‘I wake up in the morning and for a moment I still expect to see the forest, and then reality kicks in,’ says Vaggelis Georgantzis, head of the resin producers union.
That avert-your-gaze approach worked well enough when the climate debate was about theoretical sea-level models and arctic ice projections. But now the crisis is real and present, with food shortages, electric outages and pestilence already plaguing us.
Following millions of dollars in estimated damages at a natural gas pipeline worksite in northwest B.C., no arrests have been made and many questions remain
In the aftermath, some people are deciding to just begin new lives elsewhere. The pandemic and longstanding housing problems haven’t made the choices any easier.