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Public inquiry needed to address health & environmental risks of fracking
The BC Government should follow the lead of other provinces, US states and the EPA in launching a public inquiry into...
CRD board meeting: Big crowd turns up to Save the Juan de Fuca Trail
Almost 80 people are currently packed into the Capital Regional District (CRD) Board Meeting, where the full board is...
Youth Organize Historic Earth Day Parade for Climate and Election
Young people from across the Vancouver area have joined forces to organize an historic Earth Day parade and festival...
Funding for destructive mining exploration directly at odds with moose recovery funding
WINNIPEG -- The Wilderness Committee is raising the alarm about conflicting funding initiatives highlighted in today's...
The Sound and the fury: Dark days in Clayoquot
“Clayoquot Sound is a place of wonder, one whose beauty takes the breath away. It fills you with a sense of our sacred...
People power can save BC’s wild rivers
I love donuts, but I wrote this article at home because I was worried it might be too hard to get a seat at my local...
Iisaak gets road permit for Flores
Friends say it may be time to renegotiateIisaak Forest Resources received a permit from the B.C. government April 1 to...
New Publication ‑ Global Warming Made in Canada?
I am excited to share with you this new publication, Global Warming: Made in Canada? about Canada's role in the world...
Clayoquot Sound logging road permit breaks 1999 agreement: Wilderness Committee
The Wilderness Committee has reacted to news that on April 1 a permit was issued by the BC government to the First...
Comox Valley anti‑coal mine forces massing Thursday
Comox Valley or Coal Valley?The Comox Valley is facing a decision point about what kind of community it wants to...
First nations logging company gets Flores Island road permit
Fears raised that area’s old-growth forest may be at risk The B.C. government said Tuesday it has issued a road...
Progressive environmental policy commitments from NDP hopeful Adrian Dix
Vancouver, BC – In advance of this weekend's environmental issues leadership debate, NDP hopeful Adrian Dix has...
IPP’s to cost BC Hydro almost $1 billion annually by 2014
Increase to help BC Hydro pay for rising energy costs BC Hydro's investment in green energy is expected to cost it...
The campaign to protect the Juan de Fuca Trail is heating up!
The outpouring of public pressure on the Capital Regional District (CRD) is starting to make in roads! Help us put on...
Federal Election a Chance for Canada to Fix its Tarnished Reputation on Climate
"With Canada on the verge of a federal election, there is a real opportunity for the opposition to show they would do...
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