Landscape of cover of Canada's Raincoast at Risk: Art for an Oil-Free Coast
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Tar sands pipelines and oil tankers threaten North American wildlife

cover from AWIQ

Raincoast’s Paul Paquet and Chris Genovali authored the cover story appearing in the Spring 2012 issue of AWI Quarterly magazine…

Earth Day presentation on YouTube

Brian Falconer

Raincoast’s Brian Falconer was one of the featured speakers at “Earth Day 2012 – Dedicated to an Oil Free Coast.” Brian’s presentation is now posted on YouTube…

Surfer Chris Malloy on the making of Groundswell

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Outside Magazine Online

Chris Malloy, who, along with a team of B.C. surfers and Raincoast’s Chris Darimont, sailed along the coast on a surf safari/reconnaissance mission to see the proposed tanker shipping lanes. The result is Groundswell…

Pipeline spill would put 34 parks at risk: study

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By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist April 27, 2012

Dozens of parks and protected areas in B.C. would be at risk of oil contamination if there was a spill from the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline…

Researchers map risks posed by Northern Gateway pipeline to BC parks

Enbridge Northern Gateway is proposing a pipeline and oil tankers through BC

The Tyee
By Adam Pez April 24, 2012

A Canadian-based team of scientists have produced the first peer-reviewed study on the threat Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline poses to B.C. parks and protected areas, finding 34 spots under threat of spills downstream of the pipeline…

Protecting wildlife can sustain our future, too

coastal grizzlies rely on salmon

Times Colonist
Raincoast says despite the knowledge that many species depend on salmon, humans have never managed fisheries with wildlife in mind…

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  • Artists for an oil-free coast

    Artists for an oil-free coast

    Artists for an oil-free coast Fifty artists - some of Canada’s most celebrated and many who are First Nations - will take up paintbrushes and carving tools to portray Canada’s fragile raincoast - one they feel is threatened by the Northern Gateway project proposed by Enbridge and their international partners. Their goal ...

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  • Top Canadian surfer Peter Devries rides the waves of the Great Bear Rainforest to bring attention to the damage that an oil spill could bring to the ecosystem.  Photo credit Dean Azim

    Groundswell: the wave of opposition to Northern Gateway

      Set sail with Raincoast, Patagonia and Woodshed Films  (in collaboration with Jeremy Koreski  and Dean Azim) for an exploratory surf trip along British Columbia’s unspoiled west coast.  While searching for waves, the crew documents what would be threatened if the Northern Gateway tar sands oil pipeline is built. Check out the trailer ...

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