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  • Five Southern Resident killer whales swim side by side in the Salish Sea.
    Backgrounders | Conservation updates

    Feds’ fisheries announcement a welcome first step: groups renew call for killer whale emergency order

    2018 May 242024 July 8

    Conservation groups applaud today’s federal announcement that endangered Southern Resident killer whales face “imminent threats” to their survival and recovery. Prompted by this assessment, the Ministers also announced fisheries closures in key foraging areas …

    Read More Feds’ fisheries announcement a welcome first step: groups renew call for killer whale emergency orderContinue

  • A map of the proposed emergency order, with logos of the various orgs involved including Ecojustice and the David Suzuki Foundation.
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    Emergency order requested for Southern Resident killer whales: time is running out

    2018 January 302024 July 8

    Raincoast and its partners, represented by Ecojustice, are calling on federal cabinet ministers LeBlanc and McKenna to recommend cabinet issue an emergency order under Canada’s Species at Risk Act…

    Read More Emergency order requested for Southern Resident killer whales: time is running outContinue

  • Two orca whales swimming in the water.
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    Federal approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline project unlawful

    2016 December 212024 July 8

    Ecojustice, Raincoast and Livings Oceans launch lawsuit to protect endangered killer whales from Trans Mountain oil tankers…

    Read More Federal approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline project unlawfulContinue

  • A grizzly looks to the left of the image in the coastal rainforest in front of wispy mist.
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    Raincoast reacts to NDP grizzly hunt announcement

    2016 November 242024 July 8

    The policy of allowing the killing of grizzly bears for sport has no economic, ecological or ethical justification…

    Read More Raincoast reacts to NDP grizzly hunt announcementContinue

  • An aerial view of a boat in the ocean.
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    We’re nowhere near a ‘world class oil spill response’

    2016 October 192024 July 8

    Fuel spill in Heiltsuk Territory underscores rhetoric in federal and provincial messaging as environmental damage builds in the Great Bear Rainforest…

    Read More We’re nowhere near a ‘world class oil spill response’Continue

  • Enbridge Wapaisoo Pipeline Project.
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    Northern Gateway and the NEB Hearings

    2016 September 232024 July 8

    The following is a brief overview of our scientific and legal work against the Northern Gateway Project in our efforts to keep our coast oil-free.

    Read More Northern Gateway and the NEB HearingsContinue

  • Southern Resident killer whale pokes head above water, displaying a classic spyhop behaviour.
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    Immediate action essential for Southern Resident killer whales

    2016 July 212024 July 8

    Raincoast releases video to encourage public comments on the killer whale action plan.
    Public comment period ends August 14th.

    Read More Immediate action essential for Southern Resident killer whalesContinue

  • Help Raincoast end the trophy hunt
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    Stopping the grizzly hunt

    2016 July 152024 October 8

    Help us end the trophy killing of large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest – now and forever. Every year in BC a staggering number of bears, wolves, and other large carnivores are killed by hunters for trophies on their walls and floors. For two decades we have worked to end this senseless slaughter. In…

    Read More Stopping the grizzly huntContinue

  • Pipeline, above ground, spanning from close-up to the horizon.
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    Court ruling shuts door on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline

    2016 June 302024 July 8

    The court confirmed that the federal government’s consultations with First Nations were insufficient. Ecojustice lawyer Barry Robinson, representing Raincoast and Livings Oceans, said his clients are thrilled that the court has quashed Enbridge’s permits.

    Read More Court ruling shuts door on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipelineContinue

  • Southern Resident killer whale breaching from the waters of the Salish Sea with mountains in the background.
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    Environmental groups launch court challenge over NEB’s Kinder Morgan report

    2016 June 172024 July 8

    Ecojustice lawyers, representing Living Oceans and Raincoast, have filed for a judicial review of the NEB’s report that recommended the federal Cabinet approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

    Read More Environmental groups launch court challenge over NEB’s Kinder Morgan reportContinue

  • Three orcas swim in a pod from right to left, showing their dorsal fin.
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    National Energy Board fails killer whales

    2016 May 192024 July 8

    The NEB’s approval of Kinder Morgan’s TMX jeopardizes the survival of BC’s endangered southern resident killer whales, increasing the probability that they will ultimately go extinct, asserted Raincoast.

    Read More National Energy Board fails killer whalesContinue

  • A dark morph Northern fulmar flies over the blue gray waters of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of BC.
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    At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast

    2016 May 92024 July 8

    At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast shares the unique story of conservation scientist Dr. Caroline Fox as she sails thousands of kilometers along the BC coast, surveying marine birds.

    Read More At Sea with the Marine Birds of the RaincoastContinue

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