Raincoast’s review of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway ESA
Raincoast’s review of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Environmental Impact Statement is available in report format…
Coast oil spill will be ‘catastrophic’
Oceanside Star
By Pamela Suzanne Smyth
It’s not if but when a spill will happen as a result of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, Brian Falconer, from Raincoast Conservation Foundation, told a crowd at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre…
Oil & Water: waves, wilderness and big oil intersect in GBR
We left Vancouver Island’s rugged shore and steamed north toward a vast region known as the Great Bear Rainforest. Before us lay hundreds of miles of unspoiled coastline…
Tar sands pipelines and oil tankers threaten North American wildlife
Raincoast’s Paul Paquet and Chris Genovali authored the cover story appearing in the Spring 2012 issue of AWI Quarterly magazine…
Earth Day presentation on YouTube
Raincoast’s Brian Falconer was one of the featured speakers at “Earth Day 2012 – Dedicated to an Oil Free Coast.” Brian’s presentation is now posted on YouTube…
Pipeline spill would put 34 parks at risk
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
Dozens of parks and protected areas in B.C. would be at risk of a spill from the proposed Enbridge pipeline says a new study by Raincoast
Researchers map risks posed by Northern Gateway pipeline to BC parks
The Tyee
By Adam Pez April 24, 2012
A Canadian-based team of scientists have produced the first peer-reviewed study on the threat Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline poses to B.C. parks and protected areas, finding 34 spots under threat of spills downstream of the pipeline…
Sidney Northern Gateway Slideshow
Saturday April 21 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, BC with Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May and Emcee Arthur Black…
Exxon Valdez anniversary casts shadow over Earth Day
Victoria News
The recent anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster casts a long shadow over impending Earth Day events in BC, as two controversial pipeline projects propose to deliver “the world’s dirtiest oil” to the Pacific coast…
May says Exxon Valdez spill calls for legislation against oil tankers
By Christine van Reeuwyk
Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party, hoped to spark interest in the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill with a picturesque press conference Friday morning…
May calls for tanker ban on oil-spill anniversary
By Cindy E. Harnett, Times Colonist March 24
A moratorium on crude-oil supertankers on B.C.’s coast should be expanded and enshrined in legislation, Green Party leader Elizabeth May said on the eve of the 23rd anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill…