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The Controversy Between Persistence and Resistance
Since the TMX project’s first conceptualization in 2013 First Nations groups, environmental scientists, and activists...
Columns
Wilderness Committee joins the call to strengthen - not weaken - BC's environmental assessment law.
The Wilderness Committee joined with several environmental organizations to submit a joint submission on the...
Videos
Video: Caribou being logged to extinction
This footage is evidence the BC government has failed caribou. It's time for the federal government to step in and...
Columns
National Campaigns
Join us Sept. 27 across Canada ✊🏽
If you’re just tuning in after summer, things are getting pretty real out there. Hurricane Dorian devastated low-lying...
Columns
Manitoba
Global Climate Strike | WINNIPEG

GUEST SPOT: Manitoba Youth for Climate Action Hello dear Friend, Times have changed. Often people are uncomfortable...

News
British Columbia
PHOTOS: Picketers block entrance to Ministry of Environment in support of Global Climate Strike
Access to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy building was blocked Tuesday morning by a group of...
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Ontario
Charlotte Dawe: Canada can no longer follow U.S. lead on endangered species protection
"The U.S. Endangered Species Act, which was rolled back, was known worldwide as the Holy Grail of species-at-risk laws...
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Manitoba
‘This is sacred’: the fight against a massive frac sand mine in Manitoba
The project — which would extract 1.2 million tonnes of sand every year for the next half-century — was excluded from...
Columns
Line in the Sand S2: Keeping Watch

It's back! With Trans Mountain gearing up for construction again, we're launching season two of our Line in the Sand...

Media Releases
Squamish court victory sends Trans Mountain back to Horgan
VANCOUVER – Wilderness Committee congratulates the Squamish Nation on today’s success in the B.C. Court of Appeal and...
Media Releases
Active logging in critical habitat threatens endangered Wells Gray caribou herd
VANCOUVER – Extensive clearcut logging is currently underway in an area larger than 500 CFL football fields in...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Teal Jones’ announcement highlights need for transition to sustainable forestry
VICTORIA – In the wake of yesterday’s announcement by logging company Teal Jones that it will halt coastal operations...
News
When pipeline comes what happens to the trees?
Brunette River target of tree analysis by groups studying impact of Trans Mountain pipeline as it is built through...
Columns
Horgan and Trudeau’s electric fracking is climate fraud
Sometimes reality is stranger than satire. Enter “electric fracking.” Last week’s announcement of $680 million for new...
Columns
Manitoba
MB Votes 2019: Have you read the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report? How should Manitoba respond?
Responses to environmental candidate survey for the 2019 Manitoba provincial election. Green Party of Manitoba The...

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