54 Degrees North - Podcast series about issues around Northwest BC
Nikki Skuce
19 episodes
5 days ago
Episode NotesIn this episode, we’re joined by geographers Rosemary Collard and Jessica Dempsey to discuss their groundbreaking audit of mining projects in British Columbia. Are environmental regulations really the bottleneck the mining industry claims they are? What happens when the promised economic benefits of mining—like jobs, tax revenue, and production—fall drastically short? Rosemary and Jessica walk us through their research, revealing surprising insights about delays, care-and-mainten...
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Episode NotesIn this episode, we’re joined by geographers Rosemary Collard and Jessica Dempsey to discuss their groundbreaking audit of mining projects in British Columbia. Are environmental regulations really the bottleneck the mining industry claims they are? What happens when the promised economic benefits of mining—like jobs, tax revenue, and production—fall drastically short? Rosemary and Jessica walk us through their research, revealing surprising insights about delays, care-and-mainten...
6. Act and Adapt: Ideas and initiatives during the climate crisis
54 Degrees North - Podcast series about issues around Northwest BC
33 minutes
5 years ago
6. Act and Adapt: Ideas and initiatives during the climate crisis
In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear politics and policies, and initiatives and ideas for taking action and adapting to the climate crisis in the Bulkley Valley. Interviews with Chief Namoks (John Ridsdale), Gladys Atrill, Taylor Bachrach, Tina Portman, Kevin Pegg, Nathan Cullen, and Smithers Secondary Student climate strikers. Music thanks to the locally talented Los Gringos Salvajes and Rachelle van Zanten This episode was recorded on unceded Witsuwit’en territory between Augus...
54 Degrees North - Podcast series about issues around Northwest BC
Episode NotesIn this episode, we’re joined by geographers Rosemary Collard and Jessica Dempsey to discuss their groundbreaking audit of mining projects in British Columbia. Are environmental regulations really the bottleneck the mining industry claims they are? What happens when the promised economic benefits of mining—like jobs, tax revenue, and production—fall drastically short? Rosemary and Jessica walk us through their research, revealing surprising insights about delays, care-and-mainten...
