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Wilderness Committee congratulates Comox Valley municipal governments for motions on Raven Coal Mine
News Release - February 27, 2013 VICTORIA – The Village of Cumberland has unanimously passed a motion to oppose...
South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park Reserve Proposal Buoyed by First Nations Support
News Release - February 26, 2013 Osoyoos, BC — This morning the Okanagan Nation Alliance, representing four South...
Wilderness Committee Pleased at Government Action to End Peat Mining Threat in Provincial Park
News Release: February 26, 2013 Environmental group calls for plan to phase out peat mining throughout the province...
Auditor General Report Sharply Critical of BC's Management of Species at Risk
News Release - February 21, 2013 VANCOUVER - A report tabled today from British Columbia’s Auditor General John Doyle...
Proposed BC Forest Act amendments all about privatizing public forest, says Wilderness Committee
News Release - February 21, 2013 VICTORIA, BC - The Wilderness Committee is calling for renewed protest in the woods...
2013 BC Budget Silent on Climate and the Environment
News Release - February 19, 2013 VICTORIA, BC – The 2013 British Columbia budget introduced this afternoon shows...
WC listens to residents concerns over pipeline expansion
The fight against climate change continues on the Lower Mainland, the latest event in east Vancouver. The Wilderness...
Court dismisses appeal of decision that allowed logging road construction in provincial parks
An appeal of a legal ruling on a logging road through Grass River Provincial Park, which lies along Hwy. 39 west of...
Stronger, longer public consultation requested for new provincial park mine
Environmental group wants expert opinion available to all Manitobans WINNIPEG - The Wilderness Committee is calling on...
Stronger, longer public consultation requested for new provincial park mine
News Release - February 15, 2013 Environmental group wants expert opinion available to all Manitobans WINNIPEG - The...
NDP projects billion-dollar loss for BC Hydro
VICTORIA — BC Hydro is on track to lose more than $1 billion over the next four years by paying private companies to...
Power industry hires fish foundation for study
Run-of-river projects have come under harsh criticism in recent years for salmonid kills B.C.'s run-of-river power...
TV News Story - Town Hall meeting in East Vancouver about Oil Tankers
This is a TV news story about a Town Hall meeting in East Vancouver about the proposal to build a new Kinder Morgan...
Manitoba's water bodies threatened, forum hears
'Situation is so dire it needs quick action,' Liberal leader says. A gurgling baby gently shushed by his mom at a...
B.C. has blind spot for King Coal
Environmentalists here are wondering why proposed and expanded oil pipelines, in addition to liquefied natural gas...
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