donated quilt squares that celebrate what is worth protecting on B.C.'s coast are being sewn together by a group of quilters, lead by Gabriola Island quilter Kristin Miller and Shena Meadowcroft. Both women are hoping that as word spreads other communitie

B.C. Artists Protest Quilts Contribute to BP Oil Spill Discussion

The well-known Gabriola Island quilter has turned to what she knows best to galvanize her community to create protest quilts in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.

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Clean up attempts in Michigan (photo: foxnews.com)

Letter to Vancouver Sun re: Yaffe's "Knocking oilsands bolsters Northern Gateway

While US pressure to clean up the tarsands may bolster big oil’s desire for a back door to China, the widespread opposition of British Columbians should not be so readily discounted.

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Cleanup workers prepare to secure absorbent booms on the Kalamazoo river after an oil pipeline leaked oil into the river near Marshall, Michigan July 31, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Rebecca Cook

Regulator rejects Enbridge pipeline restart plan

Regulator south of the boarder rejected Enbridge Inc's plan to restart a pipeline that spilled oil into a Michigan river system, adding further uncertainty about how soon it will resume service

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Eric Swanson, Dogwood Initiative: "A single spill can devastate lives, economies, ecosystems and cultures."

Make it permanent

Allowing oil tankers would threaten the foundations of a sustainable north coast economy. Where oil moves, oil spills.

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Climate

Climate Change is an emergency. It has been caused by us, and we can do something about it.

Our Earth is being rapidly warmed by a heat-trapping blanket of greenhouse gases created by our society’s rapid consumption of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas for energy. This 'greenhouse effect' is dramatically changing our planet's climate.

A landmark study by NASA scientist James Hansen concludes that "if humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, current science suggests that CO₂ will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm." A worldwide movement has now developed to achieve the 350 target. Presently, global CO2 levels are rising by ~2 ppm every year...we've got to turn things around.

And as British Columbians, we're going to do our part.

It’s time to get to work!