Posts from ‘Beyond Coal’ - Page 6

If Oregon can do it, why can’t B.C.?

August 18, 2014 | 

Our allies in my native state of Oregon are celebrating a huge victory today as the Department of State Lands rejected an application from Ambre Energy to build an ...

Dogwood Initiative reacts to Oregon coal port denial

August 18, 2014 | 

August 18, 2014 – Communities and advocates across Oregon are celebrating a huge victory today as the Department of State Lands rejected an application from Ambre Energy to build ...

Coal companies get to decide how many trains should go through your neighbourhood

August 12, 2014 | 

A big U.S coal company just decided it’s going to ship several million more tonnes of thermal coal from Wyoming through B.C. starting next year. It’s not a proposal, ...

Is there more to the story that we don’t know?

July 21, 2014 | 

In this op-ed from SFU Urban Studies professor Anthony Perl, someone finally tackles the question of whether building new infrastructure for U.S. thermal coal exports is a wise investment ...

Farce Unfolds at Port Metro Vancouver AGM

June 6, 2014 | 

Many who attended yesterday’s meeting knew they were going to have to sit through the business material of any semi-independent industry and government-appointed board’s reporting. However, we also knew ...

B.C. government secretly approves coal permitting amendment

April 23, 2014 | 

Thanks to a dedicated Beyond Coal supporter from Burnaby, we learned that the provincial ministry of energy and mines secretly approved a permit amendment allowing Texada Quarries to expand ...

Organizing beyond the classroom

Grace and Fiana, two Grade 11 students who attend New Westminster Secondary, are founders of the Youth Initiative – a small but dedicated group of students organizing around key ...

Thousands Call on Province to Properly Assess U.S. Coal Exports

February 20, 2014 | 

VANCOUVER – As Port Metro Vancouver delayed a decision and requested more health-related information on the proposal to ship U.S. thermal coal through Fraser Surrey Docks and Texada Island, ...

We deserve the facts!

February 15, 2014 | 

Over the past year Dogwood Initiative has been part of an ever-growing grassroots movement to protect our health and communities from the threat of expanded coal exports. We are ...