Campaign Recent Developments: Stop Gateway

20 weeks 5 days ago

All around the world, the fight against the causes of climate change is really heating up.

One of the focal points of this struggle is in regard to the expansion of the tar sands right in our own back yard. Last month, we hosted a rally in Burnaby in solidarity, with the folks at the White House trying to stop the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. This was about limiting the supply of oil to international markets. This month we are targeting the demand for oil coming from transportation.

40 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks so much for your help making last week's Earth Day Parade a big success! It was inspiring to see so many young people taking the lead in calling for real action on climate change.

43 weeks 5 days ago

I am excited to share with you this new publication, Global Warming: Made in Canada? about Canada's role in the world in the era of climate change.

45 weeks 6 days ago

I recently went for a hike on the South Fraser Witness Trail. It was a jarring and heartbreaking experience to find felled trees in this beautiful urban forest.

2 years 5 weeks ago

It’s happened again. I guess I was so busy living in the moment, I didn’t even notice a new decade sneaking up on us. And here I am, staring at the blank calendar pages of the 2010s, wondering what is in store for BC’s environment. Previous decades have seen spectacular successes, mighty battles and heartbreaking defeats for those who love BC nature – so I am thinking that the same will be true of the 2010s.

2 years 9 weeks ago

After getting drenched on our last trail expedition, it was a welcome relief to have good weather on Sunday.

2 years 12 weeks ago

It was pouring rain on Saturday morning as I set out to start the Wilderness Committee’s first transit-accessible trail, the South Fraser Witness Trail below Surrey’s Fraser Heights neighb

2 years 25 weeks ago

Wilderness hikes through endangered habitat often require long drives and days of treking but on Sunday August 8, Wilderness Committee members in the Vancouver area discovered a hidden wilderness acce

2 years 31 weeks ago

A mysterious new force has joined the campaign against the Gateway project:  the Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels.