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Radio Interview - Gwen Barlee on Humpback Whale Status and Oil Tanker Plans
In this radio interview, Policy Director Gwen Barlee explains the link between the Northern Gateway pipeline project...
Radio Interview - Gwen Barlee on Humpback Whale Protection
In this radio interview, Policy Director Gwen Barlee discusses the impact of Ottawa's recent decision to downgrade...
TV News Story - BC Humpback Whales lose threatened status
This is a TV news report about how the federal government has stripped the North Pacific humpback whale of its status...
Grain shipping is for the bears: oil by rail to Churchill not worth the risk
For visitors from around the world, the opportunity to see polar bears and beluga whales in the subarctic splendor of...
Kinder Morgan hearing denies or downgrades nearly half of applicants
Nearly a thousand people and organizations that applied to speak out at the upcoming federal review of the proposed...
Environmental groups demand BC government uphold its own water laws
It’s Water Week in Canada, and events are happening across the country with the purpose of sparking discussion about...
Revelstoke forest industry: proposed federal mountain caribou recovery plan will be ‘catastrophe’ for industry
A Revelstoke-based forest industry stakeholder group is joining provincial and regional forest industry associations...
Local parks open early…to industrial exploration
Bill 4 recently passed in the BC Legislature despite strong opposition from environmentalists, who warn that the...
Concerns of industrial development with Park Amendment Act
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Could it mean pipelines through your beloved BC parks? Environmental groups are worried about...
Protestors rally against pipeline project
It was unseasonably warm Saturday when more than 300 people rallied against the expansion of the Kinder Morgan...
Comment: Shellfish die-off shows a future we must avoid
The Feb. 27 headline, “Ocean acidity wipes out 10M scallops; Mass die-off near Qualicum Beach ominous sign for...
Environmental groups file suit over use of water for fracking
A pair of environmental groups allege the B.C. government is skirting its own laws by allowing energy firms to spend...
Energy giant Encana, B.C. accused of skirting water laws for fracking
Energy giant Encana and the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission were in court Monday after environmental groups launched a...
Radio Interview - Fracking in court
Environmentalists are in court today, suing the BC Oil and Gas Commissioner. We find out why from Eoin Madden, with...
More Bee Deaths Could Occur This Spring, Senate Committee Hears
The Senate’s agriculture committee has been told the recently updated regulations for reducing seed dust are not...
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