Opinion: Are you directly affected by the Kinder Morgan proposal?
Chris Genovali & Ross Dixon / Vancouver Sun
What do you love about the Fraser River, the Gulf Islands, and the Salish Sea…
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…
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…Environmental NGOs launch B.C. oil-spill study
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…Conservation groups launch ‘drift card’ study to measure oil spill impact
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…Tanker traffic increase threatens the Salish Sea
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…
Tankers and Tar Sands Oil Threaten the Salish Sea
San Juan Islander
Wednesday, 14 December 2011By 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…
Conservationists warn of catastrophe for herring
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
November 30, 2011A change in the Strait of Georgia herring fishery could be catastrophic for resident herring populations, conservationists say…
Seeing red over British Columbia’s herring fishery
Other than salmon, few species in BC hold the ecological, cultural and economic importance of Pacific herring. A decision by Fisheries and Oceans Canada puts them at risk.
Winter herring quota could be ‘catastrophic’
Island Tides
November 17-30, 2011In 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…
