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Bus headed to Kaslo for IPP meeting; Nelson area residents concerned with run-of-river project have opportunity to travel en masse to meeting to voice opposition
Bus headed to Kaslo for IPP meeting; Nelson area residents concerned with run-of-river project have opportunity to...
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Going green gets intimate
Environmentally conscious citizens take to coffee shops, living rooms and places of worship to help slow global...
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Climate shift fires public's green interest
Climate change isn't just warming the globe and causing crazy weather -- it has also cranked up the public's interest...
Columns
Update on our efforts to protect BC's Killer Whales
The fight to protect British Columbia's killer whales continues. The Wilderness Committee, together with a handful of...
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Run-of-river IPP under scrutiny: Activists criticize, company denies
Allegations of low environmental standards at a run-of-river Independent Power Project (IPP) near Harrison Lake have...
Media Releases
TAR SANDS PROTEST GREETS STELMACH
TAR SANDS PROTEST GREETS STELMACH (For release at 12:30 pm - January 28, 2008 – Vancouver, BC) Alberta Premier Ed...
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Green group calls for changes to Gateway project
With gas prices painfully high and transit services overcrowded or limited, the Western Canada Wilderness Committee...
Media Releases
Campbell’s Green Vision Not Reflected in Budget
For immediate release – February 20, 2007 Bright spots for the environment offset by expanded subsidies for oil and...
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Moratorium on oil tankers disputed by federal cabinet minister
VICTORIA (CP) - Growing interest in routing new oil and gas pipelines to British Columbia's northern coast has some...
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Tanker traffic irks NDP politicians
Increasing oil tanker activity in B.C.’s northern waters has West Coast NDPers calling on Ottawa and Victoria to...
Columns
Hot off the press - brand new Wilderness Committee report about Clayoquot Sound!
Great news! Today, Thursday, June 18, 2009 - we just received 70,000 copies of a brand new Wilderness Committee...
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Zipline, Kayaking Tours Set To Open
TOFINO — A new zipline tour and river kayaking company will open over the next few weeks in the Tla-o-qui-aht First...
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Recovery strategy fails to protect birds, court told
Environmental groups seek to strike down as fatally flawed an endangered-species-recovery strategy for the greater...
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Grouse misconduct?
When the plains were peppered with roaming buffalo, there were many more wolves around than there are now. That kept...
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Run-of-the-river projects raising questions
Western Canada Wilderness Committee is raising red flags about run-of-the-river projects north of Harrison Lake, after...
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