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Site C: Businesses cheer, environmentalists jeer
While business cautiously welcomes dam, environmental groups call it unnecessary, costly and destructive VICTORIA — B...
TV News Story - Site C Dam opponents vow fight
This is a TV news story about the BC government's decision to approve the Site C dam on the Peace River near Fort St...
Joe Foy on the Site C Dam Decision
In this radio interview, Wilderness Committee National Campaign Director Joe Foy describes the widespread opposition...
No One Is Buying BC’s Wishful Thinking On LNG Climate Impacts
BC government peddles massive new fossil fuel export industry at UN climate talks By Eoin Madden. The Wilderness...
Local groups oppose Energy East pipeline
Local lobby groups are up in arms over how a proposed cross-country pipeline could destroy the environment. The Energy...
Energy East pipeline proposal meets opposition in Winnipeg
Several groups in Manitoba voiced opposition Monday to TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline, which would...
Wilderness Committee Calls on Province to Save Caribou
The Wilderness Committee is calling on the Manitoba government to give woodland caribou a protected home this winter...
Green MLA Andrew Weaver confounded by NDP backing Liberals on LNG tax bill
B.C.’S FIRST GREEN MLA, Andrew Weaver, says he recently experienced the “most bizarre” event of his time in office. It...
BC Supreme Court to rule Monday on Chilliwack hazardous waste facility rezoning
The BC Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ruling Monday in the lawsuit over the City of Chilliwack's rezoning...
Canadian Youth Delegation Open Letter to Government // Lettre ouverte au gouvernement canadien
Le français suitTo the Government of Canada: We are the Canadian Youth Delegation, supported by more than sixty...
TransMountain's Injunction Ends Monday
At least 127 people crossed the line and were arrested on Burnaby Mountain. All charges have been dropped against...
No one is buying BC's wishful thinking on LNG climate impacts
News Release - December 10, 2014 BC government peddles massive new fossil fuel export industry at UN climate talks...
The traditional evidence is clear: Kinder Morgan must go
Huffington Post BC By Torrance Coste December 5, 2014 If a tar sands tanker hits a rock on the Kinder Morgan shipping...
Climate impacts audit needed for Energy East pipeline
News Release - December 8, 2014 Manitoba citizen groups publish open letter to National Energy Board, asking for a...
Manitoba’s reindeer cousins need a safe winter home
December 4, 2014 Images of reindeer and snowy evergreens are a memorable part of our seasonal celebrations, and they...
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