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Shell—green wash or hog wash?
With Shell Canada markingthe fifteenth year of their Environment Fund, are the environmental organizations accepting donations from them making the same mistake as the leading arthritis charities that are ...
Shell’s double standards
It is with some skepticism that I read about Shell Canada’s purported alliance with environmentalists over concerns about the Crown’s oversight ofthe future of a 1,000-square-kilometre piece of backcountry ...
BC's Land and Water scattered in reorganization
May Land and Water BC Inc. rest in peace. There is an amazing lack of awareness of a now-eliminated government corporation that had started to remove the “public” from ...
Texan company buys out Terasen – no delay in pipeline proposals
Texan company Kinder Morgan’s buy out of gas and pipeline company, Terasen, earlier this month won’t delay the proposed pipelines running from Alberta‘s tar sands to British Columbia‘s west ...
Becoming Canadian—the power of hope.
On Canada Day I officially become a Canadian citizen. As the citizenship ceremony approached I began thinking about what exactly this means to me personally and why I waited ...
Haida's management of Gwaii Haanas Park fêted
<p>The recent recognition of Gwaii Haanas as the best park in the world is a remarkable achievement. But one important aspect of the story that has received scant attention is ...
Is more Poison our only option?
The Site C dam is once again being touted as a necessary and viable way to meet BC’s growing demand for electrical energy. Some, including some environmentalists, although expressing ...
Things That Go Boom
Communities with a history of not controlling their destiny often wait for the next big industrial project to offset the inevitable demise of the last big industrial project. So ...
Saying “no” to coalbed methane
Opposition to coalbed methane is growing wherever it is being proposed. From Alberta to New Mexico, from the Powder River in Wyoming, to Fernie, Iskut, Hat Creek, Princeton and ...
