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Starving eagles ‘falling out of the sky’
When David Hancock saw the bald-eagle count on the Chehalis River drop from more than 7,000 to fewer than 400 over a...
NDP leadership front-runners take stand on environmental issues; Liberals silent
Two front-runners in the NDP leadership race are promising to cast aside much of Gordon Campbell's environmental...
Speak out for the big trees of the Juan de Fuca Trail! Open House March 3rd
On March 3rd, the Capital Regional District wants to know what you think about the proposed development on the Juan de...
“Farnworth's Environmental Platform "Impressive": Wilderness Committee
Vancouver, BC -- The Wilderness Committee has reviewed the environmental platform of NDP leadership candidate Mike...
Exploring the wild frontier of Jumbo Valley, B.C.
To comment on this Globe & Mail article go here Twenty years ago, with a faded orange rope lashed to my waist and an...
'Boring' budget delays climate action
The provincial budget announced yesterday doesn’t do enough for climate action, according to many environmental...
North Surrey will oppose incinerator plan
Re: “North Surrey the ideal spot to burn garbage: Councillors,” The Leader, Feb. 9. Marvin Hunt is suggesting that...
Company 'tests' oil pipeline expansion
Kinder Morgan is eyeing plans to expand capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs crude and refined oil...
Site C opposition declaration presented in legislature
A group of 23 First Nations have finally had their declaration opposing the Site C project submitted into the B.C...
Wilderness Committee Applauds Leadership Candidate for Comprehensive Environmental Platform
NDP Leadership candidate John Horgan injects environment issues into leadership races Vancouver, BC - In reaction to a...
Carbon tax should expand, NDP leadership candidate Horgan says
NDP leadership hopeful John Horgan said today he will expand the carbon tax if he becomes premier, and admitted his...
Historic First Nations Declaration against Site C makes its way to Legislature
Today opposition energy critic John Horgan submitted a declaration from 23 First Nations into the Legislature opposing...
Keep Our Rivers Wild, a New Report
We are excited to announce that we have just published a new report entitled Keep Our Rivers Wild. This is the latest...
B.C. needs endangered species legislation
As a conservation biologist, I am charged with the responsibility of maintaining the genetic tapestry of life on our...
“Silence is Deafening” for Environment in 2011 BC Budget; Wilderness Committee
The 2011 “placeholder” BC Budget maintained the status quo and contained little good news for the environment...
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