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British Columbia
Gas royalty review fails to rein in fossil fuel extraction
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — B.C.’s new gas royalty system eliminates...
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Ontario
RE: An Open Letter on Regional Assessment in the Ring of Fire 
Dear Minister Guilbeault, Minister Wilkinson and Minister Miller, We, the undersigned individuals and organizations...
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Columns
Ontario
What does it take to protect old‑growth? A case study in Catchacoma forest

North of Catchacoma Lake in Peterborough township, in the traditional territories of Michi Saagig Anishnabeg, lies 660...

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Columns
British Columbia
Help us shine a light on LNG greenwashing
We did a cool thing! Before first light this morning, we set up a high-powered projector across the water from...
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British Columbia
Environmentalists protest fracking ahead of province‑backed corporate pro‑LNG conference
At Vancouver's Canada Place, climate groups project message denouncing companies and the government for promoting gas...
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Ontario
Enviro groups sue federal government for failing to protect at‑risk migratory birds
Federal environment minister’s Protection Statement weakens vital habitat protection provision under Species at Risk...
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Videos
Radio Interview ‑ Joe Foy on the impending threat of logging at the Argenta Face
This is a radio interview with Joe Foy - longtime activist with the Wilderness Committee. Last year he posted a film...
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Wild Times ‑ Argenta Confidence Game
The Wilderness Committee's protected areas campaigner Joe Foy warns that trees are targeted for logging on Kootenay...
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Videos
Manitoba
Escalating mining mess in Manitoba parks
The devastation of Nopiming Provincial Park by mineral exploration is escalating. As you’ll see in the video I...
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Manitoba
Bulldozing of Nopiming Provincial Park continues
A supporter messaged us about mining activity in Nopiming Provincial Park, and a research expedition discovered...
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British Columbia
What a credible climate review for Tilbury LNG would look like

Wilderness Committee Submission re: Tilbury LNG Phase 2 Draft AIR Tilbury LNG is a fossil fuel expansion project in an...

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British Columbia
New evidence shows logging and cutting permits in proposed old growth deferral areas
VICTORIA / UNCEDED LEKWUNGEN TERRITORIES — B.C. groups are releasing new evidence of ongoing logging and pending cut...
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British Columbia
B.C. hydrogen office aims to kickstart fledgling sector: Horgan

Premier John Horgan says the office will help the province reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The province is...

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Humanity has 2.5 years to bend the carbon curve
In the latest global climate report, scientists tell us to get our act together — now. That’s more or less the key...
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British Columbia
Logging deferrals welcome but transparency, more action needed to protect last old‑growth

Wilderness Committee calls on the B.C. government to release maps of confirmed deferrals and an action plan for...

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