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Report from the Coal Hard Facts II Forum
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 05 November 2014 05 November 2014
While BC Promotes LNG and Site C Dam, Report Shows Potential Geothermal Energy to Power Entire Province
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 21 October 2014 21 October 2014
While the BC Ministry of Environment continues to promote the LNG (liquified natural gas) industry as the world's cleanest and decisions are being made to build a third dam in the Peace River Valley, a new report from CanGEA (Canadian Geothermal Energy Association) shows that BC has the potential to power the entire province with geothermal energy.
October Green Film Explores Factory Farming with Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 15 October 2014 15 October 2014
Site C Receives Environmental Assessment Certificate from Ministers
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 14 October 2014 14 October 2014
ELF Roadblock Stops Surespan Logging
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 09 October 2014 09 October 2014
Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) has effectively stopped logging in the Chapman Creek watershed by Surespan Group of North Vancouver. Hans Penner of ELF was in the forest on Monday, October 6 when he noticed a new road and cutblock above the creek.
Federal Government Cancels Key Industry and Environmental Group Meeting Intended to Save Species at Risk
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 09 October 2014 09 October 2014
No rationale for the cancellation has been given, leaving stakeholders questioning the federal government’s commitment to protecting Canada’s most vulnerable wildlife.
ALC's Regional Commissioners Appointed
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 08 October 2014 08 October 2014
Zero Waste: Recovering Materials, People and the Economy
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 05 October 2014 05 October 2014
ZWIA Conference, Nanaimo, BC October 2-4, 2014
The ninth annual Zero Waste International Conference was held this week in Nanaimo, BC. With the title Alternatives to Incinerators and Landfills, it was held there for a very specific reason: the proposed incinerator at Duke Point.
The message throughout the conference was loud and clear: no burn, no bury and no toxins. Speaker after speaker cited health, economics, climate change and a community's right to the democratic process as major concerns with building incinerators.
A Report from the NY People's Climate March
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
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- Published: 01 October 2014 01 October 2014
My wife Heather and I have been here for a few days taking in all the sites. Our purpose for being here is to take part in the People’s Climate March (PCM). I’d read about it a couple of months back and thought maybe I should go. I guess I’ve been “green” all my life. I was always conscience of the environment and how badly we were treating “mother earth”. Heather and I tried to be concerned. You know, picking up garbage, fighting for just causes and living a somewhat frugal life style. However, we’d never really bought into doing something concrete about it. Naomi Klein would call that “looking away”.