‘Coast guard under estimated risk of fuel spill’ says Raincoast Captain
Raincoast’s Captain Brian Falconer speaks with the Times Colonist about the disabled Russian container ship adrift off Haida Gwaii…
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Gary Holman’s community office hosts conservation art pieces
MLA Gary Holman’s community office in Sidney BC is hosting paintings from Raincoast’s Oil-Free Coast art collection as part of the 2014 ArtSea Festival.
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Coastal Grizzlies on the Move
Seaside Magazine: Grizzlies are moving to islands. Their presence should trigger greater habitat protection in the Great Bear Rainforest…
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Oil spill simulation gets locals talking about possibility of crude along the Salish Sea
Jenny Uechi / Vancouver Observer
Tamara Phillips was swimming near Stanley Park when her eye caught a glimpse of a yellow card floating along the water’s surface… -
Oil Spill Simulated On B.C.’s Fraser River, Burrard Inlet
The Huffington Post B.C.
Researchers place bright yellow cards into the Fraser River to simulate how far a potential oil spill from the Trans Canada pipeline would spread… -
Oil cards expected to wash up along Richmond’s shores
Graeme Wood / Richmond News
If you’ve walked along the dyke recently, you might be asking yourself: What are those yellow things floating in the Fraser River or stuck on the rocks… -
Drift cards released on Fraser River to simulate pipeline oil spill risk
Larry Pynn / Vancouver Sun
400 drift cards were released into the Fraser River to better understand where a Kinder Morgan oil spill might go… -
‘This could be oil’: Drift cards tossed into Fraser River to simulate oil spill
Emily Jackson / Metro
Four hundred plywood drift cards stamped with the warning “This could be oil” were tossed into the Fraser River Tuesday to simulate how far oil could travel… -
Organizers of oil spill simulation ask for help from B.C. residents
Jen St. Denis / Business In Vancouver
Two environmental groups are asking British Columbians to help them track where and how oil would spill in the waters around Vancouver in the event of a tanker leak… -
Simulation to show impact of potential oil spill in Burrard Inlet
Peter Meiszner / Global News
The City of Vancouver is teaming up with two environmental groups to conduct an oil spill simulation Tuesday on the Fraser River and in Burrard Inlet… -
Can grizzly bear watchers end B.C.’s trophy hunt?
The Georgia Strait interviews Raincoast scientists on the science and politics behind the grizzly hunt
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Study confirms grizzlies living on unprotected coastal islands
Cara McKenna / The Tyee
Local guide’s knowledge, now backed by research from Raincoast and partners, raises major conservation concerns for bears on BC’s coast…
