B.C. Climate News: B.C. Greens, NDP release party platforms | Metro report says truckers steering around emission controls

The UN ’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a code red’ for humanity.

It warns the window to limit warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial times is closing.

97 per cent of climate scientists agree that the climate is warming and that human beings are the cause.

The world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement target.

B.C. Green leader Sonia Furstenau says her party’s platform is aimed at creating an economy that serves the people instead of “delivering harm” Conservative Leader John Rustad says his party will reverse course on provincial policies on vehicle electrification and heat pumps under the New Democrats .

The Greens would increase social assistance rates to combat poverty and increase social housing to end homelessness.

Conservatives would look at building the infrastructure needed to support electricity demands, including a feasibility study on nuclear power.

Vancouver Island organization comes up with plan to divert tonnes of construction waste from landfills.

Building Material Exchange aims to transition industry from a linear to a circular economy.

Expected La Nina weather pattern could ease continuing drought conditions in B.C. Expected to bring colder and wetter than normal winter , says U.S. scientist.