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Media Releases
British Columbia
Teal-Jones on brink of violating Wildlife Act; risks destroying fragile western screech-owl forests
Teal-Jones appears to be ignoring notice of confirmed screech-owl sightings during mating season in the Caycuse Valley...
Media Releases
British Columbia
B.C. gets failing grades on biodiversity targets two days before International Day for Biological Diversity
Report card comes a decade after international governments committed to global biodiversity targets VANCOUVER /...
Media Releases
International Energy Agency report shows net-zero means no new fossil fuels
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — For the first time, the world’s authority...
Media Releases
Ontario
Ford government to face environmental groups in court on Monday
Groups allege Ontario government’s failure to consult public prior to sweeping legislative changes is “pattern of...
Videos
British Columbia
Webinar: Decolonizing Outdoor Spaces
The Wilderness Committee and the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC host a webinar about the true context of outdoor...
Media Releases
Local Skagit County governments, tribes join opposition to mining in Skagit Headwaters
Opposition to Imperial Metals mining permit grows to more than 250, led by downstream stakeholders in Washington State...
Media Releases
British Columbia
New mapping shows huge increase in old-growth logging in year after Old-growth Strategic Review
Government data shows more than 40 per cent jump in approved old-growth cutblocks in the past twelve months VICTORIA /...
News
‘A Monstrous Monument to Greed and Stupidity’: Critics React to Site C Decision
BC Liberals accuse NDP of mismanagement; Greens warn public to brace for higher costs. Premier John Horgan’s...
News
Year-long logging halt aims to bolster northern spotted owl habitat near Hope
Pause gives conservation organizations time to formulate a recovery plan The last known wild northern spotted owls in...
Media Releases
Delay in logging old-growth area helps endangered spotted owls in southern B.C. — for now
A one-year reprieve has been given to one of Canada's most endangered species An agreement to delay logging of an old...
Columns
Manitoba
Energize for a Duck Mountain Logging Ban!
It’s Earth Day 2021, and we’ve got a job to finish. Logging corporation Louisiana-Pacific has held the Ducks hostage...
Media Releases
National Campaigns
Oil and gas industry holding Canada back from climate ambition
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — Growing emissions from oil and gas are...
Media Releases
Manitoba
Exclusion of motorized vehicle infrastructure from trail funding needed says the Wilderness Committee
No more public funding should go to the expansion of recreation trails for fossil-fuel-powered vehicles WINNIPEG...
Media Releases
British Columbia
With Budget 2021, government doesn’t walk its talk on forests, climate
Modest funding increases for parks is encouraging, but budget doesn’t deliver the changes promised on climate and...
Media Releases
Ontario
Federal budget delivers climate funding but subsidies work against progress
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mes and Sel̓íl̓witulh TERRITORIES — Wilderness Committee welcomes $17.6...
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