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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...
B.C. Supreme Court to hear court challenge over water use by fracking operations
Media Advisory - March 14, 2014 VANCOUVER — A lawsuit targeting water withdrawals by oil and gas companies in north...
BC Hydro bullying tactic undermines Site C Dam assessment, says Wilderness Committee
News Release - March 13, 2014 VANCOUVER/FORT ST. JOHN, BC – The Wilderness Committee is charging BC Hydro with using...
New Report: Save the Salish Sea
Want to learn more about the Salish Sea, and find out what you can do to help stop fossil fuel projects that are...
Mike Farnworth’s Kinder Morgan proposal gets cold reception
B.C. NDP leadership candidate Mike Farnworth’s proposal to backtrack on his party’s opposition to the Kinder Morgan...
Bastioning Protection for Belugas and Bears
The benefits of new government initiatives in the North March 6, 2014 Manitobans don’t always think of polar bears and...
Prosperity mine rejected for the second time
AN NDP MLA is blasting Premier Christy Clark for her staunch support of a controversial B.C. gold and copper mine...
Courts wrong place for rainforest battle, Crown says
Even though the law indicates that we're not going to wipe out species or communities of species, that is in fact what...
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