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Canadian Arctic port and rail company pins hope for revival on oil exports
Bakken shale shipments across 810-mile railway that shifts over unstable permafrost raise concerns over safety and...
Learn more about Canada's disappearing bees
Bees and other pollinators are an essential part of our agricultural system. They provide critical services that help...
LNG plant proposed for Lower Mainland
Environmentalists fear a 20-acre natural gas liquefaction plant proposed for somewhere in the Lower Mainland is a step...
Rye’s investments question ethics
In classrooms, professors teach business ethics and green energy courses. Hand-grown gardens and water bottle refill...
BC Supreme Court lawsuit targets water use by resource extraction industry in the province
Ecojustice Canada claims B.C.’s oil and gas commission is a serial Water Act violator The BC Oil and Gas Commission...
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...
Rally at Taseko's Offices
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...
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