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Support for Oil Tanker Moratorium Act has history on its side

Efforts to protect BC’s northern coast go back half a century and are not to be taken lightly as the Senate considers killing Bill C-48.

Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, would protect a remote and unique region in northern British Columbia from the risk of catastrophic spills by prohibiting tankers carrying more than 12,500 tonnes of crude oil or certain other types of oil from docking, loading or unloading in Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Sound and Dixon Entrance.

Senate Playing With Fire on Environmental Bills

At Confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald famously referred to Canada’s Senate as a chamber of sober second thought. One, he said, that “will never set itself in opposition against the deliberate and understood wishes of the people.”

Sir John A. should be turning in his grave.

Court Ruling Leaves British Columbians Vulnerable to Oil Spills

Canada’s top court will be called on to resolve constitutionality of BC’s proposed law

Groups call out Senate for putting a key environmental commitment at risk

Unelected Senate must honour government commitment to a B.C. North Coast oil tanker moratorium, groups say

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Northern British Columbia communities and grassroots groups, alongside labour organizations and environmental groups throughout BC and Canada, are reacting with disbelief to the Senate Transport Committee’s recommendation to reject Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act.

Solving the climate crisis will require both controversy and collaboration

My work to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for local climate costs, through our Climate Law in our Hands initiative, has provoked strong reactions.

Victory for climate action

May 3rd, 2019 was a great day for climate action. That Friday, as youth across the country went on strike to protect their future, the majority of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that the federal government’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (the Act) is constitutional.

Time is running out for the north Pacific coast tanker ban

A legislated oil tanker ban on the north Pacific coast is within reach. Senators are preparing to vote on Bill C-48 – the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act – and they need to hear from you one last time.

Right now, oil industry lobbyists are doing all they can to kill the Bill, which could throw away our best chance to protect the unique and sensitive waters surrounding the Great Bear Rainforest. With just a few weeks left in the legislative session, time is running out for the tanker ban.

West Coast Reacts: NCLGA Climate Resolution

WILLIAMS LAKE, Secwepemc Territory – Andrew Gage, Staff Lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law, made the following statement in response to Resolution 21, passed today at the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA):

14 leading national environmental organizations release platform expectations for the federal election

Ottawa, Ont. – Today, Canada’s leading environmental organizations released a set of 20 federal party platform recommendations that address the climate, biodiversity, toxics and waste crises that are harming our country.

Eco lawyer to talk with northern BC municipalities about costs of climate change

Williams Lake, Secwepemc Territory – Andrew Gage, a staff lawyer from West Coast Environmental Law, is attending this week’s North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA) meeting to hear firsthand how wildfires and other climate-related impacts have affected northern communities – and how their elected officials expect to manage the huge costs that they face.

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