George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, and Josie Osborne, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, have released the following statement regarding the Government of Canada’s announcement about capping emissions from industrial emitters.  

Josie Osborne, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, will lead a Team B.C. mining delegation at Europe's largest mining investment conference in London next week to create good jobs for people in B.C. and promote investment in B.C’s critical minerals sector.

A new, first-of-its-kind pilot program that uses hydrogen to power commercial trucking will help accelerate B.C.’s transition to a clean economy and create new opportunities for people and businesses with the support of provincial funding.

Families and businesses in British Columbia will continue to see affordable, stable electricity rates under BC Hydro’s latest application to the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC).

Josie Osborne, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, and George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, have released the following statement in response to the Government of Canada’s carbon tax announcement:

The McLeod Lake Indian Band (MLIB) and the Province of British Columbia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that strengthens their relationship and lays the foundation for a proposed Tse’khene energy transition hub, supporting economic reconciliation and development for the region through the production of low-carbon energy.

The Province and BC Hydro are working with First Nations, clean-energy companies and the BC Hydro Task Force to design and advance BC Hydro’s call for power in spring 2024.

The 19th round of negotiations toward a modernized Columbia River Treaty were held in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 12 and 13, 2023.