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Dr. John Calvert - The Crisis at BC Hydro
This video was taken at a lecture held by SFU Public Policy Professor Dr. John Calvert on February 28, 2012. The...
Forte opposition au projet de tourbière dans le Parc Hecla
Des écologistes et des politiciens font front commun afin d'empêcher que le gouvernement ne donne son appui à la...
Manitoba Liberals, Environment Groups Decry Planned Peat Mine in Park
WINNIPEG - Critics are asking the Manitoba government to reject a proposed peat mine in a Manitoba provincial park...
Peat Mine Would Devastate Boreal Bog, Says Biologist
Conservation biologist Heather Hinam took CBC News deep into a Manitoba boreal bog on Tuesday to explain why this...
Proposed Peat Mine Draws Opposition
Manitoba Conservation has expressed concern that a proposed peat mine at Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park could pose a...
Supertankers' Alberta oil shipments spur fears
Bigger oil tankers, and more of them, may be headed to B.C.'s coast as companies plan to greatly expand shipments in...
TV News Story - Spotted Owl habitat logging in Chilliwack Valley.
A conservation group says loggers are cutting down trees in an area of B.C.'s Fraser Valley that's inhabited by the...
Oil spill clean-up mock ‘job fair’ greets Kinder Morgan president
What: Mock ‘Job Fair’ for oil spill clean-up When: 10:30am, Friday, February 24, 2012 Where: In front of the Vancouver...
Keep the Kokish wild and the steelhead running
The Kokish River, at the north end of Vancouver Island, is home to a rare population of summer run wild steelhead and...
Logging begins in Chilliwack River Valley near where endangered owl was spotted
Photo: Recently felled timber in area set aside for the protection of spotted owl habitat in the Chilliwack Valley...
Help stop logging in spotted owl habitat
This morning trees started coming down in a protected spotted owl Wildlife Habitat Area (WHA) near Chilliwack Lake...
UPDATE: Logging starts in spotted owl habitat
Logging has started in spotted owl habitat located near Chilliwack, sparking a "protest vigil" by angry residents....
Logging under way in spotted owl habitat
Local residents hold protest vigil CHILLIWACK – This morning, trees started falling in a protected spotted owl...
Environmentalists protest logging of spotted owl habitat in BC's Fraser Valley
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A conservation group says loggers are cutting down trees in an area of B.C.'s Fraser Valley that's...
24 hours for boreal caribou
Last week we encouraged you to write letters about the federal government’s path for caribou. We have only 24 hours...
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