Weaver: Why I quit as BC Greens leader

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After the drama of 2017 British Columbia election, the provincial Green party had more power than it had ever had before and an opportunity for its leader IPCC climate scientist Andrew Weaver to help get BC back on track with its climate ambition.
Weaver talks about why he got in and got out of politics, why BC will not have an LNG industry, and how political brinkmanship resulted in the province's comprehensive climate plan CleanBC.
- Read text of commentary for this video: bit.ly/3ovS0HO
- "Running On Climate" on Reelhouse: bit.ly/3f7nPUA

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8 июл 2024

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@kiarra004 3 года назад

When I was 17 I took a 1st year Earth and Ocean Science class taught by Dr. Weaver at UVic. The content and his delivery had a lasting impact on me and it heavily influenced my path forward. Today I'm 32 and I work in renewable energy engineering in the Pacific North West. The political sphere has lost a great climate advocate, but the academic sphere has regained one. Thank you Dr. Weaver for your service.

@RobertAlstead 3 года назад

Yes. He was a great subject to follow for Running On Climate, always eager to share his knowledge and understanding of the science. We saw that passion in his speeches in the legislature.

@paulwatt8634 3 года назад

Andrew Weaver was a superb leader of the Greens. He seemed to understand that the economy, business and innovation could help with climate change. I miss his leadership!

@RobertAlstead 3 года назад

The field was also wide open for a green jobs/low carbon economy advocate, with the BC Liberals (especially) and the BC NDP (somewhat) still clinging to fossil fuel industries of the past.

@astroloupicus 3 года назад

Who cares? This dude gave us 4 more years of Liberals. I won't forget that. He could have run under the Lib banner but he didn't. That shows you how committed he is to the environment.

@RobertAlstead 3 года назад

Not sure what you are getting at. The 3 BC Greens backed an NDP minority government in 2017. Before that the NDP did themselves in. Watch my film Running On Climate - it covers that election. There's no way that Weaver would have run for the Libs, given their obsession with LNG. He did however defeat a sitting Liberal cabinet minister to become Canada's first Green MLA.