Climate in Focus

CAN! Letters to the Editor, the ‘Focus on Climate’ column in the Vernon Morning Star, and the ‘Inside Climate’ column in Castanet

2025

• What is the Future of Electric Vehicles in Canada?
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, October 28, 2025.
• How Does Fossil Fuel Use Affect Our Health?
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, Inside Climate, October 14, 2025. 
• LNG Exports Could Heat Up Bills
  Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, October 9, 2025
• BC Forest Industry Dismantling Integrity of the Hydrological Cycle.
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, September 30, 2025.
• Does Vernon Need the 580 Commonage Development?
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, Inside Climate, September 16, 2025. 
• 2025 – The Year of the Glacier
  Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, September 11, 2025.
• What is Wrong with Alberta’s Energy Policy?
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, September 2, 2025.
• A Closer Look at how BC is doing with its climate change targets
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, Inside Climate, August 19, 2025.
• Global forest emissions are a mirror of Canada’s and BC’s situation.
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, August 5, 2025.
• Report Card on BC’s Plan to Lower Climate-Changing Emissions
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, Inside Climate, July 22, 2025.
• BC is Burning- the film and the missing elephant in the room
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, July 08, 2025.

• BC Climate Change Accountability Report.
  Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, July 10, 2025

• Does Proposed Development Align with Vernon’s Climate Action Plan?
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, Inside Climate, June 24, 2025.

• What is Our Problem with Energy
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, June 10, 2025.

• The problem with subsidizing LNG and coal production in B.C.
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, Inside Climate, May 27, 2025.

• Renewable Energy the Way of the Future
  Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, May 15, 2025

• Biochar is an Important Climate Solution
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, May 13, 2025.

• The federal election, the U.S. and climate action
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, April 15, 2025.

• But Can We Adapt to Climate Instability?
  Heather Clay, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, April 10, 2025.

• The Problem With Fossil Fuel Subsidies
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, Inside Climate, April 1, 2025.

• Myths of the BC Forestry Industry
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, March 18, 2025.

• Coal is Dirty and So Is Natural Gas
  Eli Pivnick, Vernon Morning Star, Letters to Editor, March 6, 2025.

• Clearcut Logging and Climate Change: Problems and Solutions
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, March 4, 2025.

• Climate Change a Huge Cost to Taxpayers.
  Terry Dyck, Vernon Morning Star, Letters to Editor, February 27, 2025.

• Call for Fossil Fuel Advertising Restrictions
  Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, February 20, 2025.

• The Argument Against a Liquid Natural Gas Facility in Kelowna
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, Inside Climate, February 18, 2025.

• Where is BC going with its Climate policies?
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, February 4, 2025.

• Have We Lost Our Political WIll?
  Heather Clay, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, January 30, 2025.

• Power of Forests
  Eli Pivnick, Vernon Morning Star, Letter to Editor, January 30, 2025

• Is RNG a Climate Solution or Another Obstacle to Progress?
  Eli Pivnick, Castanet, Inside Climate, January 21, 2025

• A Sign of Things to Come: 15-Minute Cities
  Eli Pivnick, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, January 9,2025.

• Climate and health effects, marketing strategy and future potential of Renewable Natural Gas
  Janet Parkins, Castanet, inside Climate, January 8, 2025.

2024

• • What is Renewable Natural Gas and where does it come from?

    Janet Parkins, Castanet, December 24, 2024.

• • Impact of Income Inequality of Climate Change Action
    Eli Pivnick, Castanet, December 6, 2024.

• • Site C- Who Gets the Power and Who Pays?
    Janet Parkins, Castanet, November 25, 2024.

• • To Make Our Food System More Sustainable Changes Are Required
    Janet Parkins, Castanet, November 8, 2024.

• • New Zero Carbon Step Code for Buildings in BC Could Have Major Benefits for Environment, Homeowners.
    Janet Parkins, Castanet, October 25, 2024.

• • Reducing the climate impact of Cities
    Barry Dorval, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, October 24, 2024.

• • Hard for voters to makes fully informed decisions if candidates don’t show up.
    Eli Pivnick, Castanet, October 14, 2024.

• • The Economics of Climate Change: making a case for BC’s carbon tax
    Eli Pivnick, Castanet, September 27, 2024.

• • Greenwashing Shades Climate
    Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, September 19, 2024.

• • People need to step up to protect the Environment
    Janet Parkins, Castanet, September 13, 2024.

• • Greed disrupting earth’s delicate balance
    David Friedman, Vernon Morning Star, September 5, 2024.

• • Electric vehicles are healthy for humans and the planet
    Terry Dyck, Vernon Morning Star, August 25, 2024.

• • Ramping up the Heat – Okanagan Climate is changing
    Heather Clay, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, August 1, 2024.

• • Global warming is real
    John Barling, Vernon Morning Star, June 27, 2024.

• • Project Drawdown Connects Science
    Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, June 6, 2024.

• • We all have a choice
    Julia Lissau, Vernon Morning Star, May 16, 2024.

• • Axe Carbon Tax Claims Challenged by North Okanagan Climate Group
    Barry Dorval, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, May 2, 2024.

• • RBC Protest, Listen to Janet Parkins Frack Free BC -Vernon Chapter.
    Stephanie Ghattas, Fossil Fools Day, April 6, 2024.

• • Facts on methane leaks, fracking and climate disasters
    Peter McCartney, Vernon Morning Star, April 4, 2024.

• • MP Mel Arnold’s carbon tax speech playing to those who are not paying attention
    Heather Clay, Vernon Morning Star, April 1, 2024.

• • Fracking and LNG are Not Good for BC.
    Janet Parkins, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, March 28, 2024.

• • Letter from the Future
    David Price, Vernon Morning Star, March 14, 2024.

• • Fracking causes health and environmental problems.
    Terry Dyck, Vernon Morning Star, February 22, 2024.

• • Effects of clear-cut logging on forest fires.
    Eli Pivnick, Vernon Morning Star, Focus on Climate, February 1, 2024.

• • Climate denial unfounded.
    Eli Pivnick, Vernon Morning Star, January 11, 2024.

• • Carbon emission-reduction a must.
    Heather Clay, Vernon Morning Star, January 4, 2024.

2023

• • Addressing Electric Vehicle Myths.
    Janet Parkins, Vernon Morning Star, December 21, 2023.

• • Is This Normal?
    Janet Parkins, Vernon Morning Star, November 23, 2023.

• • A Look At Capitalism
    Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, October 19, 2023.

• • EV’s are well worth owning
    Janet Parkins, Castanet, September 27, 2023

• • Fracked gas exports fuel more disasters
    Peter McCartney, Vernon Morning Star, August 3, 2023.

• • A look at Capitalism
    Jane Weixl, Castanet, July 23, 2023

• • Burning Fossil Fuel Or a Liveable Planet
    Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, May 11, 2023.

• • Frack Free BC protest converges in Vernon
    Bowen Assman, Vernon Morning Star, March 28, 2023.

2021

• • Activists hold climate vigil at Vernon-Monashee MLA’s office
    Brendan Shykora, Vernon Morning Star, December 18, 2021.

• • “We know there is no more time” Climate activists rally outside Vernon, B.C. city hall
    Darrian Matassa-Fung, Global News, September 8, 2021.

• • Vernon Rally Demands Climate Action.
    Pete Mcintyre,1047 The Lizard, September 8, 2021.

• • BC Needs a Species At Risk Act.
    Jane Weixl, Vernon Morning Star, March 4, 2021.