While British Columbians are focused on the threat of oil tankers to B.C.’s north coast, Kinder Morgan wants to quadruple the amount of crude oil going from Burrard Inlet through Georgia Strait, the Gulf Islands, Haro Strait and the Juan de Fuca…
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?
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee, Vancouver Sun June 18, 2011
If the Enbridge Northern Gateway project is approved, an estimated 225 supertankers a year would enter Kitimat …..
CounterPunch June 6, 2011
The growing emphasis on B.C.’s coast as an energy corridor has spurred substantial concerns from coastal communities and the public about the impacts and risks associated with large-scale oil operations and spills…
Seaside Times
June 2011
A Woman Who Runs With Wolves
By Chris Genovali
Biologist Heather Bryan is one of the lead scientists for Raincoast’s grizzly-salmon project and monitoring of carnivore systems in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest…
The distinct assembly of iconic animals such as whales, dolphins, wolves, and bears make the coast of British Columbia qualitatively different from most other exceptional places in the world…
For large carnivores in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest April marks the start of the spring recreational hunting season, and signals a time to start dodging bullets from “sportsmen” wielding high-powered rifles in search of “trophies.”
Island Tides April 7-April 20, 2011
The notion that animal welfare applies to wildlife has escaped most people, including animal welfarists and conservationists alike…
Seaside Times
April 2011
By Chris Genovali
Caroline Fox has been a biologist with Raincoast Conservation Foundation’s marine conservation program since 2007 and serves as Raincoast’s lead scientist for our work on marine birds…
Although rarely considered, many human activities deprive wild animals of their life necessities by destroying or impoverishing their surroundings, causing suffering of individuals through displacement, stress, starvation, and diminished security…
A new study by researchers from Raincoast, Watershed Watch, UVic and SFU provides the first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye…
BC holds extensive tracts of large carnivore habitat that provide core areas of vital ground for all indigenous wide-ranging carnivores, including cougars…