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April’s Environmental News Digest

April 2026

There is so much breaking news happening every day that it’s easy to miss the environmental stories you care about. That’s why we’ve rounded up the latest forest and climate news into this monthly digest! Here you’ll find articles about our campaign progress and impactful stories we’re reading to keep you up-to-date and inspired. If you want this digest sent to your inbox each month, sign up to our newsletter here.

Forest news coverage of Sierra Club BC

Jens Wieting, Sierra Club BC’s senior policy and science advisor, did an in-depth interview about the extinction warning from all five members of B.C.’s Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel with Jane Williams from Vancouver’s Co-op radio. You can listen to it here.
Sierra Club BC put out a media release expressing our concern about Forests Minister Ravi Parmar’s announcement to increase logging through BC Timber Sales by 800,000 m³ (the equivalent of 17,700 truck loads). This will further threaten old growth, biodiversity, and long-term forestry jobs. Read it here.

Climate news coverage of Sierra Club BC

With Qatar’s LNG hobbled by Iran, calls are growing for B.C. to ramp up production. Sierra Club BC’s Campaign Director Shelley Luce explains why energy alternatives are less susceptible to the large price swings often seen in fuels based on resource extraction. Read it in CTV News.
Sierra Club BC’s Jens Wieting was quoted in this Radio Canada article about B.C.’s dismantling of its Climate Action Secretariat. Read it here.
This opinion piece published in the Winnipeg Free Press takes a dive into the repercussions of Canada’s spy agency illegally conducting surveillance and documenting peaceful Indigenous protesters and community environmental organizations that opposed the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, including SCBC. Read it here.

What we’re reading

Following lobbying by a mining group, B.C. is reviewing how it defines conservation across the province — raising concerns about weaker protections and stalled new protected areas. Read more about it in The Narwhal.
B.C. has eliminated its long-running Climate Action Secretariat. And at least 10 staff members have been sent to work on pipelines and oil and gas. Meanwhile, the City of Vancouver also scrapped its sustainability department. Read more about it in The Tyee.
The BC NDP government is pausing DRIPA amendments amid caucus divisions. Read about it via the CBC. Sierra Club BC endorsed a joint call asking Premier Eby and his government to uphold meaningful implementation of DRIPA. Read about that here.