British Columbia Environmental Network http://www.ecobc.org/ British Columbia Environmental Network 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 19:43:15 GMT Pencilneck Software Pencilcase CMS v. 3.3.0 (http://www.pencilneck.net) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 New ECOBC Newsletter http://www.ecobc.org//ECOBC_Newsletter/2007/09/ECOBCNewsletter1879/index.cfm editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) ECOBC Newsletter http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1879&type_ID= Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT COURT RULES FOR HUPACASATH AGAINST BRASCAN AND BC GOVERNMENT 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= Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Crime Without Conviction: Report Details 34 Special Deals with Major Corporations 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= Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Five Top Indoor Environmental Professional Associations Merge with the Release of New IAQ Training Program http://www.ecobc.org//News/2006/01/NewsRelease1857/index.cfm editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) News Release Industry News Releases Sustainable Business http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1857&type_ID= Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT BC's 'Seaweed lady' on cutting edge 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= Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Caviar trade suspended - but can the sturgeon survive? 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= Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Science and the Environment: The Challenges of Reaching the Public 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= Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Maurice Strong: Our Man in Rio (and San Francisco, too) 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= Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Endangered Orcas Need Immediate Help http://www.ecobc.org//News/2006/01/NewsRelease1858/index.cfm 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. editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) News Release Enviro News Releases Member News More Enviro News Ocean News parks and wilderness news Tourism News Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1858&type_ID= Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Aboriginal forestry deals stacking up 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= Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Does Logging Impact Biodiversity? 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= Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT Life next to the fast lane full of health hazards 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= Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Logging frenzy destroys pine-beetle study area 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= Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT New Year's Resolutions: Kindness to Animals and Respect for Nature A Good Place to Start http://www.ecobc.org//News/2005/12/NewsRelease1861/index.cfm editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) News Release Enviro News Releases Healthy Communities News More Enviro News Sustainable Living News Wildlife News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1861&type_ID= Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Death in Canada could alter Wisconsin's wolf debate 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= Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Environmental links to homicides 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= Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Nature's Path Foods earns second BC Exporter of the Year honor http://www.ecobc.org//News/2005/12/NewsRelease1860/index.cfm editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) News Release Industry News Releases Sustainable Business Sustainable Living News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1860&type_ID= Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Year of contrasts draws to a close for forest industry 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= Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT International Paper, The Conservation Fund and State of New York Complete First Phase of State's Largest Conservation Project http://www.ecobc.org//News/2005/12/NewsRelease1855/index.cfm editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) News Release Forestry News Government News Releases Industry News Releases parks and wilderness news http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1855&type_ID= Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Green Party reacts to CP story http://www.ecobc.org//News/2005/12/NewsRelease1859/index.cfm editor@ecobc.org (EcoBC) News Release Political News http://www.ecobc.org//index.cfm?act=news&do=article&article_ID=1859&type_ID= Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT People countersuing corporations using SLAPPs against them 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= Sun, 25 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT District of Maple Ridge hires full-time environmental planner 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= Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Toronto Police Name Santa A Security Threat 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= Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Oil majors pumping cash into reinvention of image 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= Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest 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= Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT