http://www.ecobc.org/ British Columbia Environmental Network: Today's News RSS Feed en-us Copyright 2009, British Columbia Environmental Network editor@ecobc.org (Howard Breen) support@pencilneck.net (Pencilneck Software Corp.) Tue, 05 May 2009 19:43:21 GMT Today's News Pencilneck Software Pencilcase CMS v. 3.3.0 (http://www.pencilneck.net) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2006/01/TodaysNews1872/index.cfm Many people are privileged enough to be able to celebrate this season by giving and receiving gifts. In the past year Gordon Campbell's government has been giving gifts to giant logging and real-estate companies Weyerhaeuser and Brascan. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Fist Nations News Forestry News Healthy Communities News Member News More Enviro News Poor Performers http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1872&type_ID=8 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2006/01/TodaysNews1869/index.cfm U.S. federal and state prosecutors are increasingly offering major corporations – including Adelphia, Computer Associates, KPMG, Merrill Lynch, Monsanto, Sears, Shell, WorldCom/MCI – special deals – known as deferred prosecution or non prosecution agreements. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News legal news More Enviro News Poor Performers Villain of the week http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1869&type_ID=8 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2006/01/article1873/index.cfm Green, pink, purple product drawing raves at restaurants and spas editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Fist Nations News Ocean News Sustainable Business http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1873&type_ID=8 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2006/01/TodaysNews1867/index.cfm The suspension of the international trade in caviar from wild sturgeon, announced today by the CITES secretariat in Geneva, has been widely welcomed by environmental groups. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Ocean News policy news Sustainable Living News Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1867&type_ID=8 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2006/01/TodaysNews1866/index.cfm The call to bring more science more effectively to the public has grown significantly louder and broader over the past several years. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Healthy Communities News Media News More Enviro News science news http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1866&type_ID=8 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2006/01/TodaysNews1870/index.cfm Canadian Maurice Strong, has been an energy-sector CEO, an adviser to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the convener of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. He sees his new project, the Earth Council Alliance, which coalesced out of more than 100 Earth Councils around the world, as a vehicle for international cooperation and political pressure for the environment. Strong was interviewed June 3, 2005. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News More Enviro News Sustainable Business http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1870&type_ID=8 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2006/01/TodaysNews1871/index.cfm The B.C. government is nearing its 100th forestry agreement with aboriginal communities, after signing a flurry of new deals that hand over millions of dollars in timber rights. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Fist Nations News Forestry News legal news policy news http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1871&type_ID=8 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2006/01/TodaysNews1865/index.cfm By Dr. Patrick Moore [ Greenwash Alert ] editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Forestry News parks and wilderness news Poor Performers Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1865&type_ID=8 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1877/index.cfm Living close to major roadways risky for residents editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Healthy Communities News Pollution and Waste News Transportation News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1877&type_ID=8 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1876/index.cfm Logging of pine beetle infested forests in the B.C. Interior is so rampant that one researcher had part of her study area mysteriously wiped out -- and still doesn't know who did it. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Forestry News Poor Performers science news http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1876&type_ID=8 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1868/index.cfm The grisly circumstances surrounding the death of a 22-year-old man in northern Saskatchewan is likely to influence the debate over wolf policy in Wisconsin. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News parks and wilderness news Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1868&type_ID=8 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1864/index.cfm San Francisco Murder Rate Highest In 10 Years editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Healthy Communities News Sustainable Living News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1864&type_ID=8 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1874/index.cfm The boom in British Columbia's lumber trade with the United States kept rolling along during 2005, at least in terms of volume if not in dollars, with challenges ranging from the rise of the Canadian currency, escalating energy costs and continued softwood lumber duties putting the squeeze on industry profitability. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Forestry News Industry News Releases http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1874&type_ID=8 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/article1851/index.cfm Defamation lawsuits are filed every day, but amid the clutter of allegations claiming damaged reputations and hurt feelings is a trend of countersuits against corporations, public officials and others that have used so-called SLAPPs to silence opposition in public forums. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News legal news More Enviro News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1851&type_ID=8 Sun, 25 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1852/index.cfm The man who helped Maple Ridge map its vast network of streams using global positioning system technology has been hired on full-time. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News parks and wilderness news policy news http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1852&type_ID=8 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1809/index.cfm Police Threaten Arrests as They Block Access to Sidewalk in front of U.S. Consulate During Xmas Eve Walk of Hope to Set the Captives Free editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News legal news More Enviro News War & Peace http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1809&type_ID=8 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1789/index.cfm IT'S energy without carbon emissions — almost — and BP is spending a mint telling us all about it. Big oil is puzzled about its future that the story is garbled. Perhaps the strange advertising is an early warning, beamed this time from Houston: "World, we have a problem." editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Energy News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1789&type_ID=8 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1843/index.cfm This extraordinary encyclopedia of Pacific Northwest marine life includes descriptions of some 1400 species of saltwater plants and animals and about 1700 colour photos. While it is particularly relevant to the coast of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, the ranges of most of the included organisms extend from Alaska to central California, where Point Conception (just northwest of Santa Barbara) is the northern boundary to a southern California faunal region. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News More Enviro News Ocean News science news Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1843&type_ID=8 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1814/index.cfm Thursday's $12.1-billion takeover creating the world's largest gold producer capped a year of stunning deal-making, explosive profits and frantic exploration in British Columbia's mining industry. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News mining news http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1814&type_ID=8 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1790/index.cfm When deep pocket environmental lobbyists say "jump," politicians beholden to them respond "how high." Nowhere was this more evident than in the Senate’s recent inability to pass a necessary military funding bill as long as it contained a provision that would have allowed oil and gas production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News More Enviro News parks and wilderness news Political News Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1790&type_ID=8 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1775/index.cfm ENVIRONMENTAL do-goodism. Customers can't buy it. Shareholders can't invest in it. But a growing list of big-name companies appear to be spending ever-bigger chunks of their advertising budgets to promote it. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News More Enviro News Sustainable Business http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1775&type_ID=8 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1758/index.cfm A fisheries study found 39 different pesticides at one location on Musqueam Creek editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Fist Nations News Ocean News science news Toxics and Health News Water News Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1758&type_ID=8 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1757/index.cfm Industry backs 'one-window' permit process editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Energy News policy news http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1757&type_ID=8 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1813/index.cfm Leslie Scrivener's article, "The marmot interview" fails to explore the reasons for the virtual extinction of Canada's most endangered mammal, namely the most voracious, unregulated private land clearcutting anywhere in Canada. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News Forestry News Media News Member News More Enviro News parks and wilderness news Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1813&type_ID=8 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.ecobc.org//NewsToday/2005/12/TodaysNews1812/index.cfm A half dozen or so environmental groups have banded together to form a one group, the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Environmental Council. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) Today's News More Enviro News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1812&type_ID=8 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT