In BC's natural resources the legal application of UNDRIP's "free, informed, and prior consent" is actually "try to get free, informed, and prior consent - but you don't need it".

This is an important distinction (plz read entire thread)

thenarwhal.ca/bc-coastal-gas… My UNDRIP training when I was w/ BC Gov made this distinction very, very clear. The requirement was to *try* to get free, informed, and prior consent.

Simultaneously, the NDP were promising implementation of UNDRIP and using the phrase "free, informed, and prior consent".

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A couple people have asked me what I think the 2022 fire season has in store for BC. Here's my official prediction:

I don't know. It's impossible to predict the weather that far in advance, only trends.

Here's a couple things to keep an eye on tho:

1/n At a very basic level, fire weather consists of two things:

1) long-term weather that dries out your fuels and makes them burn easier

2) the day-of fire weather that influences fire behaviour

I'm going to focus on part 1) here.

1a/n

Thoughts on an independent review for the 2021 #BCWildfire season:

(Yes, it's still going. But we need to plan for the 2022 season...now)

Yet another wildfire 🧵

https://twitter.com/BlackwellMerlin/status/1428356100303200259

1) An honest evaluation of our response is crucial to improving our future responses. The same way an NHL player gets direction from coach, and coach from the GM, BCWS needs to receive feedback to improve.

We could be the best in the world, but we want to get better every year.

Will the @bcndp get outflanked on the left on environmental issues by the @bcliberals under @gavindew? It certainly seems like they could

1/?

https://twitter.com/gavindew/status/1428028058699763719

Although rural communities and resource workers typically are "right" on the political spectrum, there's still a strong environmental ethos.

But (sweeping generalization), it's different than the "left" ethos. These are hunters, fishers, rural residents, and resource workers...

Some thoughts on my premier taking 4(?) weeks of vacation while my province burns.

A 🧵 from the front lines

TL;DR: What the actual f*ck

https://twitter.com/PennyDaflos/status/1427825530682888196

A logger (who started logging in '58. Absolute legend) I'm working with said:

A strong leader says you are my people, I know where we're going, come follow me.

A weak leader says where are my people? Which way are they going? I must go find them #loggerwisdom

July 14th, 8pm. Here's what the satellites show for the last ~10 hours
#BCWildfire Check out the #thomascreek wildfire by #okanaganfalls. Thankfully homes are downslope because this fire foxtrot oscar'd in the heat of the day

(Also keep an eye on that fire west of Kelowna starting)

#bcwildfire 24hr hotspots for July 13 6am - July 14 6am
Dark red = most recent Lots of politicians calling for a SoE including @BlackwellMerlin @toddstonebc @PeterMilobar @shirleybond

Tweet from a #ashcroft structural fire fighter shows why. Up for 24hrs to defend homes. Lists plenty of local help - but no BCWS assets.

https://twitter.com/blackties_laker/status/1415288226076520459?s=20

Given recent $16 billion #SiteC news I want to explain this project as a business decision to build a rental house. Buckle up and grab a sewing machine as I pull this 🧵

My main point: any project choice is a trade-off compared against alternatives. 1/LOTS What kind of house should we build? Hydro? Wind? Geothermal? In 2013 @AJWVictoriaBC compared the 2013 site c costs to a different renewable: wind. In 2011 a $7.9 billion site C would cost between 8.7-9.5c/kWh - but wind costs were about the same. bit.ly/3r5c44j

The @BCGreens will:
"directly share resource revenues with local First Nations, municipalities, and regional districts"...🌲🏔️🌲
...and it's more important than you think. A THREAD
#bcpoli #BCElection2020 #clearwater #vavenby 1/? As mentioned previously, our forest sector lost 50% of its jobs over the last ~30 years. I don't buy into the whole "erosion of the working forest" or "we need to log in protected areas" because the harvest data shows a different story - we fluctuated but stayed constant. 2/?