doctors say this public-health blind spot puts frontline communities at risk.
Climate change is a health emergency — let’s act like it.
Join UBC EnviroMed and CAPE BC today for the National Day of Action on Planetary Health!
Sign-making, dinner, and inspiring speakers from CAPE & beyond.
Register: forms.gle/DTeV6nw5U65m...
Join UBC EnviroMed and CAPE BC today for the National Day of Action on Planetary Health!
Sign-making, dinner, and inspiring speakers from CAPE & beyond.
Register: forms.gle/DTeV6nw5U65m...
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Climate change is a health emergency — let’s act like it.
Join UBC EnviroMed and CAPE BC today for the National Day of Action on Planetary Health!
Sign-making, dinner, and inspiring speakers from CAPE & beyond.
Register: forms.gle/DTeV6nw5U65m...
Join UBC EnviroMed and CAPE BC today for the National Day of Action on Planetary Health!
Sign-making, dinner, and inspiring speakers from CAPE & beyond.
Register: forms.gle/DTeV6nw5U65m...
Reminder that this webinar is happening tonight!
Learn about the dangers LNG poses to our physical and mental health at this webinar with Dr. Bethany Ricker (CAPE BC co-chair), Dr. Rachel Grimminck (CAPE), Zachary Daly (@cane-aciie.bsky.social), & Emiko Newman (@bcclimateemergency.bsky.social ).
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
October 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reminder that this webinar is happening tonight!
Dr. Ann Loewen, CAPE Manitoba chair: "Our health is worth it. All that we are fighting for and advocating for is essential to a life well lived."
Dr. Ann Loewen is a family and emergency medicine physician. This spring and summer she saw the ways the wildfire smoke impacted people’s health and is worried about the long term impacts. Tell the MB gov't to act now to protect what’s precious: climateactionmb.ca/plan-to-prot...
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Dr. Ann Loewen, CAPE Manitoba chair: "Our health is worth it. All that we are fighting for and advocating for is essential to a life well lived."
🔥 That's not smoke. It’s the plume from LNG Canada flaring in Kitimat, BC. New research shows LNG export facilities flare 3x more gas during start-up than regular operations — a phase can last up to 2 years. But in Canada, regulators don’t account for start-up flaring in environmental assessments.
September 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🔥 That's not smoke. It’s the plume from LNG Canada flaring in Kitimat, BC. New research shows LNG export facilities flare 3x more gas during start-up than regular operations — a phase can last up to 2 years. But in Canada, regulators don’t account for start-up flaring in environmental assessments.
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🔥 New study: LNG facilities flare *3x more gas* during start-up than regular operations — a phase that can last 2 years. But 🇨🇦 LNG projects don't include start-up flaring in environmental assessments. So regulators are vastly underestimating air pollution and health risks for nearby communities.
September 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
🔥 New study: LNG facilities flare *3x more gas* during start-up than regular operations — a phase that can last 2 years. But 🇨🇦 LNG projects don't include start-up flaring in environmental assessments. So regulators are vastly underestimating air pollution and health risks for nearby communities.
Connect the Dots between climate and health tomorrow in Vancouver! Join CAPE BC, Sue Big Oil & Frack Free BC for a community picnic on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5:30pm at Trout Lake Picnic Shelter. www.eventbrite.ca/e/connect-th...
September 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Connect the Dots between climate and health tomorrow in Vancouver! Join CAPE BC, Sue Big Oil & Frack Free BC for a community picnic on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5:30pm at Trout Lake Picnic Shelter. www.eventbrite.ca/e/connect-th...
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Under the UNFCC Canada is not responsible for the downstream combustion emissions of the fossil fuels we export. So we conveniently ignore them (as in Ksi Lisims Assessment and BC and fed announcements today), though those GHGs are more than Canada's territorial emissions to the global atmosphere.
There it is
BC Environment Minister Tamara Davidson and Energy Minister Adrian Dix have given the green light for the Ksi Lisims LNG Facility
Once operational, the plant will be the second largest LNG production facility in BC and may use natural gas to power the liquefaction process #bcpoli
BC Environment Minister Tamara Davidson and Energy Minister Adrian Dix have given the green light for the Ksi Lisims LNG Facility
Once operational, the plant will be the second largest LNG production facility in BC and may use natural gas to power the liquefaction process #bcpoli
Environmental assessment certificate granted for Ksi Lisims LNG project
A B.C. environmental assessment certificate has been issued for the Ksi Lisims LNG project, following a joint decision by provincial ministers.
news.gov.bc.ca
September 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Under the UNFCC Canada is not responsible for the downstream combustion emissions of the fossil fuels we export. So we conveniently ignore them (as in Ksi Lisims Assessment and BC and fed announcements today), though those GHGs are more than Canada's territorial emissions to the global atmosphere.
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Learn about the dangers LNG poses to our physical and mental health at this webinar with Dr. Bethany Ricker (CAPE BC co-chair), Dr. Rachel Grimminck (CAPE), Zachary Daly (@cane-aciie.bsky.social), & Emiko Newman (@bcclimateemergency.bsky.social ).
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Learn about the dangers LNG poses to our physical and mental health at this webinar with Dr. Bethany Ricker (CAPE BC co-chair), Dr. Rachel Grimminck (CAPE), Zachary Daly (@cane-aciie.bsky.social), & Emiko Newman (@bcclimateemergency.bsky.social ).
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
Learn about the dangers LNG poses to our physical and mental health at this webinar with Dr. Bethany Ricker (CAPE BC co-chair), Dr. Rachel Grimminck (CAPE), Zachary Daly (@cane-aciie.bsky.social), & Emiko Newman (@bcclimateemergency.bsky.social ).
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Learn about the dangers LNG poses to our physical and mental health at this webinar with Dr. Bethany Ricker (CAPE BC co-chair), Dr. Rachel Grimminck (CAPE), Zachary Daly (@cane-aciie.bsky.social), & Emiko Newman (@bcclimateemergency.bsky.social ).
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
📆 Oct. 1, 7-8pm PST
👉 Register: bit.ly/4mlWXzv
LNG and fracking are making people sick—causing asthma, pre-term birth, heart attacks, cancers, and even premature death. While industry profits, communities pay the price. It’s time to put health first. Learn more: ProtectHealthfromLNG.ca
September 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
LNG and fracking are making people sick—causing asthma, pre-term birth, heart attacks, cancers, and even premature death. While industry profits, communities pay the price. It’s time to put health first. Learn more: ProtectHealthfromLNG.ca