Drift cards plot extent of oil spill
Julie Bertrand / The Oceanside Star
The Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Georgia Straight Alliance want to know what would happen if an oil tanker spilled in the Salish Sea…
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Oil spill simulation shows far-reaching results
By Colleen Kimmett / The Tyee
Oil spilled in Vancouver harbour could reach as far north as Haida Gwaii, according to results of a research project launched by two environmental groups last fall… -
B.C. Grizzly Hunt Bolstered By Spurious Science
Chris Genovali / The Huffington Post
Government policy makers and their bureaucratic minions who manage the grizzly hunt are not interested in rigorous science, but are keenly interested in maintaining the status quo… -
Overkill: Trophy hunting slams BC’s grizzly bears
Anna Taylor / The Ecologist
In BC, trophy hunting may be reducing grizzly bear populations. A new study by Raincoast finds evidence of serious ‘overkill’ – of which trophy hunting is a big contributor… -
Wolf habituation a human issue
Chris Bolster and Dean Unger / Powell River Peak
Management of few animals in BC is more contentious than wolves. Seen by some as a symbol of our wilderness heritage and by others as a threat… -
Kinder Morgan Process underway, Raincoast tours Gulf Islands
Raincoast and our partners GIA and GSA will be doing slideshows through the Gulf Islands next week to inform citizens of the NEB’s process and how they can participate…
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B.C. groups ask court to block approval of Northern Gateway pipeline
Peter O’Neil / Vancouver Sun
A long-expected stampede to the courts has begun as environmental groups and First Nations seek to block Enbridge Inc’s proposed $7.9-billion Northern Gateway megaproject… -
U.S. relocation of Canadian wolves may be too successful
Dene Moore / The Canadian Press
The problem lies not in whether the wolves can adapt, says Dr. Paquet, but whether people who have lived without the top-tier predators for generations can do so… -
Why NEB’s Gateway Report is vulnerable to legal assault
By Robyn Allan / TheTyee.ca
The federal Joint Review Panel report recommending Ottawa approve Northern Gateway has a number of flaws, errors and misrepresentations… -
Environmental groups launch lawsuit over flawed Northern Gateway report
Raincoast and three other ENGO’s have launched a lawsuit to block the federal Cabinet approval of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline…
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Study could have altered Gateway report: scientist
Peter James / Prince George Citizen
Raincoast senior scientist Paul Paquet said an Environment Canada report on diluted bitumen could have pushed the panel to recommend different conditions… -
Herring key food for land-based species: study
Sarah Petrescu / Times Colonist
Scientists on Vancouver Island have for the first time linked spawning Pacific herring, a well-known marine food fish, to the health of land creatures big and small…
