Hello from Haida Gwaii
Walking down their favourite beach, Sian and Allan were not thinking of oil spills until they found a bright yellow drift card and its message, this could be oil…
‘Drift card’ project shows potential impact of oil spill
Andrea Woo / The Globe and Mail
A small piece of plywood that washed up in Haida Gwaii shows the potentially massive reach of an oil spill in the Salish Sea, say environmental groups studying the risks…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Embroiled: Salmon, tankers and the Enbridge Northern Gateway Proposal
New Report by Raincoast says Northern Gateway not worth the risk to BC’s wild salmon…
Rolling the dice on the Salish Sea
By Judith Lavoie, FOCUS
As bright yellow drift cards were tossed into the Salish Sea from Raincoast’s vessel Achiever, it was a stark reminder of all that could be lost if oil spills…
Study simulates spread of oil spill in Salish Sea
By Sarah Petrescu, Times Colonist
Melissa Frey and a group of friends were walking along the beach when they spotted yellow pieces of plywood stamped with a simple message: This could be oil…
Anti-pipeline groups do mock spill
By Sean McIntyre, Gulf Islands Driftwood
Anti-pipeline campaigners want Gulf Islands residents to look for hundreds of postcard-sized wooden cards released into the Salish Sea…