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Why Canada needs to codify Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act

2017 November 62024 July 8

Misty MacDuffee travelled to Ottawa last week to give testimony to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee in support of Bill C-48…

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It’s Oil or Orcas

2016 December 122024 July 8

by Judith Lavoie, The Tyee
Southern Resident killer whales threatened by increased tanker traffic, experts say…

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Raincoast updates

Endangered BC orcas could face extinction with Trans Mountain approval

2016 December 12024 July 8

CTV goes in depth with Raincoast to discuss implications to Southern Resident killer whales from Kinder Morgan approval…

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A Diesel Spill is putting the World’s Largest Temperate Rainforest at Risk

2016 November 52024 July 8

Almost three weeks later, the sunken tug is still there, still intermittently leaking diesel, and clean-up efforts have barely begun…

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Science and conservation for an oil free coast.
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Science & conservation for an oil free coast – UVic

2016 September 292024 July 8

Join Raincoast and UVic’s Society of Geography Students (SOGs) to be informed and inspired by our legal and scientific efforts to keep our coast oil free…

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Our Threatened Coast

2016 September 122024 July 8

Raincoast’s latest report demonstrates how the region’s biological diversity is captured in our values, has shaped our cultural identity and is linked to economic benefits in the billions of dollars. It is not a place for oil tankers or a carbon energy corridor.

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Raincoast updates

We can make a difference for killer whales

2016 July 82024 July 8

With your support, we can continue to do our utmost to protect Southern Resident killer whales, including going to court to stop Kinder Morgan’s pipeline and oil tanker project.

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Southern Resident killer whale breaching from the waters of the Salish Sea with mountains in the background.
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Big oil vs. big whale: Will pipeline trump iconic orca?

2016 May 282024 July 8

If you don’t live on the West Coast, perhaps it’s hard to appreciate just how poorly approving an oil pipeline at the expense of an endangered population of killer whales might play out.

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Raincoast and partners go to court to quash Enbridge pipeline approval

2015 October 52024 July 8

Environmental groups are in court today making the case for why the federal government’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline should be revoked…

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B.C. quake raises Northern Gateway concerns

2012 October 282024 July 8

The earthquake that rattled Haida Gwaii Saturday has also jolted the debate surrounding the proposed Northern Gateway project

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Earth Day event for the love of coastlines

2012 April 212024 July 8

Peninsula News Review
April 20, 2012

By Arnold Lim

After 35 years, Brian Falconer still loves navigating B.C.’s coastlines. Unfortunately he finds himself navigating the political landscape, as often as the geological one, and wishes for a day that is no longer the case…

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An oil tanker at rest off the BC coast.
Investigate and inform

The Enbridge pipeline: Northern Gateway to what?

2011 August 162024 July 8

The recent chatter from energy industry spokespersons about the need to formulate a national energy strategy is simply code for developing an export strategy for Alberta’s tar sands…

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