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Media Releases
National Campaigns
Pesticide interests must not obstruct action to protect wildlife and nature at COP15
Advocates protest CropLife event at NatureCOP, as delegates consider first global pesticide reduction target TIOHTIÀ...
Media Releases
FOI on bilateral Nature Agreement reveals concerns
Freedom of information request on the BC and federal governments’ agreement to protect nature finds dire gaps in...
News
Environmental alliance calls for end to fracking as Eby swears in new cabinet
Members staged demonstration at Government House in Victoria ahead of swearing-in ceremony People attending Premier...
Media Releases
Climate advocates greet new BC Cabinet with anti-fracking protest
Rising gas production emerges as key challenge for new premier and cabinet. Unceded Territories of the Songhees...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Ecojustice Executive Director Wins Eugene Rogers Environmental Award
Devon Page presented with Wilderness Committee’s 2022 annual award VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND...
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British Columbia
New data shows BC still not on track to meet climate commitments
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — Last week’s climate accountability report...
Media Releases
British Columbia
BC’s “Dirty 30” individuals holding back climate action
Wilderness Committee names the top 30 people stopping action to protect the climate in British Columbia VANCOUVER /...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Independent audit finds legal gaps drive species in BC toward extinction
With the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) a month away, new report sounds the alarm on major provincial and federal...
Columns
Volunteer Job Description: End Fracking Petition Canvasser
The Wilderness Committee has an exciting volunteer opportunity for someone interested in playing a vital role in our...
Media Releases
British Columbia
BC government continues to avoid transparency and accountability on old-growth
A year after deferral pledge, the Wilderness Committee condemns the BC NDP for withholding key data and failing to...
Media Releases
Ontario
Federal government’s denial of impact assessment for Bradford Bypass faces scrutiny in court
Groups concerned over dangerous precedent for federal decision-making Bradford, Ontario, Traditional territories of...
Columns
British Columbia
Fracking Campaign FAQ
Learn about fracking in BC Fracking for gas in northeast BC is the province’s most polluting industry, yet few British...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Environmental groups petition feds to protect critical habitat of last spotted owls
Recovery of species in Canada hinges on successful reintroduction of captive owls to protected habitats VANCOUVER /...
Columns
National Campaigns
Marine species at risk and the three loopholes in the federal Species at Risk Act
What are species at risk? Species at risk are any species that are in danger of disappearing from the wild, or in a...
Columns
British Columbia
BC’s Dirty 30: The people holding back provincial climate action
Who's to blame for BC's climate inaction? Introducing Wilderness Committee's picks for BC's Dirty 30 the people...
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