West Coast in the News

Notley tries to reassure oil industry leaders on Trans Mountain expansion

Author(s): Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press

Media Outlet: CBC

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Notley says Trudeau still backs Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Author(s): Kelly Cryderman and Shawn McCarthy  

Media Outlet: The Globe and Mail

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Sea Level Rise due to Global Warming Threatens Vancouver

Author(s): Dimitri Lascaris

Media Outlet: The Real News Network 

Climate and Energy, Community Climate Adaptation, Climate Solutions, Green Communities, Coastal Communities
Kinder Morgan: Is the law really on its side?

Author(s): Supryia Tandan 

Media Outlet: CBA National 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Could an NDP-Green government halt pipeline? Province has ‘tools in the toolbox,’ lawyer says

Author(s): Brent Richter / North Shore News

Media Outlet: North Shore News

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Les embûches sur la route du pipeline Trans Mountain

Author(s): Tiphanie Roquette

Media Outlet: Ici.Radio - Canada  

1- Ralentir la délivrance de permis

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Green-NDP partnership strikes potential death blow to Trans Mountain pipeline

Author(s): Hilary Beaumont 

Media Outlet: Vice

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
B.C.’s NDP-Green alliance could turn to courts to disrupt Kinder Morgan pipeline, experts say

Author(s): Mike Hager

Media Outlet: The Globe and Mail 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Three Ways BC Could Stop Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Plan Despite Rachel Notley’s claims, new provincial government could still halt project, say experts.

Author(s):  James Wilt

Media Outlet: TheTyee

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Could governments and oil companies get sued for inaction on climate change?

Author(s): Alex Ballingall

Media Outlet: The Toronto Star 

Climate and Energy
Panel recommends breakup of Canada’s National Energy Board

Author(s): Nelson Bennett 

Media Outlet: Business Vancouver 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
3 Ways B.C. Could Stop Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline

Author(s):  James Wilt

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Trudeau Promised to Fix the National Energy Board. Here’s What His Expert Panel Recommends

Author(s):  James Wilt 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Liberal bill will bar oil tanker traffic from northern B.C. coast

Author(s): MIA RABSON

Media Outlet: Vancouver Sun 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Five Handy Facts About the Northern B.C. Oil Tanker Ban

Author(s): Carol Linnitt

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Vancouver firm working to give Indigenous law traction

Author(s): Cara McKenna

Media Outlet: Salish Sea Sentinel 

Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, RELAW
‘Nothing Has Changed’: B.C.’s Botched Oil Spill Response Haunts First Nation

Author(s): Aurora Tejeida 

Media Outlet: DeSmog Canada 

Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Owner of MV Marathassa charged for 2015 oil spill in Vancouver's English Bay

Author(s): Justine Hunter and Sunny Dhillon

Media Outlet: The Globe and Mail

Strong Environmental Laws, Healthy Waters, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers, Marine Protection, Great Bear Sea
Put indigenous rights at core of new environmental laws: NGOs

Author(s): James Munson 

Media Outlet: ipolitics

Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, RELAW
Vancouver law firm seeks legal grounding of unwritten Indigenous laws

Author(s): Audrey McKinnon

Media Outlet: CBC

A Vancouver law firm is trying to give unwritten Indigenous laws more legal sway.

Indigenous Law, Indigenous Law, RELAW
How to fix the National Energy Board, Canada's 'captured regulator'

Author(s): James Wilt

Media Outlet: Desmog Canada

Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Climate and Energy, Tar Sands, Pipelines & Tankers
Bill Fossil Fuel Firms for Climate Costs, Consider Suing, Campaign Urges BC Cities

Author(s): Andrew MacLeod

Media Outlet: TheTyee 

Climate and Energy, Sue Big Oil