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No subsidies or enhanced oil recovery: Open letter from 47 organizations

Mar 08, 2021

Year-long logging halt aims to bolster northern spotted owl habitat near Hope

Mar 01, 2021

TV News Story - Site C dam costs skyrocket

Feb 27, 2021

Premier John Horgan confirmed today that construction of the Site C dam will once again go ahead. ‘I know there are a lot of British Columbians who have never accepted this as an appropriate way for BC Hydro to go,’ he said. Photo via the BC government.

‘A Monstrous Monument to Greed and Stupidity’: Critics React to Site C Decision

Feb 26, 2021

Site C dam construction

Site C too damn dangerous and expensive to proceed

Feb 26, 2021

Protected Areas Campaigner Joe Foy standing by old-growth red cedar trees in spotted owl habitat in the Spuzzum Valley

Delay in logging old-growth area helps endangered spotted owls in southern B.C. — for now

Feb 25, 2021

Logging halted in northern spotted owl habitat near Hope

Feb 25, 2021

Northern spotted owls, pictured here in the Olympic National Forest in Washington State, were presumed extinct in the Canadian wild until a breeding pair was discovered in a B.C. valley slated for logging. A new provincial-federal nature agreement will work to protect species at risk in B.C., where no endangered species legislation currently exists. Photo: Bill Stevenson / Cavan

‘This is something to celebrate’: B.C. defers logging in home of Canada’s last three wild spotted owls

Feb 25, 2021

Photo: Jared Hobbs

Spô’zêm First Nation and environmental groups celebrate halt to logging in forests where last three spotted owls live

Feb 25, 2021

Radio: The Great Fracking Debate | Mike Smyth Show

Feb 24, 2021

BC Conservation Vision

The case against parks privatization

Feb 23, 2021

No Trans Mountain Pipeline

TV News Story - Trans Mountain Pipeline resumes construction

Feb 17, 2021