Tag: enbridge
WWF says no to Northern Gateway at public hearings in Vancouver
Linda Nowlan January 15, 2013
Today I am speaking to the three members of the Joint Review Panel (JRP) for the Enbridge Northern Gateway project at a public hearing in Vancouver to explain why we oppose the project. It’s clear to us: the risks outweigh the benefits. The Great Bear is not the place for oil tankers or oil pipelines. We strongly believe that the project is not in the public interest and should not be approved.
HADD enough? Keep habitat protection in the Federal Fisheries Act
Linda Nowlan March 15, 2012
Earlier this week, the government proposed changes that would significantly weaken the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act; now groups across the country are concerned that the Fisheries Act is next.
Northern communities speak out
James Casey March 6, 2012
Democratically elected leaders from BC have joined the MP, MLAs, and First Nations leaders from the region in saying “this project is bad for the coast, bad for jobs, and bad for our economy.”
In Haida Gwaii, BC, culture evolves with the ocean
Mike Ambach March 2, 2012
Haida Gwaii, on British Columbia’s North Coast, takes pride in its reliance on a healthy ocean for food. When the public hearings on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project come to Masset, residents show their opposition to oil tankers in the Great Bear Sea.