B.C.-based company, The Building Materials Exchange (BMEx) program has launched new a program on Vancouver Island connecting construction and manufacturing companies. Continue reading Watch: new program aims to reuse construction waste on Vancouver Island
Electronic Recycling Association Urges Companies to Donate Retired IT Equipment to Support Over 500 Canadian Organizations in Need Continue reading Recycled computers and laptops to aid Canadian charities
Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) is an exciting initiative pushing the boundaries of environmental science. Focused on plastic … Continue reading Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR)
Volunteer citizen scientists needed to support charity’s weekly sampling at popular water hotspots. Continue reading Vancouverites Can Now Access Recreational Water Quality Information at False Creek Year-Round
A new documentary takes an anti-colonial, feminist view on pollution Source: A New Look at the “Guts” of the Plastic … Continue reading A New Look at the “Guts” of the Plastic Pollution Problem | Sierra Club
A full year after the Nathan E. Stewart tugboat spill near Bella Bella, BC, the Heiltsuk Nation is still dealing with the effects, and is now preparing a legal case against both the polluter, Kirby Corporation, and Canadian governments. Continue reading Heiltsuk Nation turns to courts a year after diesel spill and botched response
The environmental assessment process for a proposed Deep Geologic Repository for nuclear waste has been halted until the Saugeen Ojibway Nation has made an informed decision on whether or not to support the project. Continue reading Nuclear waste repository on hold for Saugeen Ojibway Nation review
Coastal First Nations renews call for oil tanker ban on BC coast in aftermath of Bella Bella spill. Continue reading Coastal First Nations call for ban on tankers along BC coast
Community groups work together to clean up pollution in a sensitive alpine ecosystem in northeastern BC. Continue reading Restoration in BC’s Hart mountain ranges
First Nation wants to hold industry and the provincial government accountable for massive Mount Polley mine tailings breach in central BC two years ago. Continue reading Tsilhqot’in Nation files Notice of Civil Claim after Mount Polley disaster
Conservation groups, First Nations and other local communities complain that pipeline meetings are poorly advertised. Continue reading Pipeline panel hears resounding NO from public
Northern BC residents and groups appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reject Enbridge’s three-year extension. Continue reading BC groups urge Canada to reject extension of Enbridge pipeline permit
