Environmentalists are breathing a sigh of relief now that the BC government has backed off making changes to forestry licences. Ken Wu with the ancient forest alliance says part of Bill 8 would have seen the logging rights to vast sections of public land granted to private companies. "So it would have made it harder to establish new protected … [Read more...]
Environmentalists call for UVic to stop investing pension funds in Enbridge
January 10, 2013 by
A B.C. environmental group is calling on the University of Victoria to stop investing pension funds in oil companies. The Wilderness Committee is pointing the spotlight on financial documents from the university’s latest report available to pension plan members that show about $ 4 million in pension funds invested in Enbridge. That's the … [Read more...]
Vancouver environmentalists call for delay in Canada-China trade deal
October 30, 2012 by
A Vancouver-based environmentalist group is joining the opposition toward a new sweeping trade deal the federal government intends to sign with China this week. Tzeporah Berman, co-founder of ForestEthics, says Ottawa plans to enact an agreement on Thursday that has heard little public debate, and therefore threatens democracy. So her group is … [Read more...]
Environmentalists take VanCity to task over investments
May 9, 2012 by
A non-profit environmental group says the President of Vancity has said the credit union will likely divest from Enbridge if the Northern Gateway Pipeline project goes forward. Director of Wildcoast.ca, Zoe Blunt says Vancity is taking a resolution to Enbridge's Annual General Meeting Wednesday, instructing the company to withdraw its … [Read more...]
