Enbridge Pipeline

Info inflow; Enbridge, eco-groups clash over the $4.5 billion Northern Gateway pipeline

There is a battle underway. It's being waged at the ground level, in community meetings, but also in the corporate world, and using the Internet and social media. The objective: To influence the public's opinion on Enbridge's proposed $4.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline.

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Alberta Oil Sands

Line from the sands; With a price tag of $4.5 billion, the Enbridge Northern Gateway project brings huge oil forces to the region's doorstep for the first time

Enbridge's timeline -- which would bring an additional 500,000-plus barrels a day of oil capacity on stream -- has the pipeline in service by the end of 2015 or early 2016. The timing and capacity issues put a question mark on the project.

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Vicky Husband: "Lets protect the west coast of Vancouver Island..."

Take Action - Capital Regional District Land Purchase

Take action to protect our coastal areas and forest lands. And, check out a discussion with Vicky Husband about the CRD's purchase of 2300 ha of land in the Juan de Fuca region

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The province enriched WFP by removing 23 square kilometres from Juan de Fuca tree farm licences in 2007.

Double standard on WFP lands

Perhaps Murray Coell and Ida Chong should ask Community Development Minister Bill Bennett for some pointers.The government has done great damage. It will betray future generations if it does not preserve these WFP lands.

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Lands and Forests

BC’s lands and forests define our province. A vital part of our collective history, it is up to all of us to ensure their sustainable future.

With the cumulative pressures and turbulence from the global economic crisis, the US housing downturn, climate change, the pine beetle epidemic, corporate control of forests and real estate developments, BC’s forests and forestry industry are in need of innovative solutions.

"From Jan. 1, 2003 to June 1, 2008, Canada's forest-products industry saw 38,428 layoffs and 207 mill closings – 90 permanent and 117 indefinite, ... Of these lost jobs, 10,367 were in B.C.", Globe and Mail.

It won’t be easy, but recognizing the challenges we face in BC's forests, and seeing those challenges as opportunities is the first step towards realizing positive change.

Local and diverse control of tenure, a focus on domestic markets, value-added production, revenue sharing for resource based communities, and recognizing forests multiple values and economic uses, are all parts of the solution.

We are all in this together. And we have gained significant successes.

Real solutions do exist in BC's ongoing forest crisis. The Coalition for Sustainable Forest Solutions, along with ordinary British Columbians, are taking part in a growing provincial movement to usher in local, sustainable control of our forest legacy.

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