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If you fly by jet you kill?

September 17, 2010 | 

Humans emit huge quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases are accumulating and causing climate change. Climate change currently kills hundreds of thousands of people each year ...

A Summer of Outreach, A Lifetime of Lessons

September 16, 2010 | 

Looking Back on my No Tankers summer I’ve been a part of the climate movement and attended community outreach events for several years, but this was definitely a summer ...

UnspOILed UnOILed Coast Quilt Project rocks first fundraiser

September 16, 2010 | 

“It’s really very simple,” says Shena Meadowcroft. “Help remove the oil from our wonderful coast quilts, and in doing so, help make sure that we never actually have to ...

Cornflakes and salmon – an unlikely couple

September 10, 2010 | 

Lessons learned from oil spills south of the border… Patrick Daniel, Enbridge’s embattled Chief Executive, might need an extra helping of corn flakes for breakfast. In July, his company ...

Technology

September 3, 2010 | 

I must admit I’m disappointed, although by no means defeated. In my last post I asked you to help me answer the following question: During the course of human ...

Public Hearing Re-zoning of Water Lot 1 and Westsong Walkway

September 1, 2010 | 

Victoria City Council has initiated several re-zonings for land and waters off Songhees that will implement policies that they have developed through public process over many years.  These policies ...

Pipe up Against Enbridge!

August 30, 2010 | 

It’s time to Pipe Up Against Enbridge! Join with hundreds of No Tankers supporters at a rally and march in Vancouver on August 31st. It starts at 12:00pm at ...

Controversial Application for Urban Sprawl in Jordan River

August 20, 2010 | 

Contact: Gordon O’Connor – 250 370 9930 ext. 26 Controversyover urban sprawl in the spectacular coastal forests West of Victoria has beenre-ignited by a proposal to rezone 7 parcels ...

Knocking oilsands

August 13, 2010 | 

Dear Vancouver Sun editor; While US pressure to clean up the tar sands may bolster big oil’s desire for a back door to China, the widespread opposition of British ...