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Bella Bella Oil Pipeline Hearings Cancelled Apr 02, 2012: National Energy Board Panel Cites Personal Safety Concerns, RCMP Says Gathering Was Peaceful
In a surprising development the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel has cancelled today’s hearings in a remote coastal community of Bella Bella after peaceful demonstrations greeted panel members at the local airport.
International Call to Reject Pipeline, Protect Great Bear Rainforest Mar 22, 2012: German environmental organization delivers 4,600 letters for Clark to Canadian Embassy in Berlin
German conservationists in bear costumes, and with a banner reading “No Pipeline, No Tankers, Save the Great Bear Rainforest, Half the forest isn’t enough,“ hand-delivered 4,600 letters for B.C. Premier Christy Clark this morning to Canada’s embassy in Berlin.
Naval Gazing: Military must address activities in killer whale critical habitat Mar 21, 2012: Eight conservation organizations working to protect marine wildlife on Canada’s Pacific coast are urging the Canadian Navy to exclude military training exercises from the critical habitat of southern resident killer whales.
B.C. Budget Risks Water & Environment for Mining Rush Feb 21, 2012: Eliminating regulations for B.C.’s expanding mining projects will jeopardize water and wildlife and lead to increased community concern and conflict, Sierra Club BC Executive Director George Heyman warned today following the B.C. budget.

British Columbia Pesticide Ban Campaign Gains Traction May 10, 2012 ENews Park Forest: British Columbia (BC) may become the eighth Canadian province to ban cosmetic (lawn care) pesticides after the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides submit their recommendations to the legislature later this month.
New Rules Give Panel Little Power: Sierra Club May 10, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Panelists 'prohibited from drawing conclusions' on Taseko proposal's environmental impact
George Heyman, executive director of Sierra Club B.C., said there are two major changes in the terms of reference compared to the panel that concluded the project shouldn't go ahead.
B.C. redraws provincial parks map May 08, 2012 The Vancouver Sun: Removal of land from Stawamus Chief - the subject of gondola proposal - angers activists
More than 550,000 hectares will be added to the province's parks and protected areas under legislation introduced Monday, the Ministry of Environment announced. However, the province will remove 2.36 hectares from Stawamus Chief Provincial Park near Squamish, potentially paving the way for a controversial sightseeing gondola project to proceed.
Link between Parks on Quadra Island Takes Step Forward May 08, 2012 The Times Colonist: Quadra Island residents are cheering a government move that could seal a deal to purchase key tracts of land linking a pair of marine provincial parks.