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Race to the Bottom

September 15, 2009 | 

The false economy of BC’s natural gas royalty reductions The BC budget may try to hide the figures, but there is no getting around the facts, the BC Government ...

In Whose Interest?

September 6, 2009 | 

Across North America popular interest and progressive land use planning is being side stepped by developers who’s systematized power to manipulate political and legal procedures buys them the freedom ...

Enbridge's Bad Week

September 4, 2009 | 

Things got a whole lot worse for Enbridge on October 2nd when a freighter struck a rock along the Douglas Channel. For First Nations and many others it’s proves ...

Government Fudges the Numbers

September 2, 2009 | 

If you are looking for reliable numbers on the provinces fiscal health and commitment to the environment don’t look to the BC Budget. That is the message from BC ...

Teddy's courage and me

August 28, 2009 | 

Teddy Kennedy died this week. I never met the man personally, but he had a profound impact on my life. It was not just his work on health care, ...

Throne Speech Paints an Oily Shade of Green

August 25, 2009 | 

“Despite the high minded rhetoric, today’s throne speech signals a move back towards the old resource economy,” said Will Horter, Executive Director of Dogwood Initiative. “It emphasizes support for ...

Whose Coast is it Anyway?

August 24, 2009 | 

Alberta’s Premier Ed Stelmach claims that when it comes to bringing more and bigger oil tankers to BC’s coast, the decision is industry’s to make. Mr. Stelmach and the ...

Open Season for Developers

August 21, 2009 | 

Executives at Western Forest Products (WFP) must have been dancing on their board room tables last Thursday.  That was when the BC court of appeal released its decision to ...

A Different Kind of Environmentalism

August 19, 2009 | 

I was introduced to environmentalism by my teacher in grade eight.  I learned about the destruction of the rainforest in Brazil, decaying refrigerators in China, parched rivers in the ...