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Province, Public Opposition Halt Raven Coal Mine Proposal
A May 16 decision by the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) to reject the proposed Raven Coal Mine on Vancouver...
Province rejects 12,000‑page application for massive Raven coal mine on Vancouver Island
Plans for a massive underground coal mine south of Courtenay, near Buckley Bay, suffered a major blow Friday with...
Raven Coal Mine Application Rejected
In this radio interview, the Wilderness Committee's Vancouver Island campaigner Torrance Coste discusses the BC...
Panel Event to Address Impact of Development on Manitoba Wildlife
Media Advisory - May 21, 2013 WINNIPEG – The Wilderness Committee will be co-hosting a panel event tomorrow, Wednesday...
Protecting the Little Saskatchewan River: Licences, Appeals, and a Broken System
This is a guest blog post written by Ruth Pryzner, a farmer in western Manitoba who has been dealing with regulatory...
Raven Coal Mine Application Rejected by Regulators
News Release - May 17, 2013 VICTORIA – The BC Environmental Assessment Office announced today that it has rejected the...
Greens sue British Columbia for trees
VANCOUVER, B.C. (CN) - British Columbia is shirking its responsibility to protect endangered old-growth forest in the...
Fish farms allied with government, activists say
In the ongoing skirmishes between salmon farmers and environmental groups, fish farmers appear to have a powerful ally...
Lawsuit aims to save endangered Douglas fir ecosystems on Vancouver Island
Environmental groups are suing the provincial government in hopes of saving the last remaining pockets of coastal...
Blindfolded marchers start walk at oil plant
Organizer's two-day walk from Burnaby refinery starts May 4 Sophia Harrison wants more vision from governments when it...
Environment groups file legal action to force govt to increase protection of B.C. forests
Three environmental groups filed legal action Thursday to force the provincial government to boost protection of...
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...
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