300 scientists call on feds to reject Northern Gateway
Two Raincoast scientists were among 300 Canadian university scientists that are calling on the federal government to reject the Northern Gateway proposal…
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Premature: Raincoast comments on SARA down-listing of humpbacks
Raincoast is concerned the proposed down-listing of SARA listed North Pacific humpback whales in BC is premature. We submitted comments in May 2014 to the federal government…
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NORTHERN GATEWAY: The battle is only begining
Globe and Mail
The Northern Gateway project is unlikely to be built anytime soon. Legal challenges and blockades suggest opposition has just begun… -
Critics say Canada shouldn’t have taken Humpback Whales off the Endangered Species List
David P. Ball / VICE
The Canadian government’s announcement that it’s knocking humpback whales off its endangered species list has critics pulling their “Save the whales!” signs from the 1980s out of storage… -
Comment: Down-listing puts humpbacks in jeopardy
Misty MacDuffee & Chris Genovali
Times Colonist
The federal government intends to down-list the status of North Pacific humpback whales… -
Humpback whales rebound from near extinction, move down on at-risk species list
Mark Hume / The Globe and Mail
The change, made quietly over the Easter weekend, removes one environmental hurdle for proposed pipeline projects in British Columbia… -
Feds removal of humpback whales from at-risk list questioned
David P. Ball / 24 hours Vancouver
Humpback whales were removed from Canada’s species-at-risk list Tuesday, a decision some scientists allege was fast-tracked under political pressure… -
Ottawa removing North Pacific humpback whales from list of ‘threatened’ species
Peter O’Neil / Vancouver Sun
The Harper government is downgrading the protection of the North Pacific humpback whale despite objections from a clear majority of groups that were consulted… -
‘Drift cards’ found washing ashore
Cali Bagby / Islands Sounder
Last week Sukima Hampton was walking on a friend’s private beach west of Eastsound when she was horrified to find a pink card with the words “This could be oil” printed on it… -
In small Canadian town democracy wins, tar sands lose
Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams
In a vote cheered as a victory for democracy, one community in BC has given a flat rejection to a proposed tar sands pipeline… -
It’s in the cards; spread of possible oil spill tracked by ‘drift card’ study
Staff Report / San Juan Journal
Conservation groups from Washington and British Columbia commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill by launching 650 ‘drift cards’ along Salish Sea oil tanker routes… -
What the Exxon Valdez anniversary has to do with Canada’s wild salmon
Misty MacDuffee & Chris Genovali / Huff Post
March 24 marks the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill…
