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Wilderness Committee condemns government decision to issue new peat mine licence
Media Release - March 25, 2015 Permitting new carbon-releasing peat mines hurts Manitoba’s action to fight climate...
Un-Reserved Protection
March 24, 2015 Manitoba’s protected natural heritage will be a little richer, again, when the government’s plan to...
SFU Student Coalition Hosts "Reinvest in our Future" Week
News Release - March 23, 2015 SFU community pushing for investment in renewables and climate justice on campus BURNABY...
SFU Event Explores Student Visions for a Green Energy Future
Media Advisory - March 19, 2015 BURNABY, BC – Students at Simon Fraser University (SFU) are hosting a week-long event...
Taseko’s defamation trial resumes end of March
The B.C. Supreme Court case examining the defamation suit launched by Taseko Mines Ltd. against the Wilderness...
Kamloops town hall meeting on proposed pipeline expansion
Two environmental groups will host a town hall meeting in Kamloops on Wednesday, March 18, for those with questions...
Concern over pipeline and salmon drives Kamloops forum
KAMLOOPS - Concern over the type of impact of the Kinder Morgan pipeline could potentially have on salmon in our...
Environmental Groups Host Forum on Kinder Morgan in Kamloops
Environmental groups will be hosting a major town hall in Kamloops on the Kinder Morgan Pipeline and its impact on...
Pipeline concerns in focus
The public is being invited to discuss a proposed pipeline that would pass through Kamloops. Kinder Morgan's proposed...
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Review Dates
Are you a registered intervenor in the National Energy Board (NEB) review of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline...
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Town Hall Meeting in Kamloops
Media Advisory - March 12, 2015 Residents invited to address concerns over impacts on salmon and communities KAMLOOPS...
Raven Coal proposal may not be gone for good, but we’re winning the social licence battle
The Times ColonistBy Torrance CosteMarch 12, 2015 Monday, March 2 nd was a tense day for those of us monitoring the...
Wild Times - Dangerous Talk
March/April 2015 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he looks at the history of those who...
Head of review panel repeats call for delay to BC Hydro’s Site C
The B.C. government was wrong to approve construction of the $8.8-billion Site C dam project without an independent...
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly – and You
March 6, 2015 Out of the ecological depths of the Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship branch, some GOOD news...
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