Volume 20 - 1996-1997

Issue 10: April 7, 1997
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• The Environment — A Low Priority for the Clark Government
• Electricity Producers Required to Reduce GHG Emissions
• New face at West Coast
• Update on Bill C-65: The Canada Endangered Species Protection Act
• About West Coast Environmental Law
• Law Foundation renews support
• About the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund

Issue 9: February 14, 1997
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• Contaminated Sites Legislation at Last
• Provincial Government Quietly Varies EAB Decision
• Bill C-65 – The Canada Endangered Species Protection Act
• BC Endangered Species Coalition Comes Out in Force at Vancouver Hearings
• Thank you to donors
• EDRF Update
• From the lawyers' desktops

Issue 8: December 1, 1996
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• Residents for a Better Port Moody Win at BC Court of Appeal
• Speech to the mining industry
• Biodiversity Convention Meets in Buenos Aires
• Beyond Hot Air — BC Government Needs to Put GHG Action Plan into Action
• Year-end review
• 20/20 Vision: Letter Writing for Social Change
• From the lawyers' desktops
• EDRF Update
• WCEL Closes for the Holidays

Issue 7: November 1, 1996
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• New Provincial Law to Protect Fish
• Delegation of fish habitat powers
• An Endangered Species Act for BC
• Can we Protect Wetlands?
• Panel procedures get go-ahead
• How Much Discretion is Too Much?
• EDRF Update
• EA Approves Lafarge Plans to Boost Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 80%
• From the lawyers' desktops
• Protecting British Columbia's Wetlands: A Citizen's Guide

Issue 6: September 30, 1996
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• The Fish-Climate Connection
• Harmonization is back again
• Panel procedures proposed
• Greenhouse Gas Action Plan: Beehive Burner Phase-out
• The European Flower
• From the lawyers' desktops
• News briefs
• Ann Hillyer Leaves West Coast

Issue 5: July 26, 1996
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• Greenhouse Gas Action Plan: Toward Transportation Demand Management
• Renewable fuels v. fossil fuels: on the other, other hand...
• Surface versus Satellite Temperature Records
• Greenhouse Gas Action Plan: Cycling Network Program

Issue 4: July 8, 1996
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• WCELA comments on haz-waste liability
• Groups call for strong federal role in environment protection
• EDRF Update

Issue 3: June 28, 1996
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• Recreational access to land: amending the BC Occupiers Liability Act
• What goes around, comes around!
• Conservation Covenants Education and Outreach Project
• Congratulations to Joan Sawicki, long-time West Coast supporter
• From Permitting Pollution to Preventing Pollution: What Does the Environment Need from a Permit?
• CEAA: Procedures Released for Comment

Issue 2: May 23, 1996 Special Election Issue
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• From candour to cop-out, the parties respond to key environmental questions
• The Issues
• The Parties
• Liberals, NDP need to act on greenhouse gas commitments
• The Most and the Least

Issue 1: May 19, 1996
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• Greenhouse Gas Action Plan Update: Energy Codes for Houses and Buildings
• Greenhouse Gas Action Plan Update: Court of Appeal Strikes Down Integrated Resource Planning
• Federal Budget: Good News for Renewable Energy, Even Better News for Oil and Tar Sands
• INTERNATIONAL CORNER - WTO Rules US Clean Gas Regulations Contrary to GATT
• Transit Buys Clean Buses
• BC announces "Scrap It" Program