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BC Hydro to cancel up to 10 independent power deals and defer delivery on some others
BC Hydro will cancel as many as 10 electricity purchase contracts with independent power producers and defer delivery...
BC Hydro to cut 10 power deals, defer 9
'Sunk costs' of site preparation, engineering drawings to be paid out to avoid court, Bennett says At least 10...
Another victory against peat mining, for park protection
Last week, the Manitoba government filed the papers to permanently protect 4,000 hectares of land in Hecla /...
Effort to derail oil plan heats up
Town halls, letter-writing campaign in works A national environmental group is ramping up its efforts to block a...
News of four cancelled private power contracts a small step forward, says Wilderness Committee
News Release - August 30, 2013 VANCOUVER – The Wilderness Committee today applauded Thursday's news that BC Hydro has...
How close are you to the Kinder Morgan pipeline?
September 2013 This fall, Kinder Morgan is busy preparing to file their formal application with the National Energy...
B.C. issues contentious mineral-exploration permit in Clayoquot Sound
Natives in Tofino are outraged that the B.C. government has issued a mineral-exploration permit for an area of...
Environmental groups not surprised by B.C. bureaucrats' warnings about oil tanker safety
Activists are less than shocked by B.C. Ministry of Environment internal memos warning that the province is poorly...
Churchill oil line risky, Manitoba group says
An environmental group is petitioning the Manitoba government to put the brakes on an oil shipping line planned for...
Projects threaten to turn Salish Sea into a carbon superhighway, groups say
The cumulative effect of coal and oil export projects proposed on the U.S and Canadian sides of the Salish Sea will...
Kick-starting Cross-border Organizing to Protect the Salish Sea
Just a week ago on August 21, 2013, I was standing on a bluff just outside Victoria overlooking Haro Strait, speaking...
Clayoquot Sound Gold Mine Proposal Moving Ahead Without First Nations Approval
News Release - August 26, 2013 Consultation on Fandora Mine inadequate, says Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation TOFINO, BC -...
TV News Story - Churchill oil rail proposal
This is a TV news story about a proposal to ship crude oil via rail to the port of Churchill Manitoba, then to load...
TV News Story - Salish Sea Gathering
Wilderness Committee campaigners Eoin Madden and Torrance Coste are in this TV news story about the campaign to...
Canadian and US environmental groups unite against Salish Sea fossil fuel exports
News Release - August 21, 2013 New joint campaign launches with cross-border town hall meeting VICTORIA – A coalition...
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