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Video: Trans Mountain Construction ‑ September Update
Updates on the Trans Mountain pipeline as of Sept. 2019 from Climate Campaigner Peter McCartney. For more on the fight...
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Manitoba
MB Votes 2019: Will you commit to more stringent fertilizer and manure management plans for agricultural operations?
Responses to environmental candidate survey for the 2019 Manitoba provincial election. Full question: Current...
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Manitoba
MB Votes 2019: Will you commit to a timeline and target to protect remaining wetlands?
Responses to our environmental candidate survey for the 2019 Manitoba provincial election. Full question: Healthy...
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Manitoba
MB Votes 2019: Will you commit to a timeline for phasing out industrial activities in provincial parks?
Responses to environmental candidate survey for the 2019 Manitoba provincial election. Full question: A July 2018 poll...
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Manitoba
MB Votes 2019: Will you commit to reducing our fossil fuel emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 as 120 national governments have agreed to do?
Responses to environmental candidate survey for the 2019 Manitoba provincial election. Manitoba Liberal Party The...
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Manitoba
MB Votes 2019: Have you read the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change SR1.5 report? How should Manitoba respond?
Responses to environmental candidate survey for the 2019 Manitoba provincial election. Manitoba NDP The Manitoba NDP...
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Video: Trans Mountain drilling under the North Thompson River
Here's the first piece of construction related to the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project that we've seen here...
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Media Releases
Manitoba
Manitobans must step up on climate as Amazon burns
This press release is from Manitoba's Climate Action Team. For Immediate Release - August 28, 2019 The world needs...
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National Campaigns
Canada must step up following cuts to U.S. Endangered Species Act

Well, Canada, the days of relying on the U.S. for protecting species habitat is over. Unless Canada begins to value...

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Media Releases
Manitoba
No love from gov on lower Bird River, mining exploration increases

WINNIPEG – In a letter to the Wilderness Committee, Premier Brian Pallister’s government has said no to protecting one...

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B.C. must reform mineral tenure laws that do not require Aboriginal consultation: First Nations leaders
First Nations on both sides of Canada-U.S. border concerned about Imperial Metals' application for exploration permit...
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Media Releases
Conservation groups applaud federal support of Indigenous land‑use visions in Clayoquot Sound
The Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht Nations, along with Nature United, put forward an inspiring and innovative proposal to...
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Columns
Manitoba
Is Whiteshell Park a place for a mine?

I have a friend who fanatically hoards her summer weekends, carefully ensuring she can get out to the water and woods...

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Manitoba
Video: Is Whiteshell Provincial Park the Place for A Mine?
Manitoba’s cherished provincial parks are at risk of getting bulldozed for mineral exploration this winter. Whiteshell...
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Canada folds to Big Oil in Bill C‑69 implementation
VANCOUVER – Canada’s plans for reviewing the climate impacts of major industrial projects exclude the worst offenders...

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