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Northern Gateway pipeline

Kitimat settles on date and one long-winded question for Enbridge Northern Gateway plebiscite

Some councillors opposed the question, saying it was too confusing and long.

Why I'm on a hunger strike to stop the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline

"We cannot let Enbridge destroy our waters, forests and coastal communities."

Federal "polluter pays" announcement for tanker spills on BC coast doesn't hold water

The release of a new federal report recommends improvements to Canada's tanker spill regime on the BC coast. Yet onlookers worry the recommendations aren't enough to hold industry accountable.

UBC Students Prepare for Saturday's Climate Rally

UBC Forestry student Cohen Hocking takes hope from how quickly his parents changed their mind on climate and pipelines. "I'm hopeful that broad change can happen fast," he said.
Defend Our Coast rally in Victoria 2012

After meetings with federal ministers, Chief Stewart Phillip urges British Columbians to take to the street

Ministers' visit foreshadows Harper's plan to declare pipelines "in the national interest", the head of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs told the Vancouver Observer.

Elizabeth May "shocked" by latest revelation about Harper government and Enbridge

Really? Feds plans to drop $100 M on Enbridge infrastructure when the proposed pipeline hasn't even been approved?

First Nation group furious at Province's move to cut trees down for Enbridge pipeline path

Geraldine Thomas-Flurer, a spokesperson for the Yinka Dene Alliance, vowed today to fight the BC government's moves toward granting Enbridge temporary land use permits to cut trees to...

What Nathan Cullen would have said at the JRP Enbridge hearing

Nathan Cullen, NDP House Leader and MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley, felt insulted. The federal government's attitude wrapping up its arguments before the Joint Review Panel hearings on the Northern...

BC Election: BC's most valuable resources on the line

This BC election will you vote to protect the environment?

Koch brothers make me mad

"For billionaires who cannot buy good press, there is the option of buying the press," The New Yorker says.