West Coast in the News

Ottawa proposes new rules for resource companies

Author(s): Shawn McCarthy

Media Outlet: The Globe & Mail 

Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Environmental Assessment, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Biggest Banks Fueling Climate Disaster With Billions Poured Into 'Extreme Fossil Fuels'

Author(s): Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Media Outlet: Common Dreams 

Climate and Energy
In Canada, Indigenous Groups are Litigating - And Winning

Author(s): Dmitri Lascaris 

Media Outlet: The Real News       

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Imperiled By Political, Social, And Legal Factors

Author(s): Jesse Donovan

Media Outlet: Seeking Alpha 

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Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Canada’s environmental assessments suck—and they’re devastating our land

Author(s): Andrew Reeves

Media Outlet: THIS Magazine 

Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Environmental Assessment, Lands & Forests, Fish & Wildlife
Notley tries to reassure oil industry leaders on Trans Mountain expansion

Author(s): Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press

Media Outlet: CBC

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Notley says Trudeau still backs Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Author(s): Kelly Cryderman and Shawn McCarthy  

Media Outlet: The Globe and Mail

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Sea Level Rise due to Global Warming Threatens Vancouver

Author(s): Dimitri Lascaris

Media Outlet: The Real News Network 

Climate and Energy, Community Climate Adaptation, Climate Solutions, Green Communities, Coastal Communities
Kinder Morgan: Is the law really on its side?

Author(s): Supryia Tandan 

Media Outlet: CBA National 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Could an NDP-Green government halt pipeline? Province has ‘tools in the toolbox,’ lawyer says

Author(s): Brent Richter / North Shore News

Media Outlet: North Shore News

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Les embûches sur la route du pipeline Trans Mountain

Author(s): Tiphanie Roquette

Media Outlet: Ici.Radio - Canada  

1- Ralentir la délivrance de permis

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Green-NDP partnership strikes potential death blow to Trans Mountain pipeline

Author(s): Hilary Beaumont 

Media Outlet: Vice

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
B.C.’s NDP-Green alliance could turn to courts to disrupt Kinder Morgan pipeline, experts say

Author(s): Mike Hager

Media Outlet: The Globe and Mail 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Three Ways BC Could Stop Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Plan Despite Rachel Notley’s claims, new provincial government could still halt project, say experts.

Author(s):  James Wilt

Media Outlet: TheTyee

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Could governments and oil companies get sued for inaction on climate change?

Author(s): Alex Ballingall

Media Outlet: The Toronto Star 

Climate and Energy
Panel recommends breakup of Canada’s National Energy Board

Author(s): Nelson Bennett 

Media Outlet: Business Vancouver 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
3 Ways B.C. Could Stop Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline

Author(s):  James Wilt

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Trudeau Promised to Fix the National Energy Board. Here’s What His Expert Panel Recommends

Author(s):  James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Liberal bill will bar oil tanker traffic from northern B.C. coast

Author(s): MIA RABSON

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Five Handy Facts About the Northern B.C. Oil Tanker Ban

Author(s): Carol Linnitt

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Canada On Precipice of ‘Huge Step Forward’ For Environmental Assessments

Author(s): James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

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‘Nothing Has Changed’: B.C.’s Botched Oil Spill Response Haunts First Nation

Author(s): Aurora Tejeida 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Owner of MV Marathassa charged for 2015 oil spill in Vancouver's English Bay

Author(s): Justine Hunter and Sunny Dhillon

Media Outlet: The Globe and Mail

Strong Environmental Laws, Healthy Waters, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Marine Protection, Great Bear Sea
Fish-protection laws should be beefed up: parliamentary committee

Author(s): Kent Spencer 

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun 

Strong Environmental Laws, Environmental Assessment, Fish & Wildlife
How to Fix the National Energy Board, Canada's 'Captured Regulator'

Author(s): James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Environmental Assessment