what we do

From the Comox Valley to Port Alberni, local citizens are standing up against dirty coal mining in their community. Join with the people of these communities and say “No” to the proposed Raven Coal Mine.

On May 8th, come to Centennial Square and stand up for wild salmon. Join Alexandra Morton and people from all over British Columbia and send a strong message: get industrial fish farms out of our coastal waters.

In the Province of BC our elected officials are considering building new waste incineration facilities as part of a waste managment strategy. Some supporters of waste incineration have said this is a way to produce so called "clean energy". These projects are sometimes called “waste to energy” facilities. Whatevery you call it ultimately this is really just about burning garbage and that is a really bad idea.

For the full story about waste incineration, toxins and climate change click this link to download "Playing With Fire" a power point presentation prepared by our Healthy Communities Campaigner with full notes including links to source material.

Currently Metro Vancouver is considering a plan to build a mass burn incineration facility that would burn at least 500,000 tonnes of garbage every year. If built this would make burning garbage one of the top three sources of the carbon emissions in the lower mainland and in the top ten in the province.

Building new waste incinerators would be a big step in the wrong direction. Click on this link for an opportunity to take action.

Raven Coal

British Columbia has nine active coal mines, and one mine currently on hiatus. Combined these mines produce over 25 million tonnes of coal each year.

Canada is quickly becoming one of the worlds leading fossil fuel exporters. The Tar Sands is one of the dirtiest mega-projects on earth has been getting a lot of negative attention lately, but Canada’s fossil fuel regime expands far beyond oil production.

Most Canadians are not aware that coal mining is rapidly expanding in Canada. This extremely problematic industry can and must be stopped.

BACKGROUNDER

These five Home Town Forests are being considered by the BC government for protection.

The Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem is one of the most endangered ecosystems in Canada.

Phase one of port expansion is underway at Deltaport, on Roberts Bank at the mouth of the Fraser River, the greatest salmon river in the world.