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SFU Profs Slam Campbell's Energy Plan
Hobbling BC Hydro so private firms can profit big is bad public policy Two Simon Fraser University professors, both...
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PROMINENT ENVIRONMENTALIST STEPS DOWN FROM WILDERNESS COMMITTEE
A VANCOUVER ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL CRUSADER WILL LEAVE HIS POST WITH THE WESTERN CANADA WILDERNESS COMMITTEE COME...
Columns
South Fraser Witness Trail gets off to wet start
It was pouring rain on Saturday morning as I set out to start the Wilderness Committee’s first transit-accessible...
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Canada’s boreal forest top-rated carbon warehouse
North America’s boreal forest contains nearly twice as much carbon per hectare as tropical forests, says a new report...
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GREEN SCENE: Will it be bye, bye Burrard Thermal? Well, not so fast
Tri-City News file photo: Burrard Thermal power plant in Port Moody burns natural gas to generate electricity. The...
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Ottawa plans inquiry into disappearance of B.C. sockeye
Wild salmon advocates expressed relief Thursday after Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that the federal...
Columns
Salmon Seige - Wild Times
November 6th, 2009 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he looks at a better way to fish...
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BC Hydro CEO steps down amid power controversy
Bob Elton is stepping down after six years as president and CEO of Crown-owned BC Hydro, sparking rumours he may have...
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B.C. pushes private power projects
Plutonic Power Corp. CEO Donald McInnes uses words like shocking and mind-boggling when describing this past summer’s...
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Call to cancel spring Grizzly hunt as numbers fall
An animal-rights group is calling for the cancellation of the spring Grizzly hunt after what they say is an...
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B.C. has hydro for millions of vehicles: study
Photo: Electric vehicles like this Nissan could dominate B.C. roads and be charged at home, according to a University...
Media Releases
Wilderness Committee condemns Premier Campbell’s give-away to private power interests
The Wilderness Committee accused BC Premier Gordon Campbell of sinking to new lows today, when he announced that the...
News
There is more to the ALR than potential development profits
In an Oct. 20 Vancouver Sun article, Steve Lornie goes after the Agricultural Land Reserve. Prosperous societies like...
Media Releases
Wilderness Committee Award goes to St'át'imc Nation Activist
Today the Wilderness Committee is honouring William “BJ” Alexander of the St'át'imc (pronounced Stat-lee-um) Nation...
Videos
Wilderness Committee activists protest in front of Private Power Developers' annual meeting
This is a short video clip of Wilderness Committee campaigners Joe Foy and Gwen Barlee on Monday November 2, 2009 in...
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