It's not viable or realistic for northern B.C. to transition away from fossil fuels, say City of Dawson Creek council members.
The City of Dawson Creek will send a letter to Premier David Eby, and George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, requesting a pause on the province’s emissions cap announced earlier this year.
Coun. Charlie Parslow expressed his frustrations with the cap and feels the province’s solutions to climate change lacks empathy for northern residents who have no choice but to rely on natural gas, with the oil and gas sector providing much needed revenue for B.C. Discussion was prompted by a letter from an October 18 letter from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers regarding the province’s Energy Action framework and potential impacts to the economy, as well as councillors’ experiences discussing climate change at the Union of BC Municipalities 2023 convention.
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