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Kitsilano Town Hall Meeting to Oppose Pipeline and Tanker Proposal
News Release - July 23, 2012VANCOUVER – Concerned residents from across the Lower Mainland are coming together in...
Pledge to improve Northern Gateway safety fails to impress environmental groups
Enbridge’s pledge to take extra steps to improve the safety of its proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline will not...
Wilderness Committee responds to Enbridge modifications
Opponents of the Northern Gateway oil pipeline say Enbridge's plan to improve the project is more about public...
Province expected to outline rules on pipeline proposals
Wilderness Committee says province may back off Enbridge, move closer to Kinder MorganVICTORIA (NEWS1130) - After...
Peat‑mining loophole irks wilderness group
An environmental group is decrying the rush to mine peat in the Riverton area near Lake Winnipeg. The Wilderness...
B.C. moose ravaged by salvage logging of beetle‑killed pine forests
Aggressive drive on pine-beetle killed timber blamed as habitat left exposed and numbers plunge by up to 70 per cent...
New Report: Doubling Vancouver Island's Protected Areas
As part of an effort to expand BC's parks and protected lands, the Wilderness Committee has released a new report...
TV News Story ‑ Enbridge Pipeline Safety and Premier Clark
This is a television news story about new safety guidelines announced by Enbridge regarding the Northern Gateway...
TV News Story ‑ BC Premier Weighing in on Pipelines
This is a television news story about BC Premier Christy Clark weighing in—at last—on proposed pipelines like the...
Peat mine footprints causing concern
An environmental group is decrying the "rush" to mine peat near Riverton along the western shores of Lake Winnipeg...
Urgent: Take Action on New Peat Mines
The Wilderness Committee has released a new Action E-alert warning Manitobans about three new proposed peat mines that...
Environment group gets creative competing with oil ads
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - An environmental group says it doesn't have the same advertising dollars that big oil companies...
Federal agency finds holes in Taseko mine's draft environmental report
VICTORIA - Taseko Mines (TSX:TKO) has been ordered to rewrite an environmental impact statement about a proposed gold...
Taseko report misled Ottawa over potential quake impact
Mining firm omitted other crucial information, federal agency finds Taseko Mines Ltd. made a "misleading" statement in...
Oil spill would destroy Stanley Park: report
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Imagine the coastline of Stanley Park covered in thick, black oil. That's what a report by the...
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