Martine Panzica (she/her/hers) is the Climate Communications Specialist at West Coast Environmental Law.
Martine holds a BA in Global Politics from Carleton University, and a MA in International Development from Dalhousie University. Prior to her time at West Coast, Martine has worked in communications and editing with Lion’s Roar Magazine, the Atlantic Council of International Cooperation (ACIC), and Dalhousie University.
At the end of November, BC’s Minister of Environment issued its 2022 Climate Change Accountability Report, boasting in a press release about “progress made in key areas.” The BC media entirely failed to cover it – which is disappointing, because, as Minister Heyman pointed out in the press release, the report is intended to be “a cornerstone of our tra
One year on from the November 2021 flood events in BC, it’s clear as we look towards the future there are no easy answers for the Lower Fraser River floodplain and the communities who live there.
This blog originally appeared in Slaw, Canada's online legal magazine.
Organizations delivered petitions to the Prime Minister’s Office today, asking that the federal government follow through on its COP26 promise to implement a strong, ambitious cap on oil and gas emissions.
Our work to oppose the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) is grounded in upholding Indigenous rights, fighting climate change, and preventing the devastating local impacts of an oil spill. Since 2014, we have also focused on analyzing and critiquing the economic arguments presented by Trans Mountain’s owners, Kinder Morgan and the Canadian government, because they are supposed to justify the harms.
In summer / fall 2022, the federal government invited input on its discussion paper regarding a proposed cap on greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector. This submission to Environment & Climate Change Canada outlines West Coast Environmental Law's recommendations for securing a fair, effective and robust oil and gas emissions cap.
Vancouver, BC, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territories – West Coast Environmental Law released a new report today that shows how Ottawa’s lack of transparency, unusual corporate structure, and accounting wizardry is creating the illusion that Trans Mountain is commercially viable.
In February 2022, the federal government announced that the cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) had soared to $21,400,000,000, and Canadians were told “the government will spend no additional public money on the project” and “the project remains commercially viable.” New analysis by economist Robyn Allan disproves both claims and shows how the federal government is hiding Trans Mountain’s compromised viability.
We outline some key myths about a federal oil and gas emissions cap, along with the facts.