It s been a issue for communities for quite some time, Gimse said Tuesday (March 22). The issue has come up several times over the years, and the problem is that neither the Local Government Act nor the Community Charter provides regional districts with the authority to regulate business.
Pemberton council discussed the issue at its March 15 meeting after Councillor Lisa Ames expressed concern earlier in March over the regional district s inability to take action against Outdoor Adventures following reports of the sled dog incident.
Ames said Tuesday that she s wanted to see regulation for businesses in SLRD Electoral Area C for some time and that the sled dog issue was simply an example of why.
Home » Environment » A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia
Washington, Oregon and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and some epic battles, they all failed.
With dozens of people killed by wildfires in the western U.S., millions of acres scorched, and choking smoke spreading far into British Columbia, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee lit up the news wires in September. “These are not just wildfires,” Inslee asserted at a press conference from Olympia, “these are
climate fires.”
Two days later on George Stephanopoulos’ Sunday-morning ABC News talk show, the recent presidential candidate recounted a poignant visit to a town nearly wiped out by the fires. “The only moisture in Eastern Washington was the tears of people who have lost their homes,” said Inslee. “And now we have a blowtorch over our states in the West, which is climate change.”