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Media Releases
Feds reject spotted owl emergency order despite ongoing habitat destruction
Environmental groups critical of decision given active logging approvals by B.C. government puts spotted owl at risk...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Conservation Coalition Opposes New Management Plan for BC's Grizzly Bears
Fifty-five environmental and animal care organizations, conservationists, scientists and nature-based businesses have...
Media Releases
Manitoba
Immediate review of mineral exploration permits critical
Secretive work permits issued in provincial parks and boreal caribou core habitat need to be publicized and reviewed...
Columns
British Columbia
Old-Growth Day of Action was day to remember
Hundreds took action for old-growth in more than 17 locations around BC Last Thursday was a day to remember, with...
Columns
Ontario
The Greenbelt and Beyond: Lessons from a win
People power stopped Greenbelt giveaways As the dust settles on the nearly year-long debacle of the Ford government’s...
Columns
September 30th Marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Today the Wilderness Committee is acknowledging the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, remembering and...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Rallies at MLA offices across B.C. demand action on old growth
Various locations across B.C. – People across British Columbia are taking to their MLA offices today to demand their...
Media Releases
National Campaigns
17 environmental groups present plan for nature ahead of World Biodiversity Summit
Government ambition on Kunming-Montreal (COP 15) pact must be matched by accountable 2030 Biodiversity Strategy to...
Media Releases
Organizations call on BC government to assess environmental impacts of Copper Mountain Mine expansion
Proposed tailings dam expansion would become world’s second largest yet doesn’t automatically require environmental...
Columns
ENGO sign on letter requesting an Environmental Assessment for Copper Mountain Mine's tailings pond expansion
Dear George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Chief Executive Assessment Officer Elenore...
Media Releases
Manitoba
Illegal mining claims discovered inside protected area of Nopiming Provincial Park
Illegal mining claims discovered inside protected area of Nopiming Provincial Park Grid Metal staked claims on popular...
Columns
What does a better world look like?
Sometimes it’s hard to be optimistic about the twin crises of biodiversity and climate change inflicting our planet...
Media Releases
British Columbia
On three-year anniversary of B.C.’s old growth commitments, groups denounce delays and continued destruction of threatened forests
Organizations call on Premier David Eby to keep his promise to accelerate action on old growth and deliver needed...
Columns
National Campaigns
From Vancouver to Toronto, Canada unites to keep people safe from climate disasters
Two major climate rallies in Canada demand action and rights for all After a summer of brutal wildfires, it’s never...
Columns
Wild Times - Click Parks
The Wilderness Committee's protected areas campaigner Joe Foy says BC should quit restricting public access to parks...
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