Two northeast First Nations communities are receiving $1 million for clean energy projects as part of a funding partnership between the Province of British Columbia, Government of Canada and New Relationship Trust.

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver is receiving $150,000 for solar photovoltaic installation as part of a clean energy funding partnership between the Province of British Columbia, Government of Canada and New Relationship Trust.

Four coastal First Nations communities are receiving $486,000 for clean energy projects as part of a funding partnership between the Province of British Columbia, Government of Canada and New Relationship Trust.

Six central First Nations communities are receiving $1.15 million for clean energy projects as part of a funding partnership between the Province of British Columbia, Government of Canada and New Relationship Trust.

Protecting people from the effects of COVID-19 and laying the groundwork for a safe recovery and an even brighter future guided the government’s work in the legislative session that ended Friday, Aug. 14, 2020.

The Province is accepting applications from local governments, First Nations, Indigenous organizations, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations throughout British Columbia for investments in clean-energy projects.

The Province has released British Columbia’s greenhouse gas emissions numbers for 2018 as part of its annual provincial inventory.

The B.C. government and Coastal First Nations, an alliance of eight First Nations on the north and central coast and Haida Gwaii, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue and expand their work to protect the environment and boost the regional economy.