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A quarter of the world lives in energy poverty. Some African countries use the same amount of electricity in a year as California uses to heat its hot tubs. Dr. David Detomasi on the global energy gap we keep forgetting. 🎧 youtu.be/kYUhZsYXXig?si…

Resources and innovation are not rivals. MLA for Kelowna-Mission @gavindew has a portfolio that spans everything from permitting to skills training and he rejects the idea that resource industries and innovation exist in tension. The real opportunity lies in combining the two to deliver both sustainability and growth and create high-skilled, tech-enabled jobs. resourceworks.com/getting-our-mo… #TheWorkWeDo #BCPoli #TechJobs #ResourceJobs

View: To secure our economy and our sovereignty, Canada must review national #energy goals: bit.ly/42O9Tqx @Resource_Works

Germany is so desperate for secure energy it's willing to pay a premium for Canadian LNG shipped halfway around the world. "The risk premium is real." - @ExnerPirot @nbennett_ca on why the Ksi Lisims LNG offtake agreement with Germany's SEFE is a big deal: resourceworks.com/the-risk-premi… #BCPoli #CdnPoli #LNG #OOTT #EnergyPolicy

Skeena MLA @ClaireRattee explains why unclear policies and permitting delays are stalling investment across northwestern BC, from Terrace to Kitimat to Indigenous nations advancing their own projects: resourceworks.com/nobody-knows-e… #TheWorkWeDo #BCPoli #LNG #Economy

Resource communities used to chase smokestacks—find a big industry player and plant them in town. Shannon Stange of the Northern Innovation Network says that's no longer the play. Now it's about nurturing innovators at home so they don't have to leave to succeed. #TheWorkWeDo #NorthernBC #Innovation #ResourceCommunities

"What we remember about post-secondary education being very traditional and regimented... it isn’t what we’re trying to do anymore." @cnc_bc_ca's Cindy Heitman explains how education in northern B.C. is evolving: ✅ Tailoring programs to direct industry needs. ✅ Training local healthcare workers for remote resource camps. ✅ Removing traditional barriers to access. resourceworks.com/learning-the-n… #TheWorkWeDo #BCPoli #Education #NorthernBC

"We don't want to hear what people are against—we want to hear what they're for." @MarkJCarney said that to 700 business leaders at @BoardofTrade in Vancouver yesterday just before a one-on-one with Premier @Dave_Eby. @nbennett_ca on what Team Canada actually requires of BC right now: resourceworks.com/team-canada-wa… #BCPoli #CdnPoli #NaturalResources

Six things have changed and Canada's climate policy hasn't caught up. Energy security. Arctic sovereignty. The IPCC worst-case scenarios. The @IEA's message to Canada. Public support for pipelines. Canadians' priorities. @JamesRRushton1 makes the case for a comprehensive policy review: resourceworks.com/six-changes-go… #CdnPoli #BCPoli #EnergyPolicy #OOTT

Between May 7 and 17, Canadians were presented with a head-spinning set of policy changes regarding energy production and deployment in this country. Karen Graham, Chair of the Resource Works Advisory Council, on what the flurry of federal energy announcements means, and what they demand of BC: resourceworks.com/a-years-worth-… #BCPoli #CdnPoli #EnergyPolicy #LNG #OOTT

Four years after a brazen attack on a Coastal GasLink Pipeline worksite by anarchists, there are still no arrests. As global investors consider potential investment decisions in projects like LNG Canada Phase 2 & Ksi Lisims LNG, they want to know that public safety and the rule of law are paramount. How are investors in major projects supposed to trust that people and assets will be safe if the BC Government can’t prosecute an act of domestic terror? Investors require certainty, and they’re not getting it under a BC NDP Government.

“We're not the enemy. We want to be a participant and we want to be a partner." Elected Chief Robert Michell of Stellat'en First Nation on how his community is navigating the forestry downturn, and building for a 20-year horizon: resourceworks.com/looking-beyond… #TheWorkWeDo #Forestry #NorthernBC #NaturalResources

Mining is the backbone of British Columbia’s economy. @JagrupBrar1, BC's Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals, explains how B.C. is capturing global demand: ✅ Permitting times cut by 35 per cent. ✅ $48 billion in critical mineral projects. ✅ Average mining job pays $130,000. resourceworks.com/mining-drives-… #BCPoli #Mining #CriticalMinerals #miningmonth

"The contribution of the people from northeast BC toward the lifestyle of others in the province is tremendous." The Site C dam powerhouse is in @LarryNeufeldCon’s riding. Northeast BC heats homes, fuels vehicles and generates much of the electricity the Lower Mainland depends on every day. #TheWorkWeDo #NorthernBC #BCEnergy #SiteC

Alberta and Ottawa just agreed on a new industrial carbon price. Lower than what was planned, slower to rise, with a contracts-for-difference scheme to stabilize the credit market. @cdnoilsands wasn't smiling. "No other major oil producing nation faces a similar tax." Now the question is whether BC follows suit. @nbennett_ca reports: resourceworks.com/new-industrial… #BCPoli #CdnPoli #ABPoli #CarbonTax #OOTT

Mining isn't separate from the innovation economy. It's a prerequisite for it. @BarinderRasode, Co-Founder and CEO of @tersa_critical, is bringing startup thinking to critical minerals and reframing what the sector can look like: ✅ Better processing and reduced waste. ✅ Fueling the clean energy transition. ✅ Making the invisible visible. ​​ resourceworks.com/mining-meets-m… #VancouverTech #CriticalMinerals #MiningMonth

"You're inspiring Indigenous girls all over British Columbia to do what you're doing." BC Minister of Environment and Parks, @TamaraDavidson6, shares her story as an Indigenous Leader. #TheWorkWeDo #BritishColumbia #IndigenousLeadership

B.C. Hydro waiting on purchase agreements for four projects as part of call for power vancouversun.com/news/bc-hydro-…

“If” became “when” after @ABDanielleSmith met with @MarkJCarney last week. Alberta has clarity. It has a premier negotiating pipelines, a $900M royalty-in-kind program securing barrels, and now an MOU with Ottawa moving toward finalization. BC has the coast, the deepest natural harbour in North America, and a decision to make. North or South? @sjmuir on what it all means for BC’s resource economy: resourceworks.com/alberta-is-bui… #BCPoli #CdnPoli #ABPoli #NaturalResources #Pipelines

In May, Ottawa left BC's forestry industry off the federal tariff relief list. Cabinet ministers had a simple answer: softwood lumber tariffs are different. Today, Ottawa is preparing to ban ocean-based salmon farming by 2029. The alternatives it's promoting have never proven economic or scalable. For British Columbians who've watched Ottawa overlook their industries for decades, this isn't a new experience. @JamesRRushton1 on why the province must forge its own path: resourceworks.com/hard-for-bc-to… #BCPoli #CdnPoli #Forestry #SalmonFarming #NaturalResources