Anthony Swift writes for Switchboard, which is the staff blog of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Here’s what he has to say on clean-up: “Raw tar sands bitumen is nearly…
This is neither a complicated nor a long story – but it’s a tragic vindication for a hell of a lot of people who have been telling the story, ignored…
This is neither a complicated nor a long story – but it’s a tragic vindication for a hell of a lot of people who have been telling the story, ignored…
Civil Disobedience has had successes in the past in BC but too often there have been one or two who have refused to obey the law and once they have…
Christy Clark has stumbled from one gaffe to another since she took office. She must go and soon; if she stays, it will be the best news the NDP could…
It’s indeed an overworked accolade but Dr. David Suzuki is a great man. In the Environmental world he is in that pantheon of heroes that include the likes of Rachel…
The mainstream media has been appalling in its lack of coverage of key environmental and resource issues. BUT…are times changing? There is evidence that the mainstream media is covering the…
Craig McInnes of the Vancouver Sun today has an article essentially supporting the Enbridge Pipeline and the tanker traffic down our coast. His position is that with all the science…
Of course Christy Clark must resign. It’s not going to get better as time passes. I would be the last to say that the entire problem is of her doing…
I think the Harper budget is a plus for the environment. It comes in a way from a roundabout look at things. The government will take habitat protection out of…
The resignation of John Van Dongen from the Liberal caucus to become an instant one-man Conservative caucus has, for me at any rate, put the focus on John Cummins…How does…
Rafe gives thanks to two tireless defenders of fish who’ve been at the centre of efforts to prevent the Harper Government from gutting the Fisheries Act: “What Otto brings is…
Tom Siddon, formerly Federal Fisheries Minister has seen religion and is critical of his old party for removing “habitat” from the Fisheries Act. Siddon said the wording would turn fish…
The Minister, Keith Ashfield, lamented in the House Wednesday that a jamboree in Saskatchewan last year was almost cancelled because a flooded field contained fish. This speaks volumes for this…
Mr. Langer has received and made public the news that under the Budget Omnibus Bill, the Fisheries Act will no longer protect fish habitat! Not only are they putting fish…
Rafe asks the Common Sense Canadian’s readers to support the Wilderness Committee’s call to action, telling DFO to reject the proposed Kokish River private power project on north Vancouver Island…
Where is Premier Clark? I believe that the provincial government has shared jurisdiction, yet she seems to think if she ducks her head British Columbians won’t notice her…Even if Premier…
To me there’s something fishy going on – rather like the story “when a husband sends his wife flowers for no reason, there’s a reason.” Why is Mr. Daniel giving…
What an interesting pair of stories – on the one hand Transport Canada has said that tanker traffic is safe on our pristine west coast while another tells of Enbridge…
In a Vancouver Sun op-ed this week, former BC deputy minister Bob Plecas offers some advice to Premier Christy Clark on how to win the next election. Here is one…
