Endangered Orcas Need Immediate Help

Lifeforce, a Vancouver based ecology organization, is calling upon the Canadian and US governments to take immediate actions to protect the endangered Southern Community of orcas. Both governments are developing Orca Recovery Plans but it may be too little too late.

January 2, 2006 [Vancouver Island/South Coast]

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New Year's Resolutions: Kindness to Animals and Respect f...

December 31, 2005 [B.C.]

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WWF-Canada Hails Decision on Arctic Refuge

ANWR Caribou Maternity Ward Safe from Oil Drilling, For Now

December 21, 2005 [Canada]

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Alito Cannot be Trusted to Protect America's Water, Air, ...

Sierra Club Opposes first Supreme Court Nomination since Bork Statement of David Bookbinder, Sierra Club Senior Attorney

December 20, 2005 [U.S.]

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Unique investment consortium buys Tofino fish plant to bu...

Ecotrust Canada, a community development organization with offices in Vancouver, Courtenay and Tofino, facilitated Trilogy's purchase by local and outside investors to create a base for value-added processing of local fisheries and shellfish. The new shareholders also want to protect the facility from development pressure in a town that is experiencing an explosion of condo and resort building.

December 19, 2005 [B.C.]

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Unlikely Boreal Conservation Alliance gaining momentum - ...

December 19, 2005 [Canada]

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Local Government Returning Responsibility for Discarded P...

December 16, 2005 [International]

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First Federal Endorsements Released

Conservatives In Penalty Box Over Kyoto

December 15, 2005 [B.C.]

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CONSERVATIONISTS FILE LAWSUIT TO PROTECT POLAR BEAR UNDER...

Global Warming, Melting Ice Threaten Bear with Extinction

December 15, 2005 [U.S.]

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Christmas Comes Early for Bears of the Great Bear Rainfor...

Conservation Organization and First Nations Take Control of Coastal Trophy Hunt

December 13, 2005 [B.C.]

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Building Hydro Dams To Fight Climate Change Destroys The ...

December 8, 2005 [Canada]

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Government Should Warn About Mercury in Fish, Says CSPI

December 7, 2005 [U.S.]

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Leading Mercury Experts: Mercury in Fish Harmful, Harvard...

Mercury levels in fish are high enough to pose health risks to moderate and heavy fish eaters, mercury experts said in a report released today.

December 6, 2005 [U.S.]

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Startling Cathedral Grove Fish Habitat Assessment Report ...

The Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid Island Chapter is pleased to announce that a two-year fish habitat assessment for Cathedral Grove"s Cameron River Floodplain has been completed.

December 1, 2005 [B.C.]

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Minister Penner Confuses Logging of Spotted Owl Habitat w...

November 30, 2005 [B.C.]

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An Evening with David Suzuki

Annual fundraiser for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (BC)

November 25, 2005 [B.C.]

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Canada Grants New Controversial Terminator Patent To US C...

November 25, 2005 [Canada]

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New Study Documents EPA Industry Cover-Up of Deaths and I...

November 25, 2005 [U.S.]

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CAN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT REGAIN ITS MOXIE?

Today only 30% of Americans say they support the goals of environmentalists. Most people rate jobs and the economy as far more important than protecting nature. Is there a way to bridge the gap, to protect nature, protect communities, and create jobs? There is.

November 24, 2005 [U.S.]

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CATHEDRAL WHITE WASH - Act Now!

November 24, 2005 [Vancouver Island/South Coast]

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Second and Final Cathedral Grove Parking Lot Presentation...

November 24, 2005 [Vancouver Island/South Coast]

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Oil Tankers Are Coming to the BC Coast

November 24, 2005 [Lower Mainland]

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Going for Gold: Final Approval of Forest Stewardship Coun...

Today, a significant opportunity was provided to BC timber companies who seek international 'green' approval for their logging practices. The world’s preeminent forest certification system, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), today announced that their new forest management standards for BC are approved and ready for implementation. The FSC-BC Standards are the mark to meet for timber companies wanting to take advantage of the commitment by Vancouver’s 2010 Olympic Committee to green building.

November 23, 2005 [B.C.]

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Green or Greenwash? A Greenpeace Detection Kit

The business sector, with its wealth and experience has a special responsibility and power to drive the transition to a genuinely sustainable planet.

November 23, 2005 [International]

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Ask Premier Campbell to Protect the Great Bear Rainforest

The next step in making this solution a reality is approval by the B.C. government.

November 23, 2005 [B.C.]

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Addition of Ecologically-Significant Lands will Double th...

November 22, 2005 [Canada]

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Environmental Groups Define Corporate Environmental Respo...

November 22, 2005 [Canada]

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Innovative tools announced by leading land use groups

November 16, 2005 [B.C.]

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Contaminated sites created by Victoria's sewage

November 15, 2005 [Vancouver Island/South Coast]

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NRDC Says National Park May Become "Bare Of Bears" for Fu...

November 14, 2005 [U.S.]

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Great Bear Rainforest – a decisive moment

The environmental community is collectively facing a decisive moment in the history of the Great Bear Rainforest.

November 14, 2005 [B.C.]

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Great Bear Rainforest – a decisive moment

The environmental community is collectively facing a decisive moment in the history of the Great Bear Rainforest.

November 14, 2005 [B.C.]

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Author José Saramago Joins with Greenpeace to Save Ancien...

November 11, 2005 [International]

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Kleenex Manufacturer Slammed in NY Times Ad

Kleenex Manufacturer Slammed in NY Times Ad for Destroying Canada's Boreal Forest -

November 11, 2005 [International]

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Sierra Club of Canada Tips Hat to Best Logging Practices

Sierra Club of Canada, an organization most commonly known for playing the role of a forest watchdog that critiques harmful industrial practices, today released a database highlighting best practices in forestry.

November 11, 2005 [Canada]

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Threatened Environmental Law Works, Sierra Club Testifies

House Task Force Considering Weakening NEPA; Sierra Club Testimony Will Highlight Many Benefits of Landmark Law

November 10, 2005 [U.S.]

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Oil Execs: No Responsibility, No Accountability, No Remor...

Today's hearing brought oil executives before the Senate Energy and Commerce Committees to explain their exorbitant profits.

November 9, 2005 [U.S.]

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Covert, Theatrical Performance Disrupts 'The Victoria's S...

The environmental campaign against Victoria's Secret escalated tonight as the lingerie retailer was subjected to a "hijack" of its annual "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" in New York. Amid heavy security, Reverend Billy and his choir -- http://www.revbilly.com -- and a coterie of chainsaw-bearing angels and paparazzi staged a street theater spectacle outside and briefly disrupted the red-carpet interviews to draw attention to the company's destructive environmental practices.

November 9, 2005 [International]

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Japanese Whalers to Kill Endangered Species

The Japanese whaling fleet left port this morning to kill almost 1,000 whales, including endangered fin whales.

November 8, 2005 [International]

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Update on Congressional Action this Week on Several Envir...

November 8, 2005 [U.S.]

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SUIT CHALLENGES DECADES DELAY OF PROTECTION OF 283 SPECIE...

November 8, 2005 [B.C.]

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FSC-US and Forest Products Solutions Announce Winner of D...

November 7, 2005 [International]

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Groups Challenge Canada’s Big Five Banks and Corporate Am...

November 6, 2005 [Canada]

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Kimberly-Clark: Flushing Ancient Forests Down the Toilet

November 3, 2005 [International]

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Conservation groups say new forest off road vehicle regul...

A national coalition of conservation interests today said the U.S. Forest Service’s new off-road vehicle regulations fail to adequately address urgent threats and pressed the agency to halt the continued creation and use of unauthorized, renegade routes in America’s forests.

November 2, 2005 [U.S.]

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First Eight Companies Qualify for WWF's China Forest and ...

The companies include two of China's largest state-owned forest bureaus, three major private manufacturing companies based in mainland China, and three trading companies located in Hong Kong.

November 2, 2005 [International]

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The largest hunt of any whale, dolphin or porpoise specie...

November 1, 2005 [International]

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Undercover Investigation Reveals Illegal Logging Crisis a...

October 26, 2005 [International]

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Opportunity to Mitigate Avian Flu Pandemic by Addressing ...

October 24, 2005 [U.S.]

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New Study On Link Between Lobbying And Corporate Responsi...

WWF and SustainAbility launch a ground breaking report that reveals the strength of links between the corporate responsibility practices and government lobbying and public policy activities of 100 major global corporations.

October 21, 2005 [International]

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Justice Through Music Launches 'Harmony Now!' Campaign to...

"We understand that the protest songs of the 60's had a profound effect on progressive movements throughout the world and we believe that this crop of new material will help to motivate positive change everywhere."

October 20, 2005 [U.S.]

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Private Foundation Tied to Red Lobster's Parent Company P...

The Center for Public Integrity has discovered that a powerful member of Congress may have violated tax law by accepting international trips paid for by a non-profit private foundation called the International Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources.

October 18, 2005 [U.S.]

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Ford Redoubles Greenwashing Efforts; Activists Double Ove...

Jumpstart Ford Campaign Announces November 12 "Day of Intervention" and Welcomes The Ruckus Society As New Partner

October 14, 2005 [International]

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New Report Unveils List of America’s Most Endangered Fore...

Groundbreaking Economic Analysis Reveals Bush Administration’s Push for More Industrial Logging Defies Market Realities

October 12, 2005 [U.S.]

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'Dirty Dozen' national air polluters ranked; pollution tr...

October 11, 2005 [Canada]

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Little book of green ideas sows seeds for big change

October 7, 2005 [International]

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Interior Department Releases Report Detailing Significant...

The Bush Administration released a report illustrating what conservationists have long recognized: the conservation of wildlands is good for the economy.

October 6, 2005 [U.S.]

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WWF-Canada and Environment Canada Award Over Three Quarte...

October 2, 2005 [Canada]

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Premier Campbell fails to meet commitment

Environmental Groups Agree to First Nations Request For More Time

September 30, 2005 [B.C.]

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Premier Campbell Fails to Meet Commitment

Environmental Groups Agree to First Nations Request For More Time

September 30, 2005 [B.C.]

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2005 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Su...

Commissioner is expected to table her Report in the House of Commons on 29 September 2005. The following is a brief description of the eight chapters contained in the Report.

September 28, 2005 [Canada]

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2005 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and

September 28, 2005 [Canada]

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Quebec Harry Potter goes green

Not one tree cut to print the latest book

September 27, 2005 [Canada]

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New website helps people protect salmon habitat in their ...

Salmonopolis.ca enables salmon stewards to share resources and connect with local and national organizations to better protect salmon habitat.

September 27, 2005 [B.C.]

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Virgin, Ben & Jerry’s, O2, BP, Starbucks to Discuss How T...

September 27, 2005 [International]

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New website helps people protect salmon habitat in their ...

The David Suzuki Foundation and the Sierra Club of Canada, B.C. Chapter have teamed up to create Salmonopolis.ca, a new website that links up volunteer-based salmon conservation groups throughout British Columbia.

September 23, 2005 [B.C.]

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Massive increase in tiger skin trading puts added pressur...

EIA and WPSI have obtained footage revealing the staggering size of the market for tiger and leopard skins – much of which is being used for costumes and ceremonial events.

September 23, 2005 [International]

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Congress Must Not Adopt Extreme Proposals in Response to ...

September 23, 2005 [B.C.]

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Ministers Meeting on Climate Change

September 20, 2005 [International]

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"Eco Earth" Environmental Sustainability Portal Relaunch ...

September 19, 2005 [International]

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Pope & Talbot Preparing to Clearcut Core Mountain Car...

WEST KOOTENAYS - Pope and Talbot logging company is getting ready to extend a logging road into core habitat for the threatened mountain caribou.

September 17, 2005 [Kootenays]

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Dr. Kenton Miller Receives Bruno H. Schubert Environment ...

The Bruno H. Schubert Foundation recognizes world leaders in environmental issues each year. Previous winners include the current executive director of the United Nations Environment Program Klaus Toepfer in 2002, and explorer Jacques Cousteau in 1983.

September 14, 2005 [International]

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Millennium Summit fails to check nuclear threat; little g...

September 14, 2005 [International]

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Keep Your Promise; Don't Log Old Growth

September 13, 2005 [U.S.]

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RCEN National Council Elections for Aboriginal Seats

Members of the National Council shall be elected or appointed for a three-year term, and shall, if qualified, be eligible for re-election for one additional consecutive term.

September 13, 2005 [B.C.]

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Hollyhock Leadership Institute

Hollyhock Leadership Institute - September 2005 Newsletter - A SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

September 12, 2005 [B.C.]

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Katrina Climate Briefing

A key component of Katrina coverage includes the extensive environmental clean-up issues in and around New Orleans. Beyond those immediate environmental stories, there is another important story about the array of threats to our nation's coastlines from global warming. Scientists concerns range from projections of more severe hurricanes to flooding resulting from global sea level rise estimated at more than a foot.

September 12, 2005 [U.S.]

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Tembec and World Wildlife Fund Canada to make an importan...

September 12, 2005 [Canada]

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16th Annual Bioneers Conference

Marin Center, San Rafael, CA October 14 – 16, 2005 - The Nation’s Premier Solutions-Centered Summit Addressing Innovative Strategies for Restoring the Earth and People

September 10, 2005 [U.S.]

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Environmental Journalism Conference Is Packed With Katrin...

You can get up to speed fast at the Society of Environmental Journalists' annual conference hosted by The University of Texas at Austin, September 28th - October 2nd.

September 8, 2005 [U.S.]

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IAEA deliberately downplays Chernobyl death toll to pave ...

Greenpeace, today, accused the International Atomic Energy Agency of deliberately trying to down play the death toll of the Chernobyl accident as part of the nuclear industry's continued attempt to portray itself as an acceptable future energy source.

September 8, 2005 [International]

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Activists to Banks: Behave Better in the Boreal

Market activists invite bank executives to develop new best practices

September 7, 2005 [Canada]

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Activists to Banks: Behave Better in the Boreal

Market activists invite bank executives to develop new best practices

September 7, 2005 [International]

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Groups challenge DeBeers diamond mine in Ontario’s north

Legal submission calls on province to protect northern boreal wilderness region

September 6, 2005 [Canada]

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Grizzly bear biologists warn that Great Bear Rainforest a...

Study shows that 80% of grizzly habitat will remain unprotected

September 6, 2005 [B.C.]

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Misleading advertising by the Canadian Boreal Initiative ...

September 6, 2005 [Canada]

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Pope & Talbot Preparing to Clearcut Core Mountain Caribou

Liberal Government is pushing caribou into extinction under the noses of federal Recovery Implementation Groups

September 6, 2005 [B.C.]

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The Biggest Climate Change Coalition Yet

Eighteen leading organisations came together Thursday to set up the biggest coalition yet for fighting to limit climate change

September 1, 2005 [International]

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New Study Finds Oil Company Profiteering Behind Gasoline ...

Bush Callled On To Prohibit Profiteering in Wake of Hurricane Katrina

September 1, 2005 [U.S.]

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NOAA Releases Report to Congress on the Status of U.S. Fi...

Mismanagement continues to plague recovery of threatened fish populations

August 31, 2005 [U.S.]

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Major Report Stresses Natural Resources as Path Out of Po...

A report that challenges conventional approaches is released today at a critical moment in the battle against poverty. The report, World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty, stresses the urgent need to look beyond aid projects, debt relief and trade reform and focus on local natural resources to address the crisis of poverty in all parts of the globe.

August 31, 2005 [International]

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Overfishing is Never the Solution;

Marine Fish Conservation Network Statement on Status of U.S. Fisheries Report

August 31, 2005 [U.S.]

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Violence Threatened Against Honduras Environmental Moveme...

Center for International Policy Urges Secretary Rice to Speak Out Against Threat of Violence

August 30, 2005 [International]

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Declaration on the Principles of Parks Signed by 73 Canad...

Seventy-three Canadian and US environmental groups have issued a declaration on the principles of parks. The joint statement is a repudiation of the privatization and commercialization of parks now occurring in both countries. It says that the primary purpose of parks is to preserve land in a totally natural condition, for the maintenance of healthy ecosystems and the enjoyment of the public.

August 30, 2005 [International]

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WCWC Lauds Reinstatement of Environment Ministry, Welcome...

The Western Canada Wilderness Committee reacted with cautious optimism regarding the appointment of Barry Penner, Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Chilliwack-Kent, as the Minister of Environment.

August 27, 2005 [B.C.]

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B.C. Ministry of Forests guilty plea the tip of the icebe...

"This prosecution should be the first of many by Fisheries and Oceans Canada," says Bill Wareham, acting director of marine conservation with the David Suzuki Foundation. "Destructive logging and disregard for fish habitat continues to be the norm throughout B.C., and DFO must continue to hold the province accountable."

June 15, 2005 [B.C.]

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At World's Largest Global Forest and Paper Summit, Activi...

June 2, 2005 [International]

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Protesters Condemn Canada's "Forest Destruction" At Globa...

June 1, 2005 [International]

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New ENGO Report on "Top Loggers of Endangered Mountain Ca...

May 31, 2005 [B.C.]

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