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    Directly Affected – From Burnaby to Ottawa

    2015 January 132024 July 8

    Three Vancouver filmmakers and Raincoast are launching a national tour to ask Canadians how they are Directly Affected by oil sands development…

    Read More Directly Affected – From Burnaby to OttawaContinue

  • Heavy equipment lays an oil pipe in the ground
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Wrong to ignore Climate Change in Northern Gateway review

    2013 August 302024 July 8

    By Paul Paquet, Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee,
    The StarPhoenix
    As formal interveners in the Northern Gateway federal review process, we were disconcerted that climate change was not considered in the Enbridge ESA…

    Read More Wrong to ignore Climate Change in Northern Gateway reviewContinue

  • Three men standing in front of a display of paintings.
    In the media

    City pulls permit for anti-pipeline art show

    2013 April 172024 July 8

    Calgary Herald, By Sherri Zickefoose
    An anti-oil pipeline art show is being sent packing from City Hall’s atrium after officials yanked the group’s permit over price tags and politics…

    Read More City pulls permit for anti-pipeline art showContinue

  • A painting of a sunset over a body of water.
    In the media

    Exhibit paints different picture of pipeline project

    2013 April 152024 July 8

    Colleen Schmidt, CTV Calgary
    A group of artists is making their feelings about the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline known through an art exhibit at Calgary City Hall…

    Read More Exhibit paints different picture of pipeline projectContinue

  • An older man leaning against a tree.
    In the media

    Anti-Northern Gateway art show opens Monday

    2013 April 152024 July 8

    CBC News
    Robert Bateman and Carol Evans are two of the artists whose works will be exhibited as part of the Art for an Oil-Free Coast exhibit, which opens Monday in Calgary…

    Read More Anti-Northern Gateway art show opens MondayContinue

  • A wolf lies in the grass, blending into the background
    Investigate and inform

    Wolves, caribou, tar sands and Canada’s oily ethics

    2011 September 222024 July 8

    Canada’s proposed strategy to recover dwindling populations of boreal forest caribou in northern Alberta’s tar sands favours the destruction of wolves over any consequential protection, enhancement, or expansion of caribou habitat.

    Read More Wolves, caribou, tar sands and Canada’s oily ethicsContinue

  • A dead wolf lying in the snow.
    In the media

    Caribou recovery plan near oilsands may target wolves

    2011 September 202024 July 8

    Thousands of wolves stand to be killed in Alberta as part of the federal government’s new plan to sustain caribou in the oilsands area

    Read More Caribou recovery plan near oilsands may target wolvesContinue

  • A wolf lies in the grass, blending into the background
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Wolves fall prey to Canada’s rapacious tar sands business

    2011 September 182024 July 8

    Paul Paquet
    Guardian.co.uk September 17 2011
    In Canada, wolves are blamed for the demise of everything from marmots to mountain caribou. Now, Canada’s newest strategy is to “recover” boreal forest caribou by killing wolves…..

    Read More Wolves fall prey to Canada’s rapacious tar sands businessContinue

  • An oil tanker at rest off the BC coast.
    Investigate and inform

    The Enbridge pipeline: Northern Gateway to what?

    2011 August 162024 July 8

    The recent chatter from energy industry spokespersons about the need to formulate a national energy strategy is simply code for developing an export strategy for Alberta’s tar sands…

    Read More The Enbridge pipeline: Northern Gateway to what?Continue

  • Heavy equipment lays an oil pipe in the ground
    Investigate and inform

    Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project: profit at what price?

    2011 June 222024 July 8

    Does any oil spill damage cost estimate even begin to cover the price of a pod of killer whales driven to extinction or the demise of a coastal fishing community’s way of life?

    Read More Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project: profit at what price?Continue

  • A woman wearing a black jacket.
    Notes from the field | Raincoast updates

    Tankers and oil spills could reverse years of recovery efforts

    2010 March 302024 July 8

    By Chris Genovali Lessons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska have shown that even after two decades, some species and fisheries still have not recovered. This includes killer whale populations, some seabird populations, shellfish harvesting and the commercial herring fishery. If the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline is constructed from Alberta’s tar sands…

    Read More Tankers and oil spills could reverse years of recovery effortsContinue

  • In the media

    B.C.’s coastal wildlife would be ‘devastated’ by oil spill: report

    2010 March 242024 July 8

    Conservation group states case against pipeline, coastal shipping Calgary Herald By Judith Lavoie, March 24, 2010 VICTORIA — Whales, wolves, bears and birds would be devastated by an oil spill in the waters off Vancouver’s coast, says an extensive new study released a day before the anniversary of one of the world’s most devastating human-caused…

    Read More B.C.’s coastal wildlife would be ‘devastated’ by oil spill: reportContinue

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