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  • A flyer for celebrating the salish sea.
    Events

    Celebrating the Salish Sea

    2015 February 172024 October 23

    Join Raincoast and Elizabeth May at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney BC on Saturday April 25

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  • Three orcas swim in a pod from right to left, showing their dorsal fin.
    Notes from the field

    Peace on Earth for killer whales?

    2014 December 272024 July 8

    “Peace on Earth” should extend goodwill and compassion to the non-human families and communities with whom we share this planet…

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  • Orcas breaching, covered in water, in the sunlight
    In the media

    Will there be peace on Earth for killer whales?

    2014 December 52024 July 8

    Chris Genovali, Times Colonist
    ‘Peace on Earth’ should extend goodwill and compassion to the non-human families and communities with whom we share this planet…

    Read More Will there be peace on Earth for killer whales?Continue

  • A poster for the movie directly affected.
    Events

    Tonight: Victoria premiere of Directly Affected

    2014 November 192024 July 8

    The Victoria premiere of Directly Affected, our new film on the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain controversy, screens tonight 7:00PM at UVic’s Bob Wright Centre…

    Read More Tonight: Victoria premiere of Directly AffectedContinue

  • An aerial view of a mountain range at sunset.
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Opinion: Are you directly affected by the Kinder Morgan proposal?

    2014 November 112024 July 8

    Chris Genovali & Ross Dixon / Vancouver Sun
    What do you love about the Fraser River, the Gulf Islands, and the Salish Sea…

    Read More Opinion: Are you directly affected by the Kinder Morgan proposal?Continue

  • A stack of drift cards with the message "this could be oil"
    Notes from the field

    Hello from Haida Gwaii

    2014 February 152024 July 8

    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…

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  • Raincoast researchers display drift cards aboard sailboat in the Salish Sea.
    In the media

    Study simulates spread of oil spill in Salish Sea

    2013 November 22024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Study simulates spread of oil spill in Salish SeaContinue

  • A group of people standing on the deck of a green boat.
    In the media

    Environmental NGOs launch B.C. oil-spill study

    2013 October 252024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Environmental NGOs launch B.C. oil-spill studyContinue

  • A group of people standing on the deck of a sailboat.
    In the media

    Conservation groups launch ‘drift card’ study to measure oil spill impact

    2013 October 252024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Conservation groups launch ‘drift card’ study to measure oil spill impactContinue

  • Southern Resident killer whales spy hop with oil tankers in the background.

    Trans Mountain Project

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  • Oil tanker in BC waters
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Tanker traffic increase threatens the Salish Sea

    2011 December 162024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Tanker traffic increase threatens the Salish SeaContinue

  • Oil tanker in BC waters
    Raincoast updates

    Tankers and Tar Sands Oil Threaten the Salish Sea

    2011 December 152024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Tankers and Tar Sands Oil Threaten the Salish SeaContinue

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