Rochelle Baker
Journalist | Quadra Island |
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About Rochelle Baker
Rochelle Baker is the Quadra and Cortes Islands reporter for Canada's National Observer, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada. Rochelle has worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer in BC's Lower Mainland for over 10 years.
Satellites track the tiny silver fish hugely important to marine life
A new scientific endeavour has taken to the sky using high-tech drones and satellite images to understand better the annual spring herring spawn vital to salmon and wildlife on the West Coast.
BC Hydro’s new public EV charging rates make filling up fairer
In June, BC Hydro will shift to energy-based rates at its public EV chargers, meaning drivers pay for the energy supplied to their vehicle not how long their car is plugged in.
West Coast multimillionaires gift land for parks and donate remainder of their fortune to philanthropy
The couple behind the Hakai Institute and Tula Foundation fulfilled a longtime vow to exhaust their fortune on Wednesday — gifting 55 acres of land to BC Parks and a final $ 92 million to the charity they founded decades ago that leverages science and technology to help people and the planet.
BC Ferries urged to chart a new course around LNG
BC Ferries has launched a bid to build up to seven green flagship vessels but climate groups are urging the company to abandon liquified natural gas to fuel ships and speed electrification of its fleet to reach its emissions targets.
Greenwashing death threats ‘show you who the Conservatives are,’ NDP leader says
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh slammed the federal Conservatives on Wednesday for spreading falsehoods that left his party's natural resources critic facing death threats and homophobic slurs.
NDP pushing feds to fund school food program in April budget
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Liberals to deliver on an outstanding promise to create national school meal program backed with funding in the pending budget as he toured a Vancouver Island food bank on Wednesday.
Calls mount for crackdown on false fossil fuel ads
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are calling on the government to address misleading LNG ad campaigns that put B.C. climate change efforts at risk and suggest the fossil fuel is a solution to global warming.
Ottawa celebrates signing a watershed ocean treaty
Ocean conservation groups celebrated Canada's move but also urged the federal government to quickly ratify the accord aimed at protecting ocean life in shared international waters.
Is Ottawa changing its tune on LNG?
After championing LNG for years, federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is now suggesting that investing in B.C. LNG export schemes is risky as the shift to clean energy picks up speed. Climate critics hope B.C. and Ottawa take his advice.
UN kudos for Canadian project to climate-proof coastal estuaries
A West Coast estuary resilience project involving a dozen First Nations partners, academics and government scientists studying climate impacts and solutions for vital tidal ecosystems is getting global attention.