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Western Canada needs real climate action, not disingenuous arguments
In Western Canada’s slow lurch towards sane climate and energy policy, two prominent arguments have been advanced for the continuation of business-as-usual for the fossil…
Under Threat
20 Years since the Saskatchewan Wildlife Act Download 803.57 KB12 pages Saskatchewan currently has some of the weakest laws for endangered species and habitat protection…
An evening with Winona LaDuke in Vancouver, BC (audio and slideshow)
Narrated slideshow Audio only On January 19, 2018, Winona LaDuke—an internationally renowned environmental activist working on issues of sustainable development and renewable energy—gave a public…
Making decarbonization work for workers
Policies for a just transition to a zero-carbon economy in Canada Download 854.51 KB 36 pages Communities across Canada need a national strategy to ensure…
Fast Facts: Should Manitobans trust nuclear burial plans?
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 23, 2018 There was a time when a plan to bury highly radioactive materials 500m from a…
Dramatic change to regional-based forestry needed to best serve British Columbians and forest-dependent communities, says new report
VANCOUVER—BC must dramatically change how forestry is managed and governed if it hopes to reverse today’s troubling trends, says Bob Williams, who served as the…
Restoring Forestry in BC
The story of the industry’s decline and the case for regional management Download 3.69 MB36 pages This report finds that instead of environmental stewardship, BC…
It’s time for forestry to benefit British Columbians not multinational companies
There was a time when securing a good-paying forestry job in British Columbia was not just an option but an expectation for many.
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
January 2018 Download 3.23 MB12 pages In this issue: Fossil fuel industry accustomed to guarding the hen house, documents reveal Call for public inquiry into…
Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC’s fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry
VANCOUVER—BC’s Oil and Gas Commission withheld a report from the public for four years showing that 900 gas wells could be leaking methane—a finding that…
Newly disclosed data shows need for inquiry into fracking
In May 2014, British Columbia’s then Minister of Natural Gas Development, Rich Coleman, came out swinging when a team of Canadian and American scientists issued…
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