Cutting the carbon tax spells higher emissions and the end of CleanBC

At the end of March, the BC government quietly eliminated its Climate Action Secretariat. This is the long-running agency that produced and implemented climate policy across government ministries. The Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions says that although the Secretariat is gone, the cuts as a “reconfiguration.” To find out what’s going on with BC’s climate policy, we’ve contacted Sven Biggs, Canadian oil and gas campaign director for Stand.earth.