Building on British Columbia's climate success in advance of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris this December, Premier Christy Clark announced the Province is challenging other jurisdictions to match or exceed the world-leading standard B.C. has set for climate action.

The leaders of California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia today applauded the Obama Administration’s newly released proposal for reducing carbon pollution as a welcome sign that the federal government is stepping up as a partner in the fight against climate change.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier Douglas Horne will represent the government of British Columbia at the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region's (PNWER) winter meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, this week.

Premier Christy Clark issued the following statement at the Council of the Federation meeting in Halifax:

The Premier of British Columbia and the governors of Oregon, Washington and California have announced that they will collaborate to manage potential marine debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that may wash up along the West Coast.

Gathering on the eve of the GLOBE Conference on Business and the Environment, leaders from British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington endorsed a bold new action agenda to grow the clean economy along the West Coast.