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Raincoast at The Huffington Post

Raincoast at The Huffington Post

Raincoast's Executive Director Chris Genovali is now blogging at The Huffington Post.  Read his posts: Vampire Blues: sucking blood from the Earth July 20/2010 Stop the needless killing of BC's grizzly bears July 7/2010 Would a grizzly bear certify this fishery? June 22/ 2010 The Ethics of Killing Carnivores June 11/10 Law and Disorder: A ...

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Feds sued over lack of protection for killer whales

Feds sued over lack of protection for killer whales

The trial to protect BC's resident killer whales and their critical habitat began Tuesday June 15, 2010 in the federal courthouse in Vancouver, BC.  Ecojustice is representing Raincoast and eight other conservation groups.  The following links will give you more information about the story and the case. The halls of Justice: ...

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Fish farms make louse-y migration routes

Fish farms make louse-y migration routes

Michael Price, Biologist, Wild Salmon Program. Spring is early this year, and signs of its bloom abound. Life on the coast races against time to proliferate before summer sun fades to dark. Less visible are the millions of young sockeye salmon migrating out of their ice-free lakes on route ...

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What's at stake? The cost of oil on British Columbia's priceless coast

What's at stake? The cost of oil on British Columbia's priceless coast

New report details how tankers and oil spills could reverse years of recovery efforts for BC’s marine mammals The report, ‘What’s at Stake – The cost of oil on British Columbia’s priceless coast’,  conveys the ecological implications of oil tankers and oil spills to wildlife on the BC ...

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Why I support Raincoast

Why I support Raincoast

Supporter and volunteer Don Arney gives time to Raincoast "I donate my flying time to take Raincoast’s Salmon Carnivore team to places where grizzlies roam but where the team's boats and gum boots cannot take them. I make this contribution because I see in them a passionate group of scientists and ...

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Is America's Chernobyl in Canada's future?

Is America's Chernobyl in Canada's future?

Guest Commentary by Chris Genovali for Buzzflash Many Canadians have been anxiously following the unfolding Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster and are experiencing a deep sense of unease as they scan the daily media reports. Such foreboding is clearly understandable as one can't help thinking this might be a nightmarish ...

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    New report details how tankers and oil spills could reverse years of recovery efforts for BC’s marine mammals

    The report, ‘What’s at Stake – The cost of oil on British Columbia’s priceless coast’, conveys the ecological implications of oil tankers and oil spills to wildlife on the BC coast. The report stems from five years of at-sea surveys by Raincoast scientists, but places the future of BC's unique coastline in a broader ecological context. The surveys were undertaken to fill information gaps around the abundance and distribution of marine mammals and marine birds on the BC coast and inform discussion's about proposed oil tankers and associated activities.

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    • July 30th, 2010 § Media

    Humans need to change to avoid violent wildlife encounters: expert

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    Globe and Mail, July 30, 2010
    Shannon Moneo
    As B.C. experiences a bizarre season of wildlife-human conflicts, with a rare attack by a black bear…

    by Raincoast
    July 25th, 2010 § Salmon

    Farmed salmon fail organic test

    Fish farms on the BC coast threaten wild salmon

    Victoria Times Colonist, July 25, 2010
    Re: “Farmed B.C. salmon could carry organic label under federal plan,” July 15.
    The propo…

    by Chris Genovali
    July 20th, 2010 § Media

    Vampire Blues: Suckin’ Blood From the Earth

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

    The Huffington Post, July 20 2010
    Buzzflash.com, July 25 2010
    When Neil Young recorded the anti-Big Oil “Vampire Blues” for his…

    by Chris Genovali
    July 17th, 2010 § Blog

    A Koeye Camp Idyll

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    by Bryce Bocking
    As the boat containing my fellow Raincoast colleagues and I drew near the Koeye River, memories of the last time I was here, near…

    by Raincoast
    July 16th, 2010 § Climate & Habitat

    Join the fray

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

    Time for BC boycott

    Calgary Herald, July 16, 2010
    Edmonton Journal, July 18, 2010
    Regarding the billboard ads urging Americans not to visit Alb…

    by Chris Genovali
    July 16th, 2010 § Climate & Habitat

    B.C. should get in on the act

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

    Calgary Sun, July 16, 2010
    Re: The billboard ads urging Americans not to visit Alberta. B.C. conservation groups might want to take a page from U…

    by Chris Genovali
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