BC communities are demanding accountability from fossil fuel companies. Rather than just pass on climate costs to their taxpayers they are taking action, by:
- sending Climate Accountability Letters to 20 of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies asking that these companies pay a fair share of local costs; and
- calling on the Government of BC (and in some cases of Canada) to enact laws clarifying the legal responsibility of fossil fuel companies for a share of local climate costs.
The letters challenge companies like Chevron, Exxon and Saudi Aramco, and their shareholders, to grapple with their business model and what it means to take “cradle to grave” responsibility for products that are destroying the health of our global atmosphere.
This web page is intended to track which communities have voted to send climate accountability letters. Follow the links to see the letters sent by each municipality.
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Municipality |
Voted to send letter |
Letter sent (if available) |
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District of Highlands |
June 5, 2017 |
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District of North Saanich |
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District of Saanich |
August 14, 2017 |
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City of Victoria |
October 12, 2017 |
November 28, 2017 (1 of 20 sent) |
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City of Colwood |
October 23, 2017 |
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Town of View Royal |
January 23, 2018 |
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City of Powell River |
March 15, 2018 |
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qathet Regional District |
March 29, 2018 |
Not yet available |
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City of Castlegar |
Not yet available |
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Village of Slocan |
April 9, 2018 |
Not yet available |
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District of Sooke |
April 9, 2018 |
Not yet available |
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City of Rossland |
August 13, 2018 |
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District of Squamish |
September 4, 2018 |
Not yet available |
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Resort Municipality of Whistler |
September 4, 2018 |
Not yet available |
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District of Sechelt |
September 4, 2018 |
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District of West Vancouver |
December 10, 2018 |
Letter to Fossil Fuel Companies - December 10, 2018 Letter to Premier John Horgan - December 10, 2018 |
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Village of Alert Bay |
January 14, 2019 |
March 13, 2019 |
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Village of New Denver |
January 22, 2019 |
January 25, 2019 |
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North Coast Regional District |
January 23, 2019 |
January 31, 2019 |
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City of Burnaby |
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Letter to BC Government (February 21, 2019) |
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City of Courtenay |
March 4, 2019 |
March 20, 2019 |
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City of Port Moody |
March 28, 2019 |
Letter to BC (Heyman) and Canada (McKenna) |
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qaThet Regional District |
April 25, 2019 |
May 10, 2019 (Letter to Premier Horgan) |
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City of Richmond |
June 24, 2019 |
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City of Vancouver |
June 27, 2019 |
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Bowen Island Municipality |
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Letter to BC Government (September 19, 2019) Letter to fossil fuel companies |
On April 14, 2018, the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities, representing 53 local governments, voted to send a climate accountability letter on behalf of its members. The AVICC letter was sent on 6 September 2018.
Will your community be next to send a climate accountability letter? Click here for resources on sending these letters.