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August 2008

01 Enbridge's Gateway project back in play

July 2008

30 Bell’s forestry plan panned
30 'Not a good year' for Canadian forestry
24 District warns forestry firm over clearing land
30 Old-growth logging plan sparks war-in-woods threat
30 Drill logs show Shell struck water
23 Government spin on forest industry not new
30 Government spin on forest industry not new
30 Oil and gas commissioner: no problems with Shell yet
30 Forest boss hesitant about road aid
18 No development without hearings
18 Doyle 'surprised' by attacks over report
17 Report slams province for freeing up forests
17 Shame on Bell, buddies for their dirty tactics
17 Forest deal lacked 'regard for public interest'
18 Conflict of interest probe to target former minister
18 Auditor-General rips government involving land use decision
17 Public betrayed by tree-farm land removal, says AG
17 B.C. too quick to approve land deals: AG
14 Island's private forest logging grows: report
13 Enbridge delays Gulf Coast pipeline
13 New marketing campaign aims to revive forestry
13 B.C. launches campaign extolling forests in fighting climate change
01 Waterton Lakes park in danger?

June 2008

26 'Dirty oil' label spurs hunt for new markets
24 Campbell tweaks cabinet ahead of 2009 election
23 B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell names team to take him into next election
23 Mill closings sap lifeblood from towns
24 Cabinet shuffle brings welcome changes
23 Thousands of B.C. forest workers jobless as sawmills shutdown, some fear forever
23 Cabinet shuffle expected as early as Monday
20 WFP idles 2,000 workers
23 Bush calls for end of drilling ban
23 Energy battles boiling over; Industry faces public conflict across Alberta
23 NDP critic: B.C. neglects forest land as industry, government wait out downturn
23 Liquefied Natural Gas Tankers Remain Giant Terror Targets
18 Lakes across Canada face being turned into mine dump sites
23 Bad mix
19 Saanich Civic League aims to increase voter turnout
15 B.C. lumber to be deployed for quake relief effort in China
15 Grab forestry money before it’s too late
09 CRD wants tree-farm hearing
09 Loggers, environmentalists bury axe
09 Tinkering on the edges of a forest crisis
09 B.C. government preparing for waste wood-to-biofuel bids
09 The indomitable Corky had words for everyone and everything
05 Report tries to steer U.S. from Canada's 'dirty oil'
05 Shell criticized at awards gala
05 Steelworkers expand on call for Coleman’s resignation
18 Forest lands need protected status, groups say
09 Native protest could torpedo plans for National Park
05 Crowd pans plan to sell TFL 23
05 Hearings a must on land rezoning
05 Community rejects TFL land removal, implores minister to act on their behalf
02 Hearings demanded for Jordan River plans
03 Protests could stem oilsands exports to U.S.: expert
04 Canada contemplates Arctic claim beyond North Pole
02 NDP take aim but Liberals shoot selves
02 B.C. Liberals push new laws through
04 British Columbia “greens” its building code

May 2008

26 Canada makes scientific case for Arctic ownership
26 Salmon friends can’t sway city
26 $5 billion Alberta pipeline projects clear government hurdles
26 Shell 'selling suicide' by preferring tar sands to wind
26 Forest policy changes announced
19 Coleman convinced of future for forest industry
26 Clean speech a cozy cloak for dirty eco business
17 Fish at risk from drilling, group says
17 New forestry program launched
17 Canada blindsided by U.S. lumber bill
17 Fears rise over coalbed methane drilling
14 Forestry woes put pressure on Coleman
15 Premier says no to propaganda war
13 Forestry crisis is a sign of bigger problems
09 Band cries foul over land claims
10 Policy defended
08 Forestry roundtable comes to the Cariboo
08 Enbridge plans $15B in new pipeline projects
08 B.C.'s forestry crisis is rooted in ideology
08 B.C. forest workers seek aid
08 More layoffs hit B.C. forest industry
08 800 more mill workers out of work in B.C.
08 Log exports threaten Surrey sawmill
05 Forest talk excludes stakeholders
05 Shift in thinking needed: Coleman
05 Troubled forest industry not helped by minister who'd rather jeer critics
02 Blues Notes This Week In Quotes
07 Tories kill access to information database
05 Alberta oil spill cleaned up
02 Coalbed Methane Poll Finds Strong Opposition to Shell's Plans
05 Shelling Out?
02 BC Government has abandoned forestry industry
05 More layoffs hit B.C. forest industry

April 2008

30 800 coastal loggers laid off

May 2008

01 Coleman should resign

April 2008

29 Minister waits on mill details
30 Waste turned to energy
29 Work fast to salvage B.C.'s forest industry

May 2008

25 Oil prices fuel Suncor profit

April 2008

25 Minister rejects union call for his resignation over slumping B.C. forest industry
25 New British Columbia Oil and Gas Law Overlooks Coalbed Methane Concerns
24 CRD approves bylaws blocking subdivision of forest land
23 Nexen shares touch all-time high on gas find
22 Undersea mountain declared protected
24 Ladysmith sawmill closing, laying off 40

June 2008

23 Obama takes aim at B.C. over coalbed methane

April 2008

22 Developer unveils controversial Jordan River expansion plans
22 Canada must map Arctic seabed, minister says
21 'Growth Is Coming': Developer Floats Plan for Jordan River
21 Forest land deals betray our region.
18 Natives threaten disruptions at 2010 Olympics
17 Forest Minister To Attend Saturday Roundtable
18 Ida Chong's New Ears
16 Government moves to 'greener' building code requirements
24 Land-use decisions assault democracy, says UVic law clinic
21 Private land release prompts lawsuit against B.C. government
17 Campbell makes the wrong choice
16 Community forestry relief still in planning stage
15 Land rezoned to quell development, but old rules apply for WFP plan
16 Shell drilling plans attacked
14 NDP, critics blast land-bylaw delays

May 2008

01 Skeena MLA Robin Austin stands up for Sacred Headwaters

April 2008

11 Forest firm racing to beat lot size restrictions
21 Forest firm racing to beat lot size restrictions
15 Royalty breaks aim to encourage deep reserve development
10 How Island Elk Range Was Stripped of Protection
10 B.C. makes it easier for companies to exploit natural gas reserves
11 How Island Elk Range Was Stripped of Protection

May 2008

02 Shell under fire at public meeting

April 2008

09 Dinner helps put cash in Liberal coffers
09 Shell under fire at public meeting
11 Homelessness up 20% since '05

May 2008

02 All that is left to say…

April 2008

10 Logging boreal forest could detonate massive 'carbon bomb,' says report
09 Crying Over Spilt Oil
10 Conoco, BP team up for $30 bln Alaska gas pipeline
08 Logging in Honna watershed concerns QC council
10 B.C. hydro project, conservancy plans collide
06 Forest company keys into aboriginal workforce
09 Feds announce cash for carbon-capture research
08 Forestry pains continue
06 Victoria to Test Cutting Edge Sewer Rehabilitation Technology
08 Rally sounded a warning. Is anybody listening?
03 Forestry goes ‘round and ‘round
03 Province hands out more beetle aid money

March 2008

31 Even garbage can be made a bit more Earth friendly
31 1,300 rally for forests

April 2008

03 Enbridge proposes putting captured carbon dioxide to work

March 2008

29 Enbridge, U of C launch greenhouse gas initiatives
28 Activists, forestry workers find common cause for rally
28 Gary Lunn’s long carbon trail
29 Gary Lunn’s long carbon trail
29 Coalbed gas wastewater key to viability on Island
29 Scientists Say CBM Experiment Too Risky
27 Oil Sands Attracting Interest Due to High Crude Prices and Reserve Concerns
24 Independent water review sought
24 Tories' take on all this Strait talk: Give the issue a wide berth
20 Forestry roundtable more of the same
24 Federal agency warns Hartley Bay band council after large oil spill
20 Hartley Bay band sues over sunken ferry's fuel
19 Delegation seeks oil sands insight
19 Sweeping plan to save tiny fish
18 Exploration vs. wildlife: tradeoff in the energy boom
18 First nations bid to overturn forests verdict rejected
24 Oil slick destroys underwater plants
19 Enbridge pipeline plan doesn’t benefit First Nations
13 Feds quietly release climate report despite spending $50,000 on PR
11 Two major studies on Tasman Spirit oil spill released
14 Enbridge considers reversing oil flow
11 Steelworker lobbyists hit Victoria to demand immediate government action on forest industry crisis
13 Province introduces green building code
10 Black death
10 Members of forestry roundtable announced
11 Put carbon burden on consumers, say petro leaders
11 Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say
11 Victoria shifts away from development of Flathead Valley
12 Coleman names 17 experts to aid forestry industry
11 Round table on Forestry Set
10 Members of forestry roundtable announced
07 Proposed oil pipeline raising concerns
07 Canada budgets C$100m over five years for geological mapping
05 Small Communities Wildfire Protection Rules Clarified in New Legislation
05 BC absolved of allegations of not living up to softwood lumber deal
05 NDP complains about delays in naming members of B.C. forestry panel
21 Bateman defaces painting to illustrate oil spill danger

February 2008

29 B.C. shale home to huge gas reserve
29 Lotteries president to lead forestry roundtable
27 Exxon Valdez oil spill lingers in Alaska
27 Despite controversy, BP methane project is a go
27 Enbridge gets approval for $2B Alberta Clipper pipeline

March 2008

03 Oil patch split over proposal for partial moratorium

February 2008

27 Pioneer families press for gas fortune
23 Forest companies engaged in life-and-death struggle
23 Enbridge revives $4-billion pipeline
22 Enbridge revives $4-billion pipeline
25 Forest companies and environmentalists reach agreement
23 Provinces free to tackle climate, Ottawa says
23 U.S. senator says BP development proposal in B.C. dropped
20 Forest Minister Preps for Roundtable
20 Canada regulator approves Enbridge diluent line
19 Herring roe will help judge spill's impact
20 B.C. imposing carbon tax on all types of fuel
19 People breathing city air are likened to fish in an oil spill
18 State leaders to get update on Canadian energy plans
19 Old Mindsets Destroy Old Forests
19 Ruling would allow Ont. utilities to recoup illegal late fees
16 Eye in the sky nabs ocean polluters
16 'Conspiracy of silence' on tarsands, group says
18 Environmentalists' report to call for Ottawa to act on oil sands
18 'Progress' on native concerns rings hollow with the leaders
17 Workers protest sector problems
18 The Price of Oil
13 Pacheedaht band protests treaty land sales
13 Government can’t fix forest industry
14 Mill workers blast B.C. government
16 Mill workers blast B.C. government
13 CRD panel to decide today on fate of Juan de Fuca lands
10 Enbridge Gateway Pipeline Across North BC Gets a "Boost"
09 Enbridge makes pipeline progress
09 $500,000 program to aid aboriginals
09 Biofuels make greenhouse gases worse, scientists say
10 Victoria should stop squabbling and focus on safety in the woods
18 Proportionality
09 Government must address Fire Risk for B.C. First Nations Communities
07 Water rises to top of list for environmentalists

March 2008

03 B.C.’s climate contradiction

February 2008

07 Oil spill reaches Caspian Sea
07 Doubt cast on assertion that thousands of lives at risk in Chalk River fiasco
07 Logging road recommendations would cost $1b: Coleman
07 BC Hydro wants wood-based power producers
05 Marin sewage spill prompts calls for probe
07 Enbridge's North Dakota pipeline expansion in service
07 Progress needed in BC forestry sector: report
05 Shifting Sands: Canada, the world and the oil sands
05 2.7 million-gallon sewage spill in Richardson Bay
05 Shifting Sands: Part VII
01 Government 'muzzles' scientists
05 Premier announces bioplan
18 Hundreds in Fort Nelson Look for Answers
05 Shifting sands, Part VI
05 Canadian Oil Imports
01 How a filthy smelter can help clean up Alcan's books
05 Kick-start CO{-2} solution, governments urged
05 Natives, Conservationists Sue to Block Chukchi Sea Oil Leasing
06 Premier announces bioplan
05 Shifting sands, Part V
05 Shifting Sands, Part IV

January 2008

30 Steelworkers demand action to assist jobless forest workers

February 2008

05 Shifting Sands: Part III

January 2008

29 Keen says safety, not isotope production focus of commission's mandate
29 Report: Bad luck, human error plagued response to oil spill in bay
29 Privatizing Crown forests is worth exploring

February 2008

05 Shifting Sands, Part II: The Texas Connection
05 Shifting sands: Part I

January 2008

28 Seekers of information win one against Liberal government secrecy
30 Opponents of coal gas project air grievances
22 Forestry round table needs strategy before structure
21 A Whale of a Love Affair
21 Lobbyists see climate change as opportunity
22 Premier calls for forestry round table
18 Logging near Cathedral Grove raises ire
18 Gordon Campbell presiding over destruction of BC forest industry say Steelworkers
18 Plenty of parks in B.C., forest minister says
22 Laying claim to British Columbia
29 DENE THA' FIRST NATION WINS IMPORTANT LEGAL VICTORY
18 Newcomer blasts waste of wood in B.C. logging
15 Forest Minister's Brother High in Firm Granted Tree Farm Deal
09 It only gets worse for Lunn
08 Growing Disparity
09 Nuclear watchdog head blasts Lunn over letter
07 Chong ignoring region's problems
07 First Nations Families Take BC Government to Court Over Shell Methane Project
04 Coastal forest industry is in a state of crisis
04 The smoke and mirrors of B.C.'s energy use

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