West Coast in the News

Opinion: B.C.'s environmental assessment regime needs overhaul

Author: Gavin Smith

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun

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BC woman files private charges over Mount Polley tailings spill

Media Outlet: Canadian Press

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No provincial charges for Mount Polley mining disaster, but possibility of federal charges remain

Author: Gordon Hoekstra

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun

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Petronas lawsuit scientist speaks out on spiked LNG plant

Author:  David P. Ball 

Media Outlet: Vancouver Metro

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Residents Near Mount Polley Disaster Fear Time Running out for Justice

Author:  Jeremy J. Nuttall 

Media Outlet: The Tyee

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Environmentalists rejoice as George Heyman becomes minister of environment and climate change

Author: Larry Pynn 

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun

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Further troubles lie ahead as Ottawa’s attempt at modernizing project reviews reveals a divided Canada

Call it an exercise in herding cats. 

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Canada says it wants single body to assess major energy projects

Author(s): David Ljunggren

Media Outlet: Reuters

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Ottawa proposes new rules for resource companies

Author(s): Shawn McCarthy

Media Outlet: The Globe & Mail 

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Canada’s environmental assessments suck—and they’re devastating our land

Author(s): Andrew Reeves

Media Outlet: THIS Magazine 

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Sea Level Rise due to Global Warming Threatens Vancouver

Author(s): Dimitri Lascaris

Media Outlet: The Real News Network 

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Trudeau Promised to Fix the National Energy Board. Here’s What His Expert Panel Recommends

Author(s):  James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

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Canada On Precipice of ‘Huge Step Forward’ For Environmental Assessments

Author(s): James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

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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

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Fish-protection laws should be beefed up: parliamentary committee

Author(s): Kent Spencer 

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun 

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How to fix the National Energy Board, Canada's 'captured regulator'

Author(s): James Wilt

Media Outlet: Desmog Canada

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How to Fix the National Energy Board, Canada's 'Captured Regulator'

Author(s): James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

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