by Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
The BC government has declared open season on wolves in the Cariboo region, a move that critics like Raincoast’s Dr. Paul Paquet contend is unjustifiable and based on politics, not science…
While British Columbians are focused on the threat of oil tankers to B.C.’s north coast, Kinder Morgan wants to quadruple the amount of crude oil going from Burrard Inlet through Georgia Strait, the Gulf Islands, Haro Strait and the Juan de Fuca…
Raincoast and three other BC conservation groups want assurance that 44 conditions will be met before offering full support for the MSC’s certification of BC pink salmon fisheries…
Thank you for your generous support. We want to inform you that we have raised the purchase price and the closing costs for the acquisition. We are in the process of securing the territory transfer with the Ministry of Environment and will be providing more details when this has been completed. Stay tuned.
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Island Tides July 28, 2011
According to Kinder Morgan, an estimated 288 tankers (576 transits) will leave Westridge Terminal by 2016, up from 71 tankers (142 transits) in 2010. This translates to more than one tanker per day transiting our region’s front yard…
By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Edmonton Journal July 23, 2011
Earlier this year, energy giant Kinder Morgan submitted an application proposing to increase the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline that is delivering oilsands crude to the Westridge Marine Terminal in British Columbia’s Burrard Inlet…
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
When conservation officers respond to a bear or cougar in a populated area, the animal will usually be shot rather than relocated, says B.C.’s top conservation officer…
Here are a few more of my favourite pictures and moments from this past field season…
Pacific Yachting June 2011
by Marianne Scott
The mission of 3 young sailors to document plastic debris in the world’s oceans was reinforced locally with Raincoast’s most recent paper on the distribution of plastic debris on the BC coast…
Does any oil spill damage cost estimate even begin to cover the price of a pod of killer whales driven to extinction or the demise of a coastal fishing community’s way of life?
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee, Vancouver Sun June 18, 2011
If the Enbridge Northern Gateway project is approved, an estimated 225 supertankers a year would enter Kitimat …..
Amazing. The most overused word in my current vocabulary. Every day at the Raincoast Field Station has been absolutely amazing. I feel as though every Canadian should have a right of passage of sorts, to experience this coast in person. It’s a place near impossible to translate through photos or words. Its a wonderland of…