Big oil vs. big whale: Will pipeline trump iconic orca?
If you don’t live on the West Coast, perhaps it’s hard to appreciate just how poorly approving an oil pipeline at the expense of an endangered population of killer whales might play out.
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Conservation groups urge the NEB to reject Kinder Morgan pipeline
“The quantity of Kinder Morgan’s evidence does not make it quality evidence,” said Karen Campbell, Ecojustice lawyer for Raincoast and Living Oceans.
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Eco-tourism worth billions trumps value of Kinder Morgan project, new report argues
A new report tears into the Kinder Morgan TMX application, saying the company’s environmental assessments show a lack of scientific rigour.
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Even without spill, tankers are risky: report
The 108-page report released by Raincoast says various studies have shown Canada is ill prepared to deal with a large oil spill in southern B.C. waters.
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National Energy Board refuses to accept study on diluted bitumen
One of the most important reports submitted to the NEB’s review of the proposed Trans Mountain expansion has been denied, according to a biologist with Raincoast.
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NEB timelines imposed by Harper government obstruct rigorous scientific assessment
Karen Wristen and Paul Paquet/Vancouver Sun
The NEB’s assessment of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion has again demonstrated why tight timelines work to defeat rigorous scientific assessment… -
Lori and Goliath
Briony Penn / FOCUS
And now Waters is lending her sizeable talents to Raincoast–one of BC’s most respected scientific research-based environmental groups–where she has been hired to communicate their extensive coastal research… -
Plumbing the depths of the Salish Sea
Angela Cowan / Peninsula News Review
The Raincoast Conservation Foundation is hosting an entertainment-laced evening of Salish Sea inspired scientific talks… -
Directly Affected – From Burnaby to Ottawa
Three Vancouver filmmakers and Raincoast are launching a national tour to ask Canadians how they are Directly Affected by oil sands development…
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Tonight: Victoria premiere of Directly Affected
The Victoria premiere of Directly Affected, our new film on the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain controversy, screens tonight 7:00PM at UVic’s Bob Wright Centre…
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We are all Directly Affected by Kinder Morgan’s proposal
Chris Genovali & Ross Dixon / Huffington Post
Numerous risks associated with Kinder Morgan’s proposal could adversely affect people and wildlife locally, regionally, and globally… -
Opinion: Are you directly affected by the Kinder Morgan proposal?
Chris Genovali & Ross Dixon / Vancouver Sun
What do you love about the Fraser River, the Gulf Islands, and the Salish Sea…
