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Ben Parfitt
Publishing · On our record since 2010
Where this writer stands
No opinion piece by this writer has been scored on a policy topic yet.
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Recent work
- BC’s Big, and Now Secret, Natural Gas GiveawayNews · The Tyee · Sep 30, 2026
- Imagine If Fracking, and Quakes, Were in Vancouver | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 19, 2025
- Time to End Information Hide-and-Seek Games | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 15, 2023
- Marc Lee and Ben Parfitt: Severe climate events cost B.C. economy billions more than reported estimatesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 30, 2022
- How Many Trees Are Falling for the Wood Pellet Industry? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 18, 2022
- Cut Down Trees Just to Burn Them? We Can Do Better | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 13, 2022
- The Big Water Deadline that Thousands Will Miss | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 20, 2022
- Donna Forsyth, Mike Wei and Ben Parfitt: B.C. water protection must be a top public policy priorityOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 12, 2022
- Ben Parfitt: Thirsting for information: Reforms to industrial water use badly neededOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 5, 2021
- Ben Parfitt: This year’s tree-planting seedlings could end up in a huge compost pileOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 21, 2020
- Ben Parfitt: Oil and Gas Commission ignores repeated B.C. Hydro warnings on fracking-induced quakes near damsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 8, 2020
- Ben Parfitt: Oil and Gas Commission ignores repeated B.C. Hydro warnings on fracking-induced quakes near damsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 8, 2020
- Ben Parfitt: B.C.’s Oil and Gas Commission is a captured regulator — industry demands trump public interestOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 13, 2019
- Ben Parfitt: Why won’t B.C. gov't reveal company credits for natural gas extraction?Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 21, 2019
- Ben Parfitt: Site C dam to electrify LNG industry is far from cleanOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Mar 3, 2019
- Ben Parfitt: Secret deals exempting some projects from environmental review need to stopOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 30, 2018
- How BC’s Gas Giveaway Fuels Alberta’s Oilsands | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Aug 7, 2018
- Ben Parfitt: British Columbians shortchanged billions from fossil fuel industry revenuesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 27, 2018
- A Dam(n) Big Fracking Problem | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 17, 2017
- Opinion: Newly disclosed data shows need for inquiry into frackingOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 8, 2017
- Why BC Needs A Public Inquiry Into Fracking | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 6, 2017
- Opinion: B.C. needs a full public inquiry into frackingOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 5, 2017
- Raw Logs and Lost Jobs: How a Company’s ‘Value-Added’ Plans Mean More Log Exports | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 27, 2017
- Raw Logs and Lost Jobs: How the BC Government Has Sacrificed Forest Communities | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 26, 2017
- Alberta Offers Lessons in Keeping Dams Safe From Fracking | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Aug 16, 2016
- Hydro Officials Quietly Feared Fracking Threat to Peace River Dams | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Aug 15, 2016
- Toxic Landslides Raise Alarms about Fracking, Site C | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 7, 2016
- The Tyee – Three Ways to Protect BC's WaterOpinion · The Tyee · Aug 1, 2013
- The Vancouver SunOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 27, 2013
- The Tyee – Why BC Needs an LNG Plan BOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 24, 2013
- The Tyee – Why Such Secrecy About Great Bear Carbon Offsets?Opinion · The Tyee · Jan 17, 2013
- The Tyee – BC Must Get Serious About Its Water SupplyOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 19, 2012
- The Vancouver SunOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 12, 2012
- The Vancouver SunOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 4, 2012
- LNG projects make no senseOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 15, 2012
- World's top 20 tourist citiesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 15, 2012
- Plants that grow in shadeOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 11, 2012
- The Vancouver SunOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 26, 2010