BC communities are demanding accountability from fossil fuel companies. Rather than just pass on climate costs to their taxpayers they are 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.
The letters, addressed to companies like Chevron, Exxon and Saudi Aramco, challenge these companies 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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Voted to send letter |
Letter sent (if available) |
Responses received (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 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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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.
And on February 21, 2019, the City of Burnaby sent a letter to BC Premier John Horgan, urging the provincial government to create legislation allowing municipal governments to launch and join class action lawsuits against fossil fuel companies for climate-related harms. View the City of Burnaby's letter here.
Will your community be next to send a climate accountability letter? Click here for resources on sending these letters.