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By Colleen Kimmett / The Tyee
Oil spilled in Vancouver harbour could reach as far north as Haida Gwaii, according to results of a research project launched by two environmental groups last fall…
Chris Genovali / The Huffington Post
Government policy makers and their bureaucratic minions who manage the grizzly hunt are not interested in rigorous science, but are keenly interested in maintaining the status quo…
Anna Taylor / The Ecologist
In BC, trophy hunting may be reducing grizzly bear populations. A new study by Raincoast finds evidence of serious ‘overkill’ – of which trophy hunting is a big contributor…
Chris Bolster and Dean Unger / Powell River Peak
Management of few animals in BC is more contentious than wolves. Seen by some as a symbol of our wilderness heritage and by others as a threat…
Raincoast and our partners GIA and GSA will be doing slideshows through the Gulf Islands next week to inform citizens of the NEB’s process and how they can participate…
Peter O’Neil / Vancouver Sun
A long-expected stampede to the courts has begun as environmental groups and First Nations seek to block Enbridge Inc’s proposed $7.9-billion Northern Gateway megaproject…
Dene Moore / The Canadian Press
The problem lies not in whether the wolves can adapt, says Dr. Paquet, but whether people who have lived without the top-tier predators for generations can do so…
By Robyn Allan / TheTyee.ca
The federal Joint Review Panel report recommending Ottawa approve Northern Gateway has a number of flaws, errors and misrepresentations…
Raincoast and three other ENGO’s have launched a lawsuit to block the federal Cabinet approval of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline…
Peter James / Prince George Citizen
Raincoast senior scientist Paul Paquet said an Environment Canada report on diluted bitumen could have pushed the panel to recommend different conditions…
Sarah Petrescu / Times Colonist
Scientists on Vancouver Island have for the first time linked spawning Pacific herring, a well-known marine food fish, to the health of land creatures big and small…
Mark Hume, Globe and Mail
Environmental group hopes to raise money needed to buyout hunting licenses in the Great Bear Rainforest…