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Animal Writes – The Vancouver Humane Society Newsletter, Spring 2011
by Paul C. Paquet and Chris Genovali
Why is there no concern about the pain, fear, suffering and even death that wildlife will endure if the pipeline is approved? It is largely because we place a higher priority on economic growth than on the welfare of other species…
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CounterPunch
Christmas Weekend Edition December 24-26, 2010
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
Recently, British Columbia MP (Member of Parliament) Gary Lunn asserted that professionals should be left to decide on oil tanker routes for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project…
Read moreGulf Islands Driftwood
Published: December 22, 2010
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
This past week, Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Gary Lunn asserted that professionals should be left to decide on tanker routes for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project…
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Island Tides, November 11, 2010
As part of an effort to understand ocean currents, and how they would influence the movement of a potential oil spill, scientists from IOS recently teamed up with the Gitga’at and Raincoast to drop ‘drift’ bottles…
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Representatives for Enbridge were in Bella Bella to present their case for the Northern Gateway pipeline. Raincoast’s Doug Brown, a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation, was at the event…
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The Huffington Post With the preliminary hearings having commenced for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s Joint Review Panel on Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta’s tar sands to the British Columbia coast, it would be illustrative for British Columbians to look south of the border.
Read moreCalgary Sun, July 16, 2010 Re: The billboard ads urging Americans not to visit Alberta. B.C. conservation groups might want to take a page from U.S. environmental organizations and adopt a similar campaign urging British Columbians to “rethink” travelling to Alberta.
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Letter to the Editor, Financial Post Re: Enbridge Chief Defends Gateway Pipline. April 30 It was fascinating to read how Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel is advocating for corporate socialism as he flogs his company’s Northern Gateway Pipeline project. Mr. Daniel’s suggestion that Canadians will need to massively subsidize the transport of tar sands crude through […]
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