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A windfall for BC’s five biggest forest companies?
Shortly before the May election, the provincial government withdrew legislation that could have handed de facto control of publicly owned forestlands to a handful of…
Metro Vancouver needs to walk its “zero waste” talk
When delegates attend Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste conference on Wednesday, they will hear from innovators and big thinkers about how to radically redesign waste out…
Return to old-school forest practices to protect BC grizzlies
More than 20 years ago, British Columbia signalled to the world that sustainable development was a concept it took seriously. In the intervening years, the…
Will LNG development blow BC’s carbon budget?
Last week’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reaffirmed the scientific consensus that global warming is happening and is primarily caused by human…
Pipeline Reversal Protesters Muzzled
NEB limits public input at oil pipeline reversal hearings The final National Energy Board (NEB) public hearings on Enbridge’s controversial Line 9B oil pipeline reversal…
Pipe Dreams
Energy East pipeline is for export, not Atlantic Canadians On a recent trip to an oil refinery in Saint John, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2013, Volume 16, Number 3 Download 1.01 MB8 pages Highlights of recent CCPA-BC research. Inside this issue Time to rethink BC’s LNG plans by Ben…
Fast Facts: The Two Faces of Government Policy Towards Local Food
Small farm owners Pam and Clint Cavers were blindsided on August 28, 2013 when Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) staff showed up to…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring/Summer 2013, Volume 16, Number 2 Download 1.04 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Climate justice and BC’s political moment by Marc Lee Stopping dangerous forestry legislation…
Water withdrawal stats run dry
Nestlé will voluntary disclose such vital information, but BC government doesn’t seem interested in asking Here’s a question that our provincial government ought to be…
SaskNotes: The Government of Canadaʼs Legacy of Contamination in Northern Saskatchewan Watersheds
Download 936.91 KB10 pages Beaverlodge Lake, a 57 square kilometer water body, and three other watersheds in northern Saskatchewan are seriously contaminated with uranium and…
Fast Facts: It is time for a ban on cosmetic pesticides
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh has announced legislation on cosmetic pesticides that will finally bring Manitoba into step with the majority of…
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