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Kinder Morgan tags trees in North Burnaby for 'inventory purposes'
Trees along the Trans Mountain Trail have been tagged by Kinder Morgan for inventory purposes. Photograph By...
Environmental groups back in court as government, industry make second attempt to kill pesticide case
Neonicotinoid pesticides have been linked to mass bee die-offs and declining pollinator populations 15 November, 2017...
Citizen‑funded radio ads urge BC government to cancel Site C dam
For Immediate Release: November 9, 2017 Vancouver (Coast Salish Territories) - A broad alliance of citizen-led groups...
More than two dozen groups join call for fracking inquiry in B.C.
A coalition of community, First Nation and environmental organizations wants the provincial government to expand a...
Old‑growth forest debate ignites discussion
Old growth debate returns to Port Hardy Hannah Peterson - Mark Worthing from the Sierra Club BC gives a presentation...
Video: A guide to the Kinder Morgan pipeline route
2018 Canada’s Wild Endangered Species and Spaces Calendar
Support critical campaigns by purchasing our 2018 Canada's Wild Endangered Species and Spaces Calendar! Dear Friend...
Joe Foy on the BCUC report on the Site C dam ‑ CFAX 1070
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BCUC report a bombshell that bursts Site C dam project
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER – The Wilderness Committee today is pointing to the damning evidence revealed in the...
Environmentalists hit the road to talk forests, forestry on Vancouver Island
Sierra Club BC and the Wilderness Committee to hold six public meetings in ten days VANCOUVER ISLAND - In light of the...
Manitoba thumbs nose at Ottawa, sets own carbon tax scheme
The government says a couple with two children would pay about $356 a year more than they do now under the plan....
Connelly: A new Northwest national park in Canada's only desert
Photo: John Lau, Handout A new Canadian national park, just north of the U.S. border in British Coumbia, will conserve...
Self‑defeating Carbon Plan short on action, won’t serve Manitobans
WINNIPEG – With the release of their half-hearted Climate and Green Plan today, the Manitoba government has signalled...
South Okanagan National Park Reserve moves closer to reality
OSOYOOS, BC - The Wilderness Committee is celebrating wildly at the news that several key levels of government are now...
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