Last week’s heartbreaking oil spill in English Bay was a sobering reminder to us all about what is at risk in this beautiful part of the world, and in the Salish Sea in particular. It also made clear that ‘world leading’ spill response has a long way to go to before we can consider it effective.
A snow storm that blew through central Canada made this year’s March 19 Ottawa’s snowiest on record. But there was more than weather to distinguish this as a historic date. In the evening, nine First Nations from across North America came together in a ceremony to mark the ever-growing opposition to tar sands pipelines, by signing of the Save the Fraser Declaration and the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects.
Dene Tha’ First Nation Challenges the Sale of Oil and Gas Parcels on their Traditional Territory
Through that contested landscape runs the Peace River, which drains east from the Rocky Mountains into the Slave River, a tributary to the Mackenzie. Thanks to the sunny southwest aspect of its slopes and long northern summer days, the valley the Peace River cuts contains a unique microclimate that makes it the only lands north of Quesnel capable of producing the widest range of food crops possible in BC, including fruit and vegetables.
For immediate release:
Wilderness Tourism Association, Friends of Wild Salmon, Forest Ethics, West Coast Environmental Law Association, Dogwood Initiative, Living Oceans Society
West Coast Environmental Law Association’s Executive Director & Senior Counsel Jessica Clogg issued the following statement in reaction to yesterday’s climate announcements:
“West Coast Environmental Law applauds Canada’s Prime Minister and Premiers for reaching agreement on the steps outlined in yesterday’s Vancouver Declaration on Clean Growth and Climate Change, and welcomes the First Ministers’ acknowledgement of the urgent need to avoid dangerous climate impacts by working towards the global goals set in Paris and to base our decisions on science.”
Vancouver. Andrew Gage, Staff Counsel and head of the Climate Change program at the West Coast Environmental Law Association, commented on the BC Government announcement today that the province will be developing a new Climate Action Plan 2.0:
VANCOUVER – One of Canada’s oldest environmental law organisations responds to attack ads linked to a top oil sands firm suggesting that the venerable provider of environmental legal aid services is driven by US funders who contribute a small portion of its revenue.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- Jessica Clogg, Executive Director and Senior Counsel at West Coast Environmental Law, made the following comments in response to reported statements of the Prime Minister regarding the potential "hijacking" of regulatory processes like the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines hearings by foreign interests
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (January 18, 2012) - Jessica Clogg, Executive Director and Senior Counsel at West Coast Environmental Law issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement that President Obama’s has rejected TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
“President Obama’s decision today to stop Keystone XL does not make it any more likely that the oilpatch will succeed in pushing tar sands crude through British Columbia.”