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TV News Story - Squamish LNG Plant + Fracking
This TV news story looks at plans for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant near Squamish, which would be fed by...
Omnitrax faces long winter as Arctic oil shipment delayed
Omnitrax – the U.S. rail company with an ambitious plan to ship oil through Hudson’s Bay and over Manitoba’s...
Wilderness Committee calls on BC government to axe Site C and private power
News Release - November 26, 2013 Cancelling Site C and all unbuilt IPPs would save ratepayers tens of billions of...
TV News Story - BC Power Bills Rising
This is a TV news story about BC power bills going up because of the more than $50 billion of long term contracts the...
Eoin Madden of the Wilderness Committee at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
The evening was titled; Human Rights and Community Advocacy in the Age of Extreme Energy with an opening from Kevin...
Wilderness Committee criticizes Site C hearing timeline, locations
The Wilderness Committee is again speaking out against the Site C environmental assessment process, which has moved...
Group decries timing, locations of hearings
Talks on Site C dam planned for December A Joint Review Panel studying BC Hydro's planned Site C dam is imposing...
Ken and Arlene Boon win award from Wilderness Committee
Peace Region residents and anti-Site C activists Ken and Arlene Boon have been given an award by the Wilderness...
Peace Valley Farmland Defenders Honoured with Wilderness Committee Environmental Award
News Release - November 23, 2013 Couple recognized for ongoing efforts to protect region from the proposed Site C Dam...
Deadline approaching on Site C
Monday is last day to file written comments Public hearings on the proposed Site C hydroelectric dam are scheduled to...
Veteran Environmentalists Bring Clayoquot Sound Tour to Victoria
News Release - November 19, 2013 Captivating presentation looks at past, present and future of Clayoquot Sound...
Pipelines could cut through parks
Government document sets out how to gain approval for boundary adjustments A B.C. Parks document is raising the...
Vancouver rally joins nationwide call to Defend Our Climate
Media Advisory - November 15, 2013 Saturday’s #NoEnbridge event to push for climate action over tankers and pipelines...
Standoff at Big Meadow - Wild Times
Nov/Dec 2013 Read Joe Foy's Column in the Watershed Sentinel as he describes his latest experience in Tsilhqot'in...
Environmental groups unite to curtail B.C. frackers’ water access
A coalition of environmental groups has filed court action against British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission and...
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