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Super-soft toilet paper flushing Canada’s boreal forest down the toilet: critics - Mar 13, 2010 - The Vanocouver Sun: Critics would like to educate and encourage consumers to buy toilet paper made from recycled sources, not virgin wood fibre.
BC Ministry of Environment commits to climate action agenda - Mar 09, 2010 - examiner.com: Ministry of the Environment releases statement regarding Budget 2010
Bravo to the Valley Sierra Club - Mar 09, 2010 - Comox Valley Echo: Bravo to the Sierra Club of the Comox Valley for taking their case against the development of a gas station and mini-storage facility at 3080 Comox Road (on the estuary), to an appeals court after a ruling by a judge in favour of the developer.
Activists at Shareholder Meeting Say Whole Foods is Bad for the Planet - Mar 08, 2010 - Market Watch: Sustainable Supply Chain Coalition asks Whole Foods to change unsustainable business practices, sign pledge
Logging plan's delay puts species at risk: study - Mar 05, 2010 - Globe and Mail: B.C. government has passed legislation protecting about half the Great Bear Rainforest, but environmental groups say little progress has been made toward developing plans
Government promotes 'dirty fuel,' activists say - Mar 04, 2010 - Victoria Times Colonist: Not enough on climate change, group charges
B.C. government deserves a ‘gold medal in green rhetoric' - Mar 03, 2010 - Globe and Mail: Praised in the past as the greenest government in Canada, BritishColumbia came under fire from environmentalists yesterday for a budget they say negates the impact of clean-energy initiatives by offering bigger subsidies to the oil and gas industry.
BC delivers unpopular budget - Mar 03, 2010 - The Squamish Chief: MLA touts benefits for corridor families, sports and arts
Who's saying what about the B.C. budget? - Mar 02, 2010 - The Canadian Press: Quotes about the BC budget
B.C. to offer 'minimal' Flathead compensation - Feb 19, 2010 - Vancouver Sun: Companies affected by mining moratorium not happy; state of Montana and environmental groups cheering.
B.C., Montana to buy out Flathead claims - Feb 18, 2010 - BC Local News: Campbell rejects suggestions that the deal was an Olympic showcase rather than an environmental move, stating that partial bans on industrial development are the way of the future for B.C.
Flathead River Basin deal ‘conservation gold' - Feb 18, 2010 - Globe and Mail: British Columbia and Montana will work together to protect a tiny piece of the province described as a missing piece of a world heritage site.
Government Ruling on the Flathead called a political decision - Feb 18, 2010 - Kootenay News Advertiser: Ross Stanfield, president of the East Kootenay Chamber of Mines believes the decision to ban mining in the Flathead River Valley was made under pressure from Montana and came just in time for the Olympics.
B.C. inks deal to protect Flathead Basin - Feb 18, 2010 - The Canadian Press: "Conservation gold" achieved with signing of moratorium between BC and Montana
Exclusive Interview with Canadian Landscape Environmental Photographer TJ Watt - Feb 17, 2010 - Bloginity: Candid interview with Vancouver Island's renowned outdoors photographer, TJ Watt.
Critics worry eco-standards eroded - Feb 11, 2010 - The Times Colonist: The throne speech maps out a path to lower environmental standards and a gold-rush mentality, say environmental groups.
B.C. protects Flathead: Environmentalists win ban on oil, gas, mining projects - Feb 10, 2010 - Calgary Herald: The B.C. government on Tuesday announced a ban on mining and oil and gas development in the Flathead River Valley, a victory for environmentalists who have long argued the ecology of the area must be protected.
British Columbia Bans Mining, Drilling in Flathead River Valley - Feb 10, 2010 - Environment News Service: Mining and drilling for oil, gas and coal will be banned in the Canadian portion of the Flathead River Basin, under a new partnership with the state of Montana announced Tuesday in British Columbia's Speech from the Throne, an annual address that identifies the Province's legislative priorities for the coming year.
B.C. will not allow mining in Flathead Valley - Feb 10, 2010 - The Globe and Mail: The B.C. government has killed a proposed coal mine on the headwaters of the Flathead River yesterday, issuing a cabinet order that prohibits any mining activity in the region.
Dry ski slopes will be least of B.C.'s troubles - Feb 08, 2010 - The Globe and Mail: Among the changes environmental groups want to see are laws that protect in-stream flows. In other words, they want B.C.'s water laws to recognize that fish and wildlife, as well as people, depend on water.
In the beginning, there was winter - Feb 01, 2010 - Island Parent: If you number a Garry Oak among your neighbours, observe how next season's buds are already formed, waiting snugly for the moment of unfurling.
Flathead: Environmental Disaster? - Jan 26, 2010: Global TV takes a look at the United Nations' World Heritage Committee report recommendation that mining be banned in the Flathead River Valley.
Canadian government flaunted CEAA law to favour proposed mine - Jan 23, 2010 - Digital Journal: Canada's Supreme Court handed down a ruling described by one environmental organization as 'disturbing,' for allowing a proposed mine to proceed while chastising the Government of Canada for failing to uphold its own law.
Mining could put Waterton park 'in danger' - Jan 22, 2010 - Calgary Herald: A United Nations report says the renowned Wa t e r t o n-Glacier International Peace Park could face the prospect of being listed a world heritage site in danger if mining applications in the adjacent Flathead River Valley were to ever progress to the review stage.
Peace Park protection - Jan 22, 2010 - Lethbridge Herald: Report from UNESCO's World Heritage Committee views mining in the Flathead watershed as creating unacceptable impacts and recommends a single conservation and wildlife management plan for the entire transboundary Flathead region.
UN seeks Flathead Valley mining moratorium - Jan 21, 2010 - Vancouver Sun: A United Nations report has recommended a moratorium on mining in the controversial Flathead Valley of southeastern B.C. and development of a comprehensive transboundary conservation and wildlife management plan for the area, a U.S. official revealed Thursday.
Judge rejects Sierra Club’s Gas and Go arguments - Jan 21, 2010 - Comox Valley Record: For the Sierra Club Comox Valley — originally the Courtenay River Estuary Action Committee — it’s a hiccup in their overall effort to protect the area’s environment.
Modernize the mining act and end the free-for-all - Jan 19, 2010 - The Vancouver Sun: The Association for Mineral Exploration BC holds its annual conference in Vancouver this week, complete with a field trip to a coal mine and a sold-out workshop called "So You Want to Be A Director --How to Stay Out of Jail."
Ten ways you can help protect biodiversity in 2010 - Jan 14, 2010 - Georgia Straight: The United Nations has designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, a year to celebrate, explore, and protect the incredible variety of life on planet Earth
B.C.'s Endangered 'Reindeer' Threatened by New Mining Rules - Jan 14, 2010 - Free Press: The B.C. government has created new, relaxed rules for the mining industry that allow exploration companies to log and road-build in designated mountain caribou habitat that is off-limits to forestry companies, BC environmental groups revealed today.
New rules for mining will impact caribou habitat - Jan 11, 2010 - Vancouver Sun: The provincial government has changed the requirements for mining companies operating in threatened caribou habitat, no longer routinely requiring an exemption from the Ministry of Environment before exploration activities, such as building roads and cutting timber.
Environmentalists raise old-growth worry - Jan 08, 2010 - Nanaimo News Bulletin: Vancouver Island’s old-growth forests continue to be destroyed at an alarming rate after decades of logging, but there is still time to reverse the process, says a report issued by the Sierra Club of B.C.
Flathead gold claims trigger concern from environmentalists - Dec 26, 2009 - The Free Press
BC Salmon Fishery's Decade of Decline - Dec 25, 2009 - The Globe and Mail: In 10 years, the Fraser River’s fish stocks have plummeted. A look at the precarious state of the salmon fishery
Final Submissions for Waneta - Dec 23, 2009 - KBS Radio: The public can now have a look at final submissions both pro and against the proposed sale of 1/3rd interest in the Waneta dam from Teck Trail operations to BC Hydro.
BC Only Province with Rising Emissions: Stats - Dec 22, 2009 - Metro Vancouver: British Columbia is the only province that saw an increase in reported greenhouse-gas emissions in 2008, according to figures released by Environment Canada.
B.C. defends emissions record - Dec 22, 2009 - CBC News: The B.C. government is defending its record on fighting climate change following a report that it's the only province in Canada to increase its industrial greenhouse gas emissions in 2008.
B.C. only province with rising greenhouse gases - Dec 21, 2009 - CBC News: British Columbia was the only province in the country to report an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from major industries in 2008, according to figures released by Environment Canada.
Clean Electricity in British Columbia Needs a New Approach - Dec 20, 2009 - Vancouver Environmental News Examiner: BC environmental representatives are NOT prepared to see a “business as usual approach to energy concerns,” as dust settles from the Copenhagen climate change conference.
Gold Discovery Stirs Fear About Effects to Glacier NP's Headwaters - Dec 17, 2009 - New York Times: A Canadian mining company's discovery last week of high-grade gold deposits north of Glacier National Park has raised alarm among environmentalists that development of the deposits could imperil Montana's Flathead River Valley and fragment North America's most prized grizzly habitat.
B.C. urged to slow green power development - Dec 17, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: British Columbia needs to take a closer look at the effect new renewable electricity development will have on communities, business and the environment before it commits to increasing the size of the sector, environmental groups said Thursday.
Campbell's carbon tax praised in Copenhagen - Dec 16, 2009 - The Tyee: Premier Gordon Campbell won recognition in Copenhagen for his government's carbon tax and clean energy mandate.
Environmental group sees red over B.C. gold - Dec 16, 2009 - Calgary Herald: Recent gold finds in an ecologically significant part of B.C. are causing renewed consternation among conservation groups worried the discoveries could eventually lead to mining in the area.
Key tool to fight climate change at risk: report - Dec 13, 2009 - The Times Colonist: The old-growth forests of Vancouver Island and the B.C. coast are Canada's most valuable weapon in the battle against climate change, but they are being systematically destroyed, says a new report from Sierra Club B.C. to be released tomorrow.
Report: Save Forests to Reduce Emissions - Dec 13, 2009 - United Press International: The destruction of British Columbia's old-growth forests is ruining one of Canada's best weapons against climate change, an environmental group says.
Judge pondering Gas and Go ruling - Dec 08, 2009 - Comox Valley Record: The lawyers have had their say — and all that can be done now is wait for the judge’s response.
Judge reserves Gas N Go decision - Dec 08, 2009 - Comox Valley Echo: It's more like wait and see than Gas 'N Go for a proposed gas station on Comox Road.
Climate summit in Copenhagen gets underway this week - Dec 06, 2009 - News 1130
Fighting for the Flathead - Dec 04, 2009 - Flathead Beacon: If a picture is worth a thousand words, a group of conservation photographers is giving the Flathead an ample voice as an exhibit on the values of and threats to the valley heads to Washington D.C.
Gold in them Hills - Dec 02, 2009 - Macleans: Last month, the Squamish Nation okayed a controversial plan to erect a series of billboards on scenic native land. They weren’t just any signboards, but 300-sq.-foot blinking, digital billboards to advertise cellphones and cars.
Preservation groups alarmed by Muir Creek clear cut - Dec 01, 2009 - Sooke News Mirror: A number of environmental groups are lobbying for a new regional park at Muir Creek.
Gold glitters in B.C.'s last intact watershed - Nov 29, 2009 - BC Local News: Negotiations are underway to set land use rules for B.C.’s last pristine coastal watershed, the remote Taku River valley near the Alaska and Yukon borders.
Rag-tag group that became Greenpeace set sail from Vancouver - Nov 28, 2009 - Canwest News Service: At the centre of the ad-hoc group sat American expatriates Irving and Dorothy Anne Stowe and Jim and Marie Bohlen, whose homes would serve as a meeting place for discussion. Vancouver Sun columnist Bob Hunter, B.C. Sierra Club founder Terry Simmons, journalist Ben Metcalfe and Company of Young Canadians volunteer Bill Darnell were among the initial members.
TimberWest says only moderate logging done in Muir Creek, near Sooke - Nov 24, 2009 - The Times Colonist: Community environmental leaders lined up yesterday to protest recent logging of second-growth trees on private lands by TimberWest in the Muir Creek watershed near Sooke.
There's nothing fishy about this menu - Nov 17, 2009 - Kamloops This Week: With more than 60 per cent of the world’s marine stocks fully fished, exploited or depleted, the students are learning it’s important seafood comes from properly managed sources so oceans stay healthy and can support a diverse range of fish and seafood.
Poll shows most residents want national park in the Flathead Valley - Nov 03, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: Sixty per cent of East Kootenay residents support a national park in the Flathead Valley, a public opinion poll released Tuesday suggests.
Similkameen River: the Heart of the Grasslands - Oct 31, 2009 - Island Parent: If you take Route 3 through Manning Park, just before Alison Pass you will cross a succession of fast-flowing streams rushing noisily over rocks. The biggest of these is the Similkameen ...
Green and Health News - Oct 30, 2009 - Food Business News: The fragile seafood ecosystem is generating action among food retailers. Now Canadian retailer The Overwaitea Food Group (OFG) has become the first major retailer to support a policy of sustainable seafood.
Don't be fooled by Liberal group - Oct 09, 2009 - Agassiz-Harrison Observer
Into the Wild - Sep 28, 2009 - Globe and Mail
Legal Action on Courtenay Estuary Birds - Sep 24, 2009 - Island Tides: Sierra Club of Canada is taking legal action to protect the Courtenay River estuary, an ecologically sensitive area designated a Canadian ‘Important Bird Area.’
Groups to voice opposition over mining projects - Sep 24, 2009 - Lethbridge Herald: A trio of B.C. environmental groups will have about 45 minutes today in Fernie to state their case against mining exploration and development in the Flathead Valley.
Gov't Buries Fact that Logging Blows Our Emissions Target - Sep 23, 2009 - The Tyee: Forest emissions push CO2 77 per cent higher than BC's official numbers say. We need a plan.
B.C. mining proposals threaten U.S. environmental jewel: experts - Sep 23, 2009 - Times&Transcript: Environmentalists say a natural treasure in the United States is threatened by proposed coal and gold mining in southeastern B.C., and they'll ask United Nations environmental experts later this week to put some pressure on the province to stop the developments.
UN Officials Touring Glacier National Park - Sep 22, 2009 - Flathead Beacon
B.C. mining proposals threaten U.S. environmental jewel, enviros will tell UN - Sep 22, 2009 - Edmonton Metro
A Passion for our Wild Country - Sep 22, 2009 - Comox Valley Echo
Gold Exploration in the Flathead - Sep 18, 2009 - Fernie Free Press: Gold exploration is set to begin in the Flathead – a move environmental groups claim shows the B.C. Government intends to allow mining in the valley.
UN review could settle mining dispute near Waterton Park:Company exploring for gold near park - Sep 17, 2009 - Calgary Herald: Gold exploration in the Flathead River Valley is raising the ire of some environmentalists, who worry it could lead to mining in what they say is an ecologically sensitive area of southeastern B. C. and Montana.
Gold exploration in Flathead - Sep 17, 2009 - Fernie Free Press: Gold exploration is set to begin in the Flathead – a move environmental groups claim shows the B.C. Government intends to allow mining in the valley.
Flathead Valley Mining - Sep 16, 2009 - Global TV: The government of BC allows gold exploration near a headwaters stream of the Flathead River, on the eve of a World Heritage Committee visit.
B.C. Liberals condemned for allowing gold exploration near World Heritage Site - Sep 16, 2009 - Vancouver Province: Environmentalists on both sides of the border are condemning the provincial government’s decision to allow gold exploration near the Flathead Valley.
Sierra Club Honoring Ruth Masters - Sep 15, 2009: The Sierra Club of the Comox Valley will be kicking off their inaugural meeting in style. The club will honour Ruth Masters with a life-time achievement award, for her extensive environmental activism over the last 56 years.
We have the ability to do green energy the right way in B.C. - Sep 12, 2009 - The Vancouver Sun: Gargoyle, Red Tusk, Klinaklini and Billy Goat aren't just wild creeks and rivers with intriguing names. They are just a few of the more than 800 water bodies staked by private power developers in British Columbia over the last seven years.
We have the ability to do green energy the right way in B.C. - Sep 12, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: Gargoyle, Red Tusk, Klinaklini and Billy Goat aren't just wild creeks and rivers with intriguing names. They are just a few of the more than 800 water bodies staked by private power developers in British Columbia over the last seven years.
Cinema with Awareness Opens - Sep 11, 2009 - Abbotsford-Mission Times
Grizzlies Starve as Salmon Disappear - Sep 09, 2009 - The Globe and Mail
Editorial: Budget Reactions Make Interesting Reading - Sep 09, 2009 - Osoyoos Times
Protecting Oceans a Priority, Say Environmentalists - Sep 05, 2009 - The Times Colonist
Environment budget cuts decried - Sep 04, 2009 - The Times Colonist: Environmental groups are accusing the government of fudging figures in the Environment Ministry budget by moving programs around to hide huge cuts.
Minister: Climate Plans in Peril - Sep 03, 2009 - The Times Colonist
BC's Green Reputation Fading - Sep 02, 2009 - The Globe and Mail: The provincial Environment Ministry has suffered deep cuts in Tuesday's budget and a levy that raised $25-million annually for clean energy has been repealed, raising questions about the direction of Canada's greenest province.
300 jobs cut by B.C. government: memo - Sep 02, 2009 - CBC News: 'There simply won't be the people on the ground to ensure that environmental catastrophes don't take place.'—George Heyman, executive director of the Sierra Club of B.C
Watch Sierra Club BC Executive Director George Heyman on Global TV - Sep 02, 2009 - GLOBAL TV
Sierra Club files court petition vs. Gas 'N' Go - Sep 02, 2009 - Comox Valley Echo
Sierra Club going to court to prevent gas station in 'ecologically sensitive area' - Aug 31, 2009 - Comox Valley Record: The Sierra Club of Canada is taking legal action to protect the Courtenay River estuary, which it says is an ecologically sensitive area designated a Canadian “Important Bird Area.”
B.C. stumbling on forests and climate change - Aug 18, 2009 - Times Colonist: Less than six months before the global climate summit in Copenhagen, this summer is giving us another taste of climate change. The extended heat wave reminded us that we're on the edge of a dangerous threshold unless we reduce carbon emissions quickly.
Environmental Groups Push Premiers - Aug 06, 2009 - CJME Radio
Be wise about your seafood picks - Aug 02, 2009 - North Shore News: Shopping for sustainable seafood can be quick and easy, thanks to Canada's Seafood Guide.
The Crown of the Continent - Aug 01, 2009 - The Watershed Sentinel
Local voices must be heard in decisions on power projects - Jul 11, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: Bute Inlet, a long and deep fiord 300 kilometres north of Vancouver, is famous for many things. Some call it “Canada’s Himalayas” because of the striking glacier-covered mountain slopes and temperate rainforest.
Sierra Club out to save estuary - Jul 03, 2009 - Comox Valley Echo: A chapter of the environmental group the Sierra Club has formed in the Comox Valley with the expressed purpose of protecting the Courtenay Estuary.
CREAC becomes CV Sierra Club - Jul 03, 2009 - Comox Valley Record: Its broadening mandate requires a broader name — the Courtenay River Estuary Action Committee is now Sierra Club Comox Valley.
NATIONAL PARKS: Planned British Columbia coal mine 'on hold' after U.N. appeal - Jul 02, 2009: The United Nations has asked the United States and Canada to block a proposal for a coal mine upstream from a World Heritage Site shared by both nations, and there are signs the countries are paying heed.
UN agency sends mission to protect B.C. park - Jun 27, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: An agency of the United Nations agreed Friday to send a fact-finding mission to Canada to investigate threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park from energy and coal mining proposals in the adjacent Flathead River valley of southeastern B.C.
UN organization to investigate development threats to Waterton-Glacier park - Jun 26, 2009 - Associated Press: UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has voted to send representatives to Canada to investigate threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park posed by energy and mining proposals in southeastern British Columbia.
Environmental Groups Seek UN Designation to Expand Waterton-Glacier Into BC - Jun 26, 2009 - New West Travel and Outdoors: To protect the Flathead River valley in British Columbia from development, Canadian and American groups are asking the UN to designate the park as a "World Heritage Site in Danger.”
Is Waterton in Danger of Becoming Endangered? - Jun 10, 2009 - CBC Radio Alberta
Sierra Executive Director George Heyman on Carbon Tax Forum - Jun 09, 2009 - CKNW Radio
District council decides to ban electric cars - Jun 04, 2009 - CanWest News Service
Photographers hope visual expedition will help save the Flathead - Jun 01, 2009 - Globe and Mail: This summer, a small group of photographers, all of them with international reputations, will focus their shared passions for the wilderness on the southeastern corner of British Columbia.
Groups urge UNESCO to declare Waterton park endangered site - May 27, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: UNESCO's world heritage committee will consider a petition from 11 Canadian and U.S. conservation groups asking that Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park be designated a world heritage site in danger.
UN to decide if Waterton is 'in danger' - May 27, 2009 - Calgary Herald: The United Nations will consider next month whether to classify Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park as a threatened area due to proposed developments in nearby British Columbia.
Flathead Fight Goes to the United Nations - May 26, 2009 - Global TV: Global TV covers Sierra Club BC's petition to UNESCO's World Heritage Committee asking that Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park be designated a "World Heritage Site in Danger" due to BC's land use plan for the adjoining Flathead River Valley.
Waterton in danger? - May 26, 2009 - Lethbridge Herald: The Sierra Club reported Tuesday that UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has agreed to consider a petition from 11 Canadian and U.S. conservation groups asking that Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park be designated a World Heritage Site in Danger, due to a proposed coal mine and other development in B.C.’s adjoining Flathead River Valley.
Proposed site for coal mine in B.C. to be assessed by UNESCO - May 26, 2009 - CanWest News Services
UN to hear petition that claims Rocky Mountain park in danger - May 26, 2009 - Globe and Mail: A stunningly beautiful park that spans the Canada-U.S. border in southwestern Alberta may soon be added to an infamous United Nations list of the world's most threatened special areas.
Brand New BC Wine Supports the Great Bear Rainforest - May 25, 2009 - MyWestworld
Band plans to kill sea otters for their pelts - May 17, 2009
Towards an effective and fair carbon reduction strategy - May 07, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: The latest science on global warming shows we must rapidly slash carbon emissions, or face catastrophic impacts on our civilization by the end of the century. How can we effectively eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions both fairly and effectively? 'Cap and Dividend' is a relatively simple and transparent model that uses existing mechanisms rather than inventing new administrative bodies
New Democrat Leader Carole James promises to buy back tree farm land - Apr 30, 2009 - Canadian Press: The provincial New Democrats say they would buy back forest land on Vancouver Island that has been sold off for private development.
Golden for Whom? - Apr 22, 2009 - Monday Magazine: It’s been four years since the Campbell government unveiled a new plan for the province, one formulated after a first BC Liberal term in office characterized by deep cuts to ministries and programs on which British Columbia’s quality of life was built.
Protect Flathead Valley, former minister says - Apr 22, 2009 - Globe and Mail: Former federal environment minister David Anderson has joined a group that is pushing the government to set aside the Flathead River Valley, in B.C.'s southeastern corner.
Sushi lovers can have their fish – and save them too! - Apr 21, 2009 - CFTK-TV News: Canada’s first sustainable sushi guide helps consumers protect threatened marine species while satisfying their cravings for delicious sushi.
E.P.A. Releases Analysis of Climate Bill - Apr 21, 2009 - New York Times: Just days after declaring that carbon emissions were a threat to human health, the Environmental Protection Agency has given high marks to a wide-ranging energy and climate bill that was recently put forward by the House Energy Committee.
Safety being sidelined in race to go green So, what happens when one gets smacked by a honking-great SUV? - Apr 20, 2009 - The Province: As a car lover and regular reader of auto magazines, I'm all in favour of new, innovative ways of providing personal transportation. But I have to say I'm mistrustful of the slow-moving, battery-powered cars being touted by Metro Vancouver tree-huggers and others as a means of helping prevent climate change.
Tapping Our Wild Rivers Can't Fix Climate Change - Apr 20, 2009 - The Tyee.ca: A week into the provincial election the person grabbing headlines is not a politician but an environmentalist. Tzeporah Berman helped lead the Clayoquot protests of '93 and then protect the Great Bear Rainforest but lately she's been slamming the NDP for opposing the carbon tax while throwing her weight behind a huge new energy strategy embraced by the Liberals: run-of-river (RoR) power production.
Ottawa sued over curbs to environmental assessments - Apr 20, 2009 - Globe and Mail: The Sierra Club of Canada is going to court to try to overturn a controversial decision by Ottawa to exempt about 2,000 federally funded infrastructure projects from having to pass environmental assessments.
Federal fisheries wants off the hook of environmental lawsuit in B.C. - Apr 20, 2009 - The Canadian Press: The battle to ensure a safe haven for killer whales in Pacific Northwest waters resumes in federal court in Vancouver.
E.P.A. Clears Way for Greenhouse Gas Rules - Apr 17, 2009 - New York Times: The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that endanger public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that will lead to the regulation of the gases for the first time in the United States.
100+ mpg car, electric bike launch Bellevue College’s 10th annual Earth Week festivities April 20 - Apr 17, 2009 - BellevueReporter.com: Check out an electric bike and a consumer-model car that gets 100+ miles per gallon as Bellevue College launches its tenth annual Earth Week celebration Monday morning, April 20.
Bute Inlet streams targeted for bottled water - Apr 17, 2009 - The Livable Blog: Bute Inlet streams targeted for bottled water from the latest edition of Sierra Life
Key supporter quits NDP over carbon tax - Apr 16, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: Prominent environmentalist and longtime NDP supporter Tzeporah Berman fired off an angry e-mail to Carole James Thursday, attacking the Opposition leader for putting politics before the planet by opposing Premier Gordon Campbell’s carbon tax.
'I'm a Liberal supporter': Suzuki Foundation chairman - Apr 15, 2009 - TheTyee.ca: On Monday, the eve of the the provincial election campaign, the David Suzuki Foundation, Pembina Institute and ForestEthics publicly shamed NDP leader Carole James for pledging to axe the carbon tax.
Tax vs. Trade in British Columbia Election - Apr 15, 2009 - New York Times: The New Democratic Party of British Columbia came under attack by environmental groups Tuesday.While British Columbia has a provincial Green Party, the larger, left-of-center New Democratic Party is also closely associated with environmental issues.
Enviros attack NDP platform Not supportive of carbon tax policy - Apr 14, 2009 - The Victoria Times Colonist: Traditional NDP allies launched a surprise attack yesterday as three prominent environmental groups roundly criticized the New Democrats' platform promise to cut the carbon tax.
North Fork Flathead River Listed as Endangered - Apr 14, 2009 - Flathead Beacon: As the threat of large-scale mining continues to bear down on the headwaters of the Flathead River Basin – and as funding for conservation research hits a snag – Ric Hauer believes the North Fork Flathead River’s recent designation as one of the most endangered rivers in North America arrives with appropriate timing.
Enviros attack NDP platform - Apr 14, 2009 - Times Colonist: Traditional NDP allies launched a surprise attack yesterday as three prominent environmental groups roundly criticized the New Democrats' platform promise to cut the carbon tax.
B.C. rivers face an uncertain future - Apr 13, 2009 - Georgia Straight: The Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia recently released its annual Endangered Rivers List for 2009, and the results paint a disturbing picture of the threats that confront many of B.C.’s rivers.
After the election comes at least one leadership race - Apr 11, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: Two leaders will enter the final phase of the provincial election campaign next week. Only one will emerge at the end of four weeks with a secure hold on their leadership and a political future.
We all suffer when salmon stocks fail - Apr 02, 2009 - Monday Magazine: A bear walked into a Subway outlet last fall. It happened in Kitimat—you can watch the video on YouTube. A black bear opened the door, jumped over the counter and helped itself to sandwich fixings. The young woman working that day hid in the bathroom and is fine, but the bear has since been shot. That’s what happens when bears eat sandwiches instead of salmon.
Westham Island: The Fascination of Birds - Apr 01, 2009 - Island Parent
Great Bear forest deal shifts power after years of grinding negotiation - Apr 01, 2009 - Vancouver Sun: The B.C. government has met a deadline to bring a new approach in resource development to B.C.'s central and north coast -- known as the Great Bear Rainforest -- in which people, the environment and the economy are given equal billing.
Great Bear Rainforest protected from heavy logging - Mar 31, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Province will meet Great Bear deadline - Mar 30, 2009 - The Tyee: The provincial government will announce a long-awaited management plan for the North and Central Coast tomorrow.
Flathead River tops list of B.C.’s most endangered rivers - Mar 25, 2009 - Georgia Straight: The Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia has released its annual list of the province's most endangered rivers. Here are the names of the rivers and why they were chosen.
'Green' energy threatens B.C. rivers, report warns - Mar 23, 2009 - Vancouver Sun, Times Colonist: Run-of-river power proposals that divert streams feared a significant impact on wildlife habitat
Jens Wieting: Great Bear Rainforest is a top carbon storehouse that should be conserved - Mar 05, 2009 - The Georgia Straight: Op-ed in the Georgia Straight by Jens Wieting, on the urgency of protecting the Great Bear Rainforest as a crucial carbon sink.
Environmental groups press the provincial government to follow through on its promise to limit logging in Central Coast rain forest - Mar 03, 2009 - Globe and Mail: A study funded by ForestEthics, Greenpeace and Sierra Club BC concludes that the six-million-hectare forest - which the government has promised to manage under a special logging plan - is storing massive amounts of carbon dioxide.
Calgarians fear for B.C. Lake property - Feb 26, 2009 - Calgary Herald: Waste recycling plant slated for construction six kilometres from water
Landlocked ocean activism - Feb 26, 2009 - Fast Forward Weekly
Order protects habitat of West Coast whales - Feb 26, 2009 - Globe and Mail
Presentation sheds light on Flathead River valley - Feb 25, 2009 - The Powell River Peak
Groups renew call to expand Waterton into B. C. river valley - Jan 31, 2009 - Calgary Herald: Conservation groups are renewing calls for Waterton Lakes National Park to be expanded into the Flathead River Valley, despite British Columbia's decision to close the door to coal bed methane development in the ecologically key area in southeastern B. C.
Eco groups join lawsuit to protect killer whale habitats - Jan 29, 2009 - Central Plains Herald Leader
Economic focus is detrimental to environment, claim critics - Jan 29, 2009 - Nanaimo Daily News
Premier Campbell Backing off Global Warming Effort? - Jan 23, 2009 - The Tyee: Reactions to Campbell's cabinet reshuffle on the eve of the provincial Throne Speech and budget. Sierra's Susan Howatt extensively quoted.
Meltdown helps the environment - Jan 22, 2009 - Times Colonist
Should you Stop Eating Salmon? - Jan 13, 2009 - The Tyee: Although certification programs and awareness campaigns have succeeded in stigmatizing farmed salmon, some say this market-based approach to fisheries management is not only ineffective, but also misguided.
Armageddon of Extinction - Jan 01, 2009 - Island Parent magazine: If you think your child is a picky eater, you should meet a Canada lynx. The lynx’s favourite dinner is snowshoe hare, and this fussy feline prefers to go hungry rather than switch main courses when hares are scarce, even though lynx populations drop as a result. The white-tipped lynx is one of many at-risk species found in B.C.’s Flathead River Valley, tucked into the southeast corner of our province.
Recession hits environmental organizations as funding slides - Dec 18, 2008 - The Vancouver Sun: B.C. environmental groups are facing tough challenges in the economic recession as declining donations lead to layoffs, budget cuts, reduced pay and hours of work, and a critical re-evaluation of campaigns and programs.
Pristine Flathead River Valley threatened by strip-mining - Dec 13, 2008 - Co-op Radio: Listen to an interview with Flathead Campaigner Sarah Cox on how coal strip-mining is threatening BC's Serengeti - and why it must be stopped.
Residents Support National Park in Flathead - Dec 05, 2008 - YtoY Conservation News: One of the most pristine wilderness areas in the Yellowstone to Yukon region with exceptional water quality, wildlife habitat and plant diversity has strong support from locals for permanent protection. A new poll shows that 73 percent of residents near the Flathead River Valley in southeastern British Columbia support protecting the lower one-third of the valley as a national park.
B.C. coal mine threat to trans-border trout: Scientists - Dec 02, 2008 - CanWest News Service: U.S. government scientists studying the Flathead River watershed straddling the B.C.on the Canadian side of the system, and in the very shadow of a proposed mountaintop coal mine that drew fire from U.S. president-elect Barack Obama during his drive to the White House.
Flathead River Valley on Global TV - Nov 27, 2008 - Global TV: A poll finds that seven out of 10 Kootenay residents support protection of the Flathead River Valley.
Poll finds public support for national park in B.C.'s Flathead Valley - Nov 27, 2008 - CBC Radio: Environmentalists say a new poll shows broad public support in B.C.'s Kootenay region for a national park in the Flathead River Valley.
House cooling: 'It's a party with a purpose' - Nov 07, 2008 - Globe and Mail: The latest trend in home gatherings brings together people eager to learn how they can reduce their environmental footprint
Shifting Seas Part 5: The challenge facing consumers - Nov 05, 2008 - The Vancouver Sun: Seafood lovers would do well to buy their fish local and whole - to avoid paying too much for mislabelled fish and ensure their seafood has been sustainably caught.
Bill Clinton praises B.C.'s carbon tax - Oct 17, 2008 - Globe and Mail
The Great Drain Robbery - Oct 08, 2008 - CTV: Starbucks has built its name around being environmentally sound and culturally sensitive. But a British tabloid newspaper has labelled the coffee empire "the great drain robber'' for wasting one of the earth's most precious resources - water.
PM should try copying these words - Oct 06, 2008 - Toronto Star
Don't vote Tory, say Greenpeace and Sierra Club - Sep 30, 2008 - Globe and Mail
Distortion, incoherence in the carbon tax's wake - Sep 26, 2008 - Globe and Mail
Campaign rules, fear of Tory backlash put chill on critics - Sep 26, 2008 - The Toronto Star
Harper government yanked Sierra Club climate grant - Sep 21, 2008 - The Tyee: The Sierra Club of Canada's B.C. Chapter has been forced to launch a new fund raising campaign to replace a federal grant Stephen Harper's Conservative government cancelled earlier this month.
Does Carbon Tax Actually Work? - Sep 16, 2008
Threat to Flathead River - Sep 12, 2008 - The Guardian Weekly
Bag fee idea rankles plastics lobby - Sep 09, 2008 - Surrey North Delta Leader: Plastic is the new tobacco. Like those who quit smoking, shoppers who stop using free plastic bags walk out of stores with the knowledge they're doing their part for a better world.
Tories get failing grade on climate-change report card - Sep 05, 2008 - The Vancouver Sun: Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative party has received a failing grade in a new report card released Friday that evaluates the climate-change policies of the five federal parties.
Grant cut called 'vengeful' act by Baird - Sep 04, 2008 - The Globe and Mail: Environmentalists across Canada are accusing Environment Minister John Baird of playing politics after last week's rescinding of a $100,000 grant to the Sierra Club of B.C.
Ottawa pulls $100,000 from B.C. Sierra Club's climate-change initiative - Sep 02, 2008 - Globe and Mail: Environment Canada has terminated a funding contract to the B.C. chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada, causing the possible closing of a climate-change program initiative.
Mystic Beach: Where Two Dreams Meet - Aug 01, 2008 - Island Parent: Quarterly Sierra Club column in Island Parent.
Shuffle pleases Coleman's foes - Jun 24, 2008 - Times Colonist: B.C. environmental groups, long calling for Rich Coleman's political head, said yesterday they were "very happy" he'd been shuffled out of the forestry portfolio.
Green groups say Canada lags on marine protection - Jun 06, 2008 - Reuters: A coalition of environmental groups warned on Friday that Canada is failing to meet its commitments to protect oceans and falling behind efforts being made by the United States and Australia.
NDP Takes Heat on Global Warming - Jun 04, 2008 - The Tyee: A couple of weeks ago, the B.C. New Democrats sent out an e-mail to supporters that gleefully quoted the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's attacks on the carbon tax.
Protect Waterton-Glacier park, groups implore UN - Jun 04, 2008 - Globe and Mail: Several leading environmental groups in the U.S. and Canada have written to the United Nations asking that proposed energy developments along British Columbia's Flathead River be investigated as threats to a World Heritage Site.
Enviros Wary of Campbell's Plans - Jun 03, 2008 - The Tyee: Environmentalists see plenty of room for improvement in the B.C. government's climate change plans.
No one being fitted for a Green Halo just yet - May 31, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: After centuries in which Christian leaders taught that humans should exploit the Earth, theologians have a new message for their followers
The silent collapse of coastal waters rings alarm bells - May 26, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: This week at the 2008 Coastal Zone Canada Conference in Vancouver nearly 300 of the world's leading ocean scientists, managers and activists are meeting to discuss how to better manage Canadian and international coastal and ocean ecosystems. The setting could not be more appropriate, as British Columbia's coastal waters are not only home to some of the richest marine ecosystems left on Earth, but they are also in immediate need of better management.
Activists slam government as plan to save mountain caribou stumbles - May 20, 2008 - Globe and Mail: Six months after the B.C. government announced an ambitious plan to protect herds of endangered mountain caribou, the project has bogged down in complex negotiations and is far behind schedule, according to an audit commissioned by 10 environmental groups.
Their common goal: a better world. Sierra Club's Campbell on activist path - May 03, 2008 - Times Colonist: What exactly does a scientist do in a working day? What goes on in the science labs, classrooms and conference rooms across Victoria? How do scientists determine their research subjects and field studies? And what childhood experiences -- and books -- influence a person to become a scientist? What would they like the rest of us to understand about their work?
Environmental groups praise carbon tax move - Apr 29, 2008 - Times Colonist: The B.C. Liberal government drew rare praise from environmental groups yesterday as it moved to become the first province to create a carbon tax on fuels
Youth starts enviro day camp at UBC - Apr 23, 2008 - CTV: A B.C. grad student is starting the country's first environmental leadership day camp for youth this summer at the University of B.C.
Is the fight over the Flathead finally trickling to an end? - Apr 21, 2008 - Globe and Mail: Few environmental issues in British Columbia have been as divisive as the debate over the future of the Flathead Valley, a dramatic landscape in the extreme southeast corner of the province that is carved by a wild and beautiful river.
Our Survey Says... - Apr 16, 2008 - Monday Magazine: Local environmentalists and politicos weigh in on the region’s top threats for Earth Week
Wildwood: Forestry for Timber, Wildlife and People - Apr 01, 2008 - Island Parent: Sierra Club BC's quarterly "Nature Notes" column in Island Parent.
Going green gets intimate - Mar 29, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: Environmentally conscious citizens take to coffee shops, living rooms and places of worship to help slow global warming
IOC growth has a downside: Sierra Club - Mar 14, 2008 - The Telegram
Victoria shifts away from development of Flathead Valley - Mar 10, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: Nestled in British Columbia's southeast corner is a wilderness area of global significance called the Flathead Valley.
Protection des espèces menacées: Ottawa ne respecte pas ses propres lois - Mar 07, 2008 - La Presse
Ruling could snarl oil sands projects - Mar 06, 2008 - Globe & Mail
Ruling could snarl oil sands projects - Mar 06, 2008 - Globe and Mail: Oil sands projects could face tougher regulatory scrutiny after a federal court judge yesterday found the approval of Imperial Oil Ltd.'s $8-billion oil sands mine insufficient on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.
Dispute brewing over Vanoc's wood harvesting - Feb 25, 2008: A dispute is brewing over whether the Vancouver Olympics organizing committee and its partners are using wood harvested and supplied in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner
Provincial oil and gas incentives draw fire - Feb 23, 2008 - Times Colonist: The B.C. government may be going green, but that doesn't mean it is bidding farewell to fossil fuels any time soon.
Great Bear Rainforest deal delays logging on a million hectares of land - Feb 22, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: Forest companies and environmentalists say they have reached a new agreement on logging on the north-central B.C. Coast that will temporarily defer logging in one million hectares of the region and see eco-friendly logging practices introduced in the rest ahead of schedule.
Forum Series Begins with House Cooling - Feb 20, 2008 - Cowichan Newsleader: It’s a house cooling party and everyone is invited to learn how to help the environment — and save some cold hard cash in the process.
Payment will keep transit plan on track - Feb 20, 2008 - Globe and Mail: Finance Minister Carole Taylor defended as wise spending a $370-million budget down payment on the province's ambitious $14-billion transit agenda as some environmentalists suggested it's small change in a carbon-gas savvy world.
BC Introduces Carbon Tax - Feb 20, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: Driving and other fuel-dependent activities are about to get more expensive as British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax.
B.C. budget: Curiouser and curiouser:Expectations for today's 'green budget' throw businesses, environmental groups and the NDP into unusual roles - Feb 19, 2008 - Globe and Mail: There is an Alice in Wonderland atmosphere surrounding the B.C. provincial budget that will be unveiled today.
Taylor's green shoes to toe budget's climate-change line - Feb 19, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: British Columbians will learn today whether carbon has a new price.
B.C. groups push Ottawa to do more about our oceans - Feb 14, 2008 - Vancouver Sun: Amid a waterfall of urgent environmental messages, a huge chunk of Mother Earth is being largely overlooked.
A green games? - Feb 13, 2008 - The Globe and Mail: Environmental groups have put the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) on notice that they will be monitoring the construction of Olympic venues to ensure green building designs and techniques are used.
Ban on plastic bags: Striving for a trash-free future - Jan 14, 2008 - Times Colonist: Saanich council voted unanimously last week to request that the Capital Regional District consider a ban or fee on plastic shopping bags.
A whole new cool - Jan 11, 2008 - Victoria News: McMahon is a part of a Sierra Club HouseCooling Party project in Duncan which has spread to Victoria. Instead of Tupperware or handbags, HouseCooling parties focus on initiatives against global warming that people can use in their day-to-day lives.
Pesticide bylaw needed to guard against cancer - Dec 26, 2007 - Times Colonist: Re: "Lingering pesticides raise cancer risk: study," Dec. 13. This study is just the latest in the extensive and growing literature showing a link between pesticide exposure and increased cancer risk, in this case non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Saanich buys into carbon credits - Dec 19, 2007 - Saanich News: New reserve fund to offset polluting emissions. The District of Saanich is buying its way out of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Sierra Club of Victoria says.
Power Plans Threaten Coastal Forests - Dec 19, 2007 - Vancouver Sun: 'Integrity of the conservancies' is paramount to Great Bear Rainforest agreement, Greenpeace says
Sierra Club calls out parks board - Dec 14, 2007 - Vancouver Courier: To the editor: Re: "COPE commissioner's plan panned by parks board," Nov. 28. The Sierra Club of Lower Mainland would like to express its disappointment and frustration over a decision by the NPA Vancouver Parks Board Commissioners to defeat a motion designed to ensure protection from development of Vancouver's public-owned greenspace.
Quebec adopts California car pollution standards - Dec 11, 2007 - CanWest News Service: The Quebec government will adopt California-level standards to reduce pollution from new cars.
Business gets a voice on Canadian delegation - Dec 10, 2007 - Globe and Mail: After banishing environmentalists and opposition MPs from Canada's delegation to the Bali climate conference, Ottawa has decided to allow an oil company and several business executives to join the official delegation.
Liberals, activists make unlikely bedfellows - Dec 10, 2007 - Globe and Mail: In an unusual meeting last week, Pat Bell, British Columbia's Minister of Lands, sat down with several leading environmentalists to discuss the government's approach to dealing with species at risk.
Mock funeral for Mother Earth - Dec 08, 2007 - Edmonton Sun: Local protest among worldwide demonstrations Dozens of “mourners” gathered outside Canada Place today and marched to the legislature in a mock funeral procession aimed at urging governments to take stronger action to curb global warming.
Enjoy an eco holiday - Dec 08, 2007 - Halifax Chronicle Herald: Forget the forecast and those archetypal visions of winter white: from decor to dinner, many preparing for the holidays have thoughts of green on the brain.
La planète se mobilise - Dec 08, 2007 - Radio Canada: À quelques jours de l'arrivée des dirigeants de 180 pays à la conférence de l'ONU sur les changements climatiques qui se tient à Bali, en Indonésie, des manifestations pro-environnementales ont eu lieu samedi dans près de 70 villes du monde.
Ottawa council gets bad environmental report card - Dec 05, 2007 - Ottawa Citizen: The mayor and city councillors are doing a better job on environmental issues than the last council, but they are still doing poorly overall, say report cards produced by two environmental groups.
Australia Electrifies Bali Climate Conference - Dec 03, 2007 - Environmental News Service: To hearty applause from delegates at the opening session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali today, Australia announced that its new government has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and accepted binding limits on its emission of greenhouse gases. The move ends Australia's isolation from most of the international community on climate change, but leaves the United States more isolated in its anti-Kyoto stance.
Worlds Apart - Nov 28, 2007 - Monday Magazine: There’s a believability gap between B.C.’s new Coastal Forest Action Plan and climate change
No exception for cold as Jasper bans idling - Nov 24, 2007 - Edmonton Journal: Jasper has become one of the few Alberta municipalities with an anti-idling bylaw after approving tough new rules that tightly restrict when drivers can let their motors run.
Blue, Blue Canada - Nov 24, 2007 - Montreal Gazette: Water - turn a tap and it's there. You live on an island on the mighty St. Lawrence River. Your province, home to hundreds of thousands of lakes, is a world leader in harnessing water to produce electricity.
Un guide pratique des poissons à éviter - Nov 24, 2007 - La Presse: Mangez du poisson, disent les médecins, c'est bon pour la santé. Pas si sûr selon un nouveau Guide canadien des poissons et fruits de mer, le tiers des poissons couramment consommés au Canada serait à éviter et un autre tiers aurait une origine «préoccupante».
Going Green Enshrined Into Law - Government Bill Establishes Targets to be Achieved by 2020 - Nov 21, 2007 - The Vancouver Sun: Government bill establishes targets to be achieved by 2020, but does not spell out how
Someone has to make us pay for spewing gases - Nov 21, 2007 - Vancouver Sun: What's the proper position for the government on a carbon tax for B.C.? It's not far from the middle of the fence -- more or less where Finance Minister Carole Taylor started out last September when she put the issue on the public agenda -- if you believe the legislature committee's pre-budget consultation report tabled last week.
Canada at risk, climate report says - Nov 18, 2007 - Chronicle Herald: The Earth’s climate is warming at a quickening pace, with major implications for northern countries like Canada and threats of human suffering and species extinction around the globe, says a new re-port from a Nobel-winning UN scientific panel.
Summit on Global Warming Plans - Nov 09, 2007 - The Tyee: Representatives from business, labour, religion, First Nations and the environmental movement will meet in Vancouver Wednesday to talk about ways to fight climate change.
Des regles plus severes demandees - Nov 05, 2007 - Radio Canada: Radio Canada quotes Sierra Club on the need to monitor mining companies and their waste disposal procedures (in French).
We're dreaming if we think Kyoto will go away - Nov 01, 2007 - Ottawa Citizen: Why Kyoto is crucial to climate change mitigation
Public clearly against forest-land transfers - Oct 31, 2007 - The Times Colonist: Public consultation about the removal of private lands from tree farm licences took place in 1999, when a similar request from MacMillan Bloedel was being considered. The response in public hearings was a resounding "no."
Environmentalism in Alberta? - Oct 30, 2007 - The Dominion: In Alberta it's easy to forget what political change looks like. Still, in a province coated with deep blue Tory promises of a stable economic future, the paint is beginning to wear thin. In three consecutive consultations Albertans have clearly stated that they desire government intervention, whether it's to create housing, to slow the pace of growth or to increase the royalties collected from tar sands extraction.
B.C. mountain caribou recovery plan includes protected lands, predator culls - Oct 29, 2007 - The Canadian Press: VICTORIA – Political pressure helped convince the B.C. government to save threatened mountain caribou herds, Agriculture Minister Pat Bell said Tuesday.
Abundance of freshwater 'a myth' - Oct 26, 2007 - The Globe and Mail: OTTAWA — The "myth" of freshwater abundance in this country should be abandoned by Canadians and their governments, warns a report from an expert panel recommending radical action to protect the nation's drinking water.
Environmental panel asks province to reject Digby Neck proposal - Oct 24, 2007 - Chronicle Herald: In what is being called a historic and precedent-setting decision, an environmental review panel has asked the province to reject a controversial proposal to build a 150-hectare quarry on the Bay of Fundy shoreline near Digby.
How Carole Taylor can go green - Oct 18, 2007 - Vancouver Sun: 'It's not easy bein' green," sings Kermit the Frog, the Muppet stitched together from a discarded ladies' coat that puppeteer Jim Hensen fished out of the trash.
B.C. to Protect Caribou Habitat - Oct 17, 2007 - The Province: VICTORIA -- One of North America's most endangered animals now has the B.C. government on its side.The province is protecting 2.2 million hectares of land in the Central Interior to preserve the threatened habitat of the mountain caribou.B.C.'s mountain caribou population has fallen from 2,500 a decade ago to 1,900 today, due to predators, logging and snow sports enthusiasts.
City praised as eco-friendly by Sierra Club - Oct 15, 2007 - Toronto Star: Most Canadians have yet to feel the adverse effects of climate change and that makes us somewhat complacent, says the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada.
Your tap, your toilet and the Great Lakes - Oct 04, 2007 - The Globe and Mail: Globe environment reporter Martin Mittelstaedt's excellent article The Great Lakes Disappearing Act summarized succinctly the case of our shrinking Great Lakes. He rightly points to global warming and dredging in the St. Clair River as major threats to lake levels, noting that Lake Superior is setting records for low-water marks, and levels in the other four sweet-water seas are well below long-term averages.
Sierra Club Supports Campbell - Oct 03, 2007 - Saanich News: The Sierra Club supports Premier Gordon Campbell’s new measures to fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions one-third by 2020. Dean Murdock, Sierra Club Victoria director, said Campbell’s measures and incentives to make B.C. carbon neutral are “a step in the right direction.”
Give prairie grizzly a chance, environmentalists plead with gov't - Sep 26, 2007 - Edmonton Journal: The federal government is dooming the prairie grizzly bear to extinction without first doing its homework, conservation groups say.
PM 'has let Canadians down' - Sep 25, 2007 - Canadian Press: UNITED NATIONS -- Interest in a "flexible" approach to combating global warming is now in the ascendancy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told world leaders yesterday at a United Nations summit on climate change.
Changements climatiques: Harper s'aligne avec le groupe Asie-Pacifique - Sep 24, 2007 - www.jminforme.ca: NATIONS UNIES - Le Canada s'aligne avec le groupe Asie-Pacifique dans la lutte aux changements climatiques, s'éloignant ainsi encore plus du protocole de Kyoto. (In French)
Governments do nothing as grizzly bears disappear, group warns - Sep 24, 2007 - Canadian Press: OTTAWA - Two top environmental groups are warning that the federal government is doing nothing as grizzly bear numbers plummet toward extinction.
Harper's push for 'balanced' approach to global warming panned by critics - Sep 24, 2007 - Canadian Press: UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Stephen Harper pushed a flexible, balanced approach to global warming Monday at a huge world summit designed to spark major momentum for a new climate change treaty.
Nations agree on accelerated plan to get rid of ozone depleting chemical - Sep 23, 2007 - Chronicle Herald: MONTREAL — International governments have banged out an agreement to shave a decade off a deadline to eliminate an ozone-depleting chemical.
Accord sur la protection de la couche d'ozone - Sep 22, 2007 - La Presse Canadienne: Les participants à la Conférence des Nations unies sur la protection de la couche d'ozone, qui se tenait à Montréal, ont conclu vendredi soir une entente sur une accélération du calendrier de retrait des HCFC. (In French)
Sierra Club slams Environment Canada budget cuts - Sep 19, 2007 - CBC: Budget problems that threaten wildlife programs shouldn't keep Environment Canada from fulfilling its commitments, the Sierra Club of Canada said Wednesday.
Sierra Club Quebec wants to turn Montreal into a 'Cool City' - Sep 18, 2007 - McGill Tribune: The Post-Graduate Students' Society held its inaugural Green Night at Thomson House last Wednesday as part of its Orientation Week. The event, organized by the PGSS Environment Committee, allowed students to mingle with like-minded environmentally-conscious students, but the highlight of the evening was a presentation about the Sierra Club of Canada's Cool Cities program by Claude Martel, director of the Quebec Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Warships allowed to dump waste in Arctic - Sep 17, 2007 - Globe and Mail: The Canadian navy is relaxing some pollution rules for warships plying Arctic waters after skippers warned their ships were at risk of becoming smelly garbage scows.
Canada would like leadership role in getting rid of ozone-depleting chemical - Sep 17, 2007 - Canadian Press: Canada is hoping to play a leadership role to get dozens of countries, including the United States and China, to agree to speed up the elimination of a widespread ozone-depleting chemical.
Rupert dam foes dial up pressure on Hydro - Sep 15, 2007 - Montréal Gazette: Environmental activists yesterday pledged to open two new legal fronts as they continue a battle to halt the largest hydroelectric project undertaken in the province this decade.
Critics assail Port of Saint John petroleum coke facility - Sep 12, 2007 - CBC: An environmental group says the Port of Saint John never should have been allowed to assess the impact of a new petroleum coke handling facility currently being built on its docks, let alone approve it so quickly.
Protest against Shell takes campaign to British media - Sep 11, 2007 - Globe and Mail: Native protesters and environmental groups are taking the next round of their fight against a coal-bed methane exploration project in a remote part of central B.C. to the British media.
Eco-group endorses plan for Petitcodiac - Sep 07, 2007 - Moncton Times & Transcript: Sierra Club says it hopes Ottawa will recognize priority of issues like this one The internationally renowned Sierra Club of Canada is throwing its weight behind the Petitcodiac River's restoration.
What's wrong with nuclear power? Well, a lot, actually.. - Sep 06, 2007 - VUE Weekly: The current breakneck speed of tar sands development in Alberta has led to host of social, economic and environmental problems.
What's wrong with nuclear power? Well, a lot, actually.. - Sep 06, 2007 - VUE Weekly: The current breakneck speed of tar sands development in Alberta has led to host of social, economic and environmental problems.
It's a long ride 'to the tar sands' - Sep 06, 2007 - VUE Weekly: It seems like an obvious analogy: a group of environmentally friendly cyclists battling Alberta’s harsh elements in a long, fatiguing province-wide ride, a metaphor for the uphill fight to stop oilsands environmental damage.
Editorial: Species at risk need more help - Aug 16, 2007 - Times Colonist: If the federal government is as serious about protecting endangered species as it claims, it should immediately overhaul the weak Species at Risk Act.
Neighbourhood Bioblitz a census of creatures we share space with - Aug 07, 2007 - Times Colonist: Fairfield is swarming with amateur biology sleuths this week for a Bioblitz, the second one ever held on the Island.
B.C.'s war on extinction - Aug 05, 2007 - The Province: Animals such as killer whales, spirit bears and spotted owls are receiving help, but there are other threatened species that need our attention
New B.C. forestry scheme acknowledges native culture - Jul 31, 2007 - The Canadian Press: The preservation of so-called monumental cedars, those used to create First Nations totem poles and canoes, is a key objective of a new forest management system that's been established for part of British Columbia's central coast.
Island mine set to double coal output - Jun 26, 2007 - Times Colonist: Chinese demand fuels $32-million upgrade to open pits; environmental groups decry 'short-sighted ' move Spurred by record-high prices for coal, Hillsborough Resources wants to spend $32 million to double the size of its Quinsam open-pit coal mine near Campbell River.
A tree too far - Jun 21, 2007 - The Sun: The total logging response to the pine beetle catastrophe means healthy trees are being felled with the dead ones. The policy needs rethinking
Report says too many trees being culled over pine beetle epidemic - Jun 21, 2007 - Canadian Press: A report from a consortium of B.C. forestry-related organizations says the response to the pine beetle that has ravaged the province 's forests has been overkill.
Port Renfrew log-jams logistical nightmare - Jun 14, 2007 - Times Colonist: Heli-logging and special road for heavy equipment are among proposed solutions for duelling dangers
Massive logjam puts fishing town at risk - Jun 09, 2007 - Globe and Mail: A massive logjam - at least one kilometre in length and the width of the San Juan River - is threatening the fishing and tourist community of Port Renfrew and shackling migration of the river's salmon.
Massive logjam puts fishing town at risk - Jun 09, 2007 - Globe and Mail: A massive logjam - at least one kilometre in length and the width of the San Juan River - is threatening the fishing and tourist community of Port Renfrew and shackling migration of the river's salmon.

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