Three Heroes Against Three Pipelines
Raincoast’s Dr. Chris Darimont is featured in an essay by author and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben in the Patagonia Early Fall 2013 catalog…
Enbridge final argument, but not the last word
Raincoast’s Dr. Paul Paquet speaks about our role in the Northern Gateway Joint Review process…
Pipeline spill would put 34 parks at risk
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
Dozens of parks and protected areas in B.C. would be at risk of a spill from the proposed Enbridge pipeline says a new study by Raincoast
Exxon Valdez anniversary casts shadow over Earth Day
Victoria News
The recent anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster casts a long shadow over impending Earth Day events in BC, as two controversial pipeline projects propose to deliver “the world’s dirtiest oil” to the Pacific coast…
The Enbridge pipeline: Northern Gateway to what?
By Chris Genovali, Special to The Vancouver Sun August 12, 2011
Conflating the interests of the shareholders and investors of energy giants such as Enbridge with those of the Canadian people has become the central talking point for the promoters of Alberta’s tar sands…
Enbridge tar sands pipeline threatens Canadian wildlife
Although rarely considered, many human activities deprive wild animals of their life necessities by destroying or impoverishing their surroundings, causing suffering of individuals through displacement, stress, starvation, and diminished security…
Message In A Bottle
Island Tides, November 11, 2010
As part of an effort to understand ocean currents, and how they would influence the movement of a potential oil spill, scientists from IOS recently teamed up with the Gitga’at and Raincoast to drop ‘drift’ bottles…
Vampire Blues: suckin’ blood from the earth
Canadian federal and provicial governments seem eager to turn BC’s coast into an energy corridor. Enbridge Inc. is pushing hard to construct a twinned pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to the coast of BC, where Exxon Valdez-sized supertankers would ship oil to Asian and American markets.
Take the lead: On climate action
By Chris Genovali Calgary Herald, Nov 30, 2009 Re: “Climate plan will take 40 years: Prentice,” Nov. 21. Climate scientist James Hansen of NASA states we have already passed the threshold for “maximum permissible concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.”
Is push to export oil to China worth risk of catastrophic spill?
Edmonton Journal, August 10, 2009 By Chris Genovali, A recent Canwest News report described how “China’s energy buying spree is bypassing Canada’s oilpatch.” Depending on one’s viewpoint, this could besomething to lament or something to be relieved about.
Environment debate should be the focus
by Chris Genovali Saanich News May 8, 2009 The May 1 News editorial: “Let’s get down to business” rightly laments that “we are less than two weeks away from election day in B.C. and we’re still waiting for the campaign to present significant debate
Pipeline Peril
Calgary Herald January 4, 2009 by Chris Genovali Re: “Syncrude duck deaths cap oilpatch’s ‘dirty’ year,” Dec. 29. The oilsands could impact avian life beyond the waterfowl migrating through and nesting in Alberta’s boreal forest.