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The importance of protecting B.C. parks
Many British Columbians were outraged last week to learn the government passed a bill that will alter the way the...
Federal government comes out against northern shipping due to oil spill risks
News Release - March 27, 2014 Omnitrax's Churchill crude oil plan dead on the tracks WINNIPEG – Canada's federal...
Nominate the Peace River as BC’s most endangered
Please take action NOW to stop the dam and protect the Peace River by nominating it as the most endangered river in...
What's going on in BC's provincial parks?
On Monday, March 24th 2014, a controversial new Bill was passed into law, essentially paving the way for egregious...
More Than a Decade is Too Long to Wait for Action on Pesticides Suspected in Bee Deaths
News Release - March 26, 2014 Stop stalling, environmental groups tell Minister OTTAWA – Four major environmental...
Video: The Thin Green Line
The Thin Green Line is a new short video from the Sightline Institute in Seattle showing how fossil fuel export...
Changes to Park Act pave the way for industrial development in BC Parks
Controversial Bill 4 to become law News Release - March 25, 2014 VANCOUVER – Today Bill 4 (the Park Amendment Act ) is...
Fracking threatens BC's water: An update from the courtroom
March 19, 2014 For the past two days, I’ve been in a courtroom representing the Wilderness Committee in an important...
Long live Fish Lake!
March 18, 2014 By Joe Foy, National Campaign Director A couple of weeks ago our office at the Wilderness Committee had...
Become a Climate Leader!
Become a #ClimateLeader! Together, we’ll plan creative climate events to inspire community conversation and grassroots...
Do fracking arrangements violate B.C. law? Environmental coalition gets day in court
A coalition of environmental groups goes to court Monday to challenge the Oil and Gas Commission’s “systemic practice”...
B.C. environmental groups in court to argue against water use for fracking
VANCOUVER — A coalition of environmental groups will be in a Vancouver court Monday arguing against the use of river...
Site C tender has environmental group glaring at BC Hydro
VANCOUVER — An environmental group is calling BC Hydro’s posting for companies to help build Site C Dam worker camps...
Riverside Reflections - Wild Times
March/April 2014 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he looks at the relationship between...
Water usage by fracking operations challenged in B.C. Supreme Court
News Release - March 17, 2014 VANCOUVER — A lawsuit targeting water withdrawals by oil and gas companies in north...
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