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Frequently asked questions about Dogwood’s new strategy
What exactly is the plan I’m being asked to support? Dogwood is planning a two-step process to prepare for a potential citizen’s initiative to give British Columbians decision-making power ...
Thousands Demand New Assessment of U.S. Coal Export Proposal
In the past 30 days nearly 2,000 supporters of the Dogwood Initiative have submitted comments to Port Metro Vancouver rejecting its environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the proposal to ...
Dogwood Reacts to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Project Application
This morning, US energy company Kinder Morgan filed a project application with the National Energy Board (NEB) to build a new pipeline to transport diluted bitumen from Alberta to ...
A river pilgrimage to the oil sands
Six of us set off on a pilgrimage along the Athabasca River this fall, starting at its headlands in Alberta’s ice fields. It’s the largest energy extraction project on ...
Port authority assessment of coal facility fails to prove proposal is safe
An environmental impact assessment released today of the proposal to expand U.S. coal exports through Fraser Surrey Docks falls far short of assuring the public the proposal would not ...
Port Metro Vancouver being irresponsible by ignoring health officers
Contact: Laura Benson, Beyond Coal Campaign Director (604) 353-9527 Port Metro Vancouver being irresponsible by ignoring health officers VANCOUVER – With the release of an environmental impact assessment of the Fraser ...
November 5 telephone town hall
On Nov. 5 2013, Dogwood Initiative hosted a telephone town hall offering people the opportunity to hear updates from campaign directors as well as ask questions in a radio ...
Dogwood reacts to B.C. and Alberta agreement on pipeline conditions
VICTORIA – The draft agreement between Premier Christy Clark and Allison Redford announced today indicating the province of Alberta agrees to meet premier Clark’s five conditions raises more questions ...
The revolution will be organized
Not long ago comedian Russell Brand took a crack at guest editing the New Statesman, a UK-based political magazine. His subsequent interview with BBC’s Jeremy Paxman saturated my social ...
