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Feds Work to Protect Endangered Species Only When Sued
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 VANCOUVER, BC – The Nooksack Dace, an endangered fish found in small streams in BC’s Fraser Valley, is one step closer to protection with the re-release of a recovery strategy that identifies habitat critical to its survival and recovery (“critical habitat”). The federal government identified the dace’s critical habitat only after being sued by a coalition of…
Read more »Groups pleased with new money for Victoria sewage treatment plan
And call for climate change plan to include integrated resource recovery February 19, 2008 VICTORIA, BC – Environmental groups are pleased with the BC government’s commitment to initial funding of sewage treatment for Victoria’s Capital Regional District as laid out in today’s budget. They are calling on the Premier to go one step further and ensure his upcoming plan for…
Read more »Innovative Green Boating Program Honoured
Mike (R) with Bob Eaton of Clean Marine Ontario Georgia Strait Alliance’s (GSA) innovative Green Boating program was honoured with the Canadian Safe Boating Council “Safeguarding the Environment” Award at the recent Canadian Safe Boating Award (CASBA) ceremony held January 13, 2008 in Toronto. Receiving the award on behalf of the Georgia Strait Alliance was Green Boating Program Coordinator Mike…
Read more »Community groups unite to fight Texada gas project
December 17, 2007 Nanaimo, BC – Fifteen community groups from around the Strait of Georgia have banded together to fight a proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project on Texada Island. The Westpac LNG Corporation wants to build an LNG plant facility, a gas-fired generation station, as well as a high voltage power transmission power line on the island, all of…
Read more »Feds denounced for staying pollution charge
Metro Vancouver allowed to continue toxic dumping until 2030 October 11, 2007 NORTH VANCOUVER, BC—Environmental groups are angry that the federal government has stayed a pollution charge against one of the largest water polluters in British Columbia, Metro Vancouver (formerly the Greater Vancouver Regional District or GVRD). A private prosecution had been launched by environmental groups regarding repeated failures of…
Read more »Backgrounder: Threats from Tankers in BC’s Inside Passage
June 26, 2006The moratorium on offshore oil and gas and tanker traffic has been protecting British Columbia’s northern coast since 1972.Natural Resources Canada most recently confirmed the moratorium in 2003 when it tasked the Royal Society of Canada to conduct a public review of the BC Offshore Oil and Gas Moratorium, stating: “In 1972, the Government of Canada imposed a…
Read more »Environmental groups applaud federal funding for closed-containment fish-farm project
Province urged to get on board with matching funds July 31, 2007 VANCOUVER – Funding from a federally created corporation for a closed-tank salmon-farm project is a good start at making fish farming more sustainable, according to the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR). Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada, announced recently that…
Read more »New Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulations only a First Step
Environmental groups from British Columbia are cautiously welcoming the new pollution prevention regulations under the Canada Shipping Act and see it as a first step to protecting Canada’s sensitive marine ecosystem. They are also encouraging the government to build on these regulations in the years to come, however the regulations will only be successful when they provide infrastructure like sewage…
Read more »Media Backgrounder: Seismic Blasting Threatens Marine Life
Batholiths Project December 14, 2006The project:A team of academics, mostly Americans, want to study how the earth’s crust was formed. They want to use a large airgun array (36 guns with a total volume of 6,600 in3) in the narrow fjords, inlets and coastal waters of the central coast of B.C. The ship will tow the array at 4-5 knots…
Read more »Media Backgrounder: Canadian Military Interferes with Killer Whale Recovery Strategy
May 23, 2007Killer Whale FactsOrcas, also known as Killer Whales, are members of the dolphin family and are the highest predators in the food chainOrcas are highly intelligent mammals that live in matriarchal units comprised of a mother and one or more of her offspring, which congregate into larger social groups known as podsBiologists classify orcas in the Northeast Pacific…
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