Environmental Groups

The Puyallup Tribe of Indians and a coalition of community groups appealed permits for the project to the state Shoreline Hearings Board. The case had been scheduled for an April hearing, but rather than defend the project, PSE backed down.

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Climate Change

The shady group determined to block our climate solutions

19/01/24

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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National Observer

Jan. 15, 2024

A shadowy new organization attacking the climate efforts of Canadian cities is infiltrating Google searches and ads in the New York Times and other publications online.

The group — Voice for Energy — bills itself as a platform for Canadians to "speak up" against municipalities implementing measures to reduce or ban natural gas to "protect" people’s so-called "energy choice."

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The Legal Reason Courts May Soon Tackle Climate Change

16/01/24

Author:

Steve Lorteau and Andrew Green

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The Tyee

Climate-related legal challenges were once considered ‘too political’ for Canadian courts to resolve. But the tide is turning. Photo by James Chen via Shutterstock.

Jan. 11, 2024

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2024 could be the year we end oil and gas expansion in B.C.

13/01/24

Author:

Kai Nagata

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Dogwood BC

Jan. 9, 2024

Major pipelines over budget, cancelled or facing fierce opposition

Just three days before Christmas, British Columbians received a surprise gift: a pipeline rejection. The BC Utilities Commission denied the application by FortisBC to build a $327 million gas pipeline in the fast-growing south Okanagan.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Canada's efforts to rebuild depleted fish stocks are flopping, says independent audit

27/12/23

Author:

Paul Withers

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CBC News

Fisheries and Oceans Canada reduced commercial fish quotas and imposed shutdowns to rebuild depleted stocks in 2022. It shut down the spring herring fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and slashed the herring quota off the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. (Robert F. Bukaty/The Associated Press)

Nov. 22, 2023

Major spending increases and policy changes by the federal government to protect and rebuild wild fish stocks in Canada have resulted in little improvement, according to the 2022 Fishery Audit released this week by environmental group Oceana Canada.

In its sixth annual audit, Oceana says fewer than one third of wild marine fish stocks in Canada are considered healthy and most critically depleted stocks lack plans to rebuild them.

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A call to support the #FairyCreek15 who face being sued by logging company Teal Cedar - Donate

17/12/23

Author:

Brent Patterson

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Peace Brigades International - Canada

Still from Last Stand Legal Defence Fund video.

A call to support the #FairyCreek15 who face being sued by logging company Teal Cedar

Published by Brent Patterson on December 16, 2023

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B.C. environmental review gets earful against Nisga'a's Ksi Lisims LNG

09/12/23

Author:

Nelson Bennett

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Business Intelligence for BC

Artist's rendering of Ksi Lisims LNG, a floating LNG project proposed for the north end of Pearse Island snorth of Prince Rupert. | Submitted

Dec. 6, 2023

The Nisga’a Nation-backed Ksi Lisims LNG project appears to have sparked considerable pushback during a public comment period as part of the BC Environment Assessment Office’s review.

Whereas the Haisla Nations’ much smaller Cedar LNG project sailed through the environmental review process with just 16 written submissions, the Nisga’a Nation’s much larger project liquefied natural gas project – Ksi Lisims – generated more than 500 written comments, many of them anonymous, the bulk of them negative.

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BC Lags on Key Commitment as Environmental Assessment Act Turns Five Years Old

01/12/23

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Mining Watch Canada

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Mining Watch Canada

B.C. mining boom triggers new gold rush - https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-mining-boom-triggers-new-gold-rush-1.956886

Yet another fairly basic requirement for democratic decision-making which is being steadfastly ignored by "our government."

-- Gene McGuckin

Nov. 27, 2023

Environmental groups call on the BC government to deliver on its long-delayed promise to establish a public participation funding program for environmental assessments

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Environmental Groups

Major pipelines over budget, cancelled or facing fierce opposition

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