Oops, I spilled it again: why Exxon history is repeating
As Saturday March 24th marked the 23rd anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the question arises whether the Canadian government has learned any lessons…
Kinder Morgan tankers threaten Salish Sea
On the 23rd Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, CFAX interviews Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee about the lessons learned and the consideration for the Salish Sea as Kinder Morgan rapidly expands tanker traffic. Source file: CFAX March 2012 (MP3)
Exxon Valdez 23rd Anniversary: Lessons Learned
Raincoast biologist Misty MacDuffee speaks with CBC about lessons we have learned…
The Other Oil Sands Pipeline Project: Northern Gateway
Outside Magazine Online
If the U.S. doesn’t allow the northern half of the Keystone XL pipeline to be built, Canada will sell its oil to China. That’s one of the common rebuttals to opposition of the Keystone XL pipeline…
Northern Gateway slideshows
Join Raincoast and Elizabeth May on Saturday April 21 at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, BC for an evening on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project…
The Cleanest Line
Check out Chris Darimont’s blog post at Patagonia’s ‘The Cleanest Line’ on surfing the Great Bear Rainforest, the threat from oil tankers to BC’s coast and more…
Groundswell: The Wave of Opposition to Enbridge
The Huffington Post
Raincoast has an exciting project in the works with our friends at Patagonia, a leader among environmentally-minded businesses…
‘Foreign radicals’ within our midst
The PMO issued a warning Friday night about “foreign radicals” Raincoast, Ecojustice and Living Oceans who filed a motion questioning the impartiality of the federal government in the Enbridge hearings…
Surfer’s documentary speaks for sea life
Raincoast film highlights world class surfers speaking for BC’s marine mammals and the threats they would face from oil tankers if the Enbridge Northern Gateway project was approved…
Tankers and Tar Sands Oil Threaten the Salish Sea
San Juan Islander
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
The NEB approved the latest request by Kinder Morgan, which will consequently increase tanker traffic in the Salish Sea. Despite requests by Raincoast and other NGOs, this was done without a full public process…
Canada’s tar sands: bringing pipelines, tankers and climate disruption to an ecosystem near you
Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project invites the world’s largest supertankers and dirtiest oil to the unspoiled waters of coastal British Columbia. Similarly, Kinder Morgan’s Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion would dramatically raise the level of tanker traffic traversing through Vancouver, the Fraser estuary and the Gulf Islands. For more on Kinder Morgan proposal click here. Read below for a…
Tankers and oil spills could reverse years of recovery efforts
By Chris Genovali Lessons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska have shown that even after two decades, some species and fisheries still have not recovered. This includes killer whale populations, some seabird populations, shellfish harvesting and the commercial herring fishery. If the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline is constructed from Alberta’s tar sands…