CBC SCOOP: Ex-army commander says Canadian military needs dedicated climate disaster force
Lives at risk because Canada has no rapid response, warns retired Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie
Tag Archives: Environment
CBC IN-DEPTH: Provincial decision looms for Cariboo Gold Mine at edge of Wells, B.C.
Residents divided over plans for large mine building at edge of their 220-resident community Published on CBC News | Oct. 9, 2023 In a winter 2020 photograph, ore-carrying trucks from […]
TORONTO STAR: This remote reserve has been 17 years without safe drinking water. Many don’t even have tap water
Xeni Gwet’in First Nation has been under boil-water orders since 2001, despite more than $3M Ottawa spent. Residents explain it shows the gap between feds’ words and actions.
Clean-tech ‘Bulls’ Battle Climate ‘Bears’
Green businesses are cashing in, but can they reverse our warming crisis?
Courts wrong place for rainforest battle, Crown says
As environmental groups returned to court Thursday in their lawsuit to protect the province’s old growth rainforests, the B.C. government argued the Supreme Court was the wrong venue to debate the matter.
Neil Young: Blood of First Nations People Is on Canada’s Hands
Neil Young issued his strongest words yet against his country’s energy boom.
Vancouver Port defends findings of coal assessment
Critics of a proposal to increase thermal coal exports through Port Metro Vancouver by 7.5% — or between four and eight million tons annually – are questioning a recent report that ruled the project would have no significant environmental or health impact.
Aboriginal land defence with a bush culture philosophy
Review of Peter Kulchyski’s provocatively titled new book, Aboriginal Rights are not Human Rights (Arbeiter Ring, 2013).
Vancouver coal port gets environmental nod
A controversial proposal to boost coal exports to Asia through the Lower Mainland has moved a step forward with a positive environmental review released Monday.
BC oil and gas regulator faces fracking lawsuit
The BC Liberal government’s heavy push for liquified natural gas (LNG) development in the province may have successfully placated some opponents, such as big labour unions, with promises of more than 100,000 jobs and massive revenues for the province.
David P Ball 