Published on 2013 10 25 | by Raincoast | in In the News
By Andrea Woo, The Globe and Mail
In coming weeks, more than a thousand small, yellow cards will traverse the waters around Vancouver, the Gulf and San Juan Islands, washing up along shores of the Salish Sea…
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Published on | by Raincoast | in In the News
By Colleen Kimmett, The Tyee
If a tanker runs aground in southern B.C.’s coastal waters, where will the oil end up? That’s the question conservation groups are trying to answer…
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Published on 2011 12 16 | by Raincoast | in For the coast, In the News
Public not given a say in expansion of oil exports from Burnaby port
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee, Times Colonist December 16, 2011
Incremental applications to the NEB are an effective way for Kinder Morgan to significantly increase the amount of crude oil exported out of Burrard Inlet without mentioning the terms oil tanker or tarsands…
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Published on 2011 12 15 | by Raincoast | in Uncategorized
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…
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Published on 2011 11 30 | by Raincoast | in In the News
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
November 30, 2011
A change in the Strait of Georgia herring fishery could be catastrophic for resident herring populations, conservationists say…
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Published on 2011 11 28 | by Raincoast | in For the coast, In the News
The Huffington Post
By Chris Genovali, Misty MacDuffee and Caroline Fox
Other than salmon, few species in BC hold the ecological, cultural and economic importance of Pacific herring. They are a cornerstone of the marine foodweb…
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Published on 2011 11 17 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Island Tides
November 17-30, 2011
In early November, the Raincoast Conservation Foundation wrote to Minister of Fisheries Keith Ashfield, expressing doubt that the resident herring populations were taken into account in the quota decision…
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