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High non‑compliance rates by independent power producers: B.C. government memo
VANCOUVER - Internal government documents show a startling number of compliance issues with British Columbia's...
The Rise of Independent Power Producers, Explained
They split the enviro vote in 2009, but can they still spark trouble across the province? It all started on the Ashlu...
Burns Bog Pilgrimage Puts Our Future Right Front Of Our Eyes
NORTH DELTA – Generally, people think that environment management is the Governments responsibility but to me it is...
In Pemberton, River Power Project Fuels Election Fight
NDP candidate, a climate activist, calls BC government's IPP push 'gluttonous.' A wire twisted into the shape of a...
Taking a Stand Against Coal
There is not enough room in the national headlines for all the battles between fossil fuel expansion projects and...
Pipelines and schools
While Kinder Morgan's plan to nearly triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain oil pipeline has hit the provincial...
Earth Day celebrations in Parksville Qualicum Beach
It was a happy celebration of the earth Saturday afternoon outside town hall in Qualicum Beach, where a theme about...
Private power projects damaging a B.C. legacy
Times Colonist By Gwen Barlee May 14, 2013 A Vancouver Island river renowned for its fish — including two endangered...
Salish Sea at risk of becoming a global carbon corridor
The Georgia Straight By Eoin Madden and Torrance Coste May 8, 2013 The Salish Sea, stretching from Metro Vancouver to...
Delta and Surrey host Earth Week celebrations
What better way to celebrate Earth Week than to visit the Lungs of the Lower Mainland? The Burns Bog Conservation...
Youth can't vote, but they can march on Earth Day
"As youth, we know that our voices must be heard, not tomorrow, but today. If we wait until tomorrow to say no to...
Contrasts in the Walbran Valley and the need for forest policy reform in BC
Vancouver Observer By Torrance Coste April 18, 2013 “I don’t think I’ve ever been this wet and happy.” These words...
Jobs & energy
ISSUE AT A GLANCE: British Columbia's energy sector stands on the precipice of a potential golden age, with the...
Environmental groups sue BC for breaking forestry law
News Release - May 2, 2013 Logging of Coastal Douglas-fir forest results in near elimination and must be stopped...
Environmental groups to announce new forestry lawsuit Thursday
Media Advisory - May 1, 2013 VANCOUVER – Ecojustice, on behalf of the Wilderness Committee and ForestEthics Solutions...
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