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Ottawa urged to protect sage grouse
A dozen environmental groups are threatening the federal government with legal action unless it overrules two...
Wilderness committee hopes for strong positive vote
To the Editor: This is a special action alert letter to Wilderness Committee members and supporters who are from Bowen...
Bowen Island Electors Reject National Park Reserve
The Bowen election saw large scale change and a clear result in the vote on a National Park Reserve. Results could see...
Environmental groups slam funding cap for Site C dam assessment
A prominent B.C. environmental leader is slamming the Conservative government for achieving “a new low” by capping...
Legal battle rages over Nanoose forest
A judge will hear arguments Friday in a First Nation battle with environmentalists to log one of the last remaining...
First Nation loggers and protesters put their cases to court
Opposing sides in a battle over a forest near Nanoose Bay head to B.C. Supreme Court Friday with both factions seeking...
Tar Sands Oil Producers Eye California
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Obama Administration’s recent decision to delay the approval process for the controversial...
Activists unveil new oil tanker alerts
Opponents of crude oil exports through Metro Vancouver hope to shine a spotlight on the issue with a new service that...
Protesters settle in on controversial cut block
The sounds of chirping birds and croaking frogs have been replaced by chainsaws as a controversial logging project...
Federal government must prevent extinction of sage-grouse in Canada
VANCOUVER — An international coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal environment minister to take...
TV News Story - Push to stop Nanoose Forest logging
This is a TV News Story about citizen lead efforts to protect the Nanoose Forest - also known as DL 33 - from being...
TV News Story - Wilderness Committee tracking Vancouver Oil Tankers
This is a TV news story about the Wilderness Committee's efforts to allow people to track oil tankers as they come...
Tria Donaldson: Preservation of irreplaceable Nanoose Bay Forest worth fighting for
Georgia Straight By Tria Donaldson, November 22nd, 2011 The Nanoose Bay Forest, also known as DL33, is a 64-hectare...
Tensions start to rise in Nanoose as protesters seek to halt logging
Tensions are growing between environmentalists and aboriginal people in a dispute over logging a 64-hectare block of...
Stop the cut in our Coastal Douglas-Fir Forests
For a handful of Wilderness Committee staff and volunteers, 8:00am on a holiday morning is not too early to stand up...
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