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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...
Environmental groups to hold cross‑border town hall meeting on fossil fuel exports in the Salish Sea
Media Advisory - August 20, 2013 VICTORIA – Simultaneous outdoor town hall meetings will be held tomorrow on either...
Squamish’s Sea to Sky Gondola project gears up for a spring opening
A Squamish gondola project that some tourism analysts are calling B.C.’s top new attraction for 2014 is on track to...
Bumpy ride for Omnitrax plan?
A national environmental group has vowed to try to block a plan to begin shipping Alberta oil through northern...
Coal‑train crusaders pick up steam
Communities and Coal is gaining momentum in its opposition to the proposed Direct Coal Transfer Facility at Fraser...
South Surrey and Washington State residents campaign against U.S. thermal coal trains
Residents of South Surrey and Washington State are rallying against a proposed permit for a direct coal transfer...
Twenty years after the protest, what we learned from Clayoquot Sound
Clayoquot Sound, home of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, is a visually stunning area on the west side of Vancouver Island...
Global climate emergency: More bike lanes good, but we need a transportation transformation
July was a record-breaking month in Vancouver -- the driest on record. The political discussion in the city during...
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