Ben ParfittEcojustice, Sierra Club BC in court over environmental assessment exemption for unlawfully-built dams
Ecojustice and Sierra Club BC are in court this week to challenge the British Columbia government’s decision to exempt two Petronas Canada dams from environmental assessments — after the company had already gone ahead and built the dams unlawfully.
University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre report calls for a minimum of thirty per cent old-growth protection across B.C.
A new report prepared by the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre (ELC) for Sierra Club BC calls for thirty per cent base level protection of old-growth ecosystems and intact forests across the province as part of the provincial government’s amendments to provincial forestry regulations.
Sierra Club BC statement on release of "Protest Papers" from CSIS spying complaint
Four years ago, I testified at the secret spy hearings. But because of the gag order placed on me and all other witnesses, I can’t tell you what they asked, what I said, who was there, or even where the hearings were held.
Trans Mountain approval amid climate emergency a violent act towards young people, says Sierra Club BC
Saying yes to the TMX pipeline and tankers project is saying yes to more record-breaking wildfire destruction, droughts, rising sea levels and acidifying oceans. We are in a climate emergency. We must act like we are.
B.C. must declare a forest and climate emergency
Sierra Club BC calls for immediate steps to reduce the danger of worsening droughts, floods and fire caused by forest destruction and climate breakdown
Demonstrators call for protection of endangered old-growth forests and improved forest management across B.C. at seventeen government offices
Sierra Club BC and concerned citizens are calling on the B.C. government to take immediate steps to save the few remaining intact areas of old-growth forest on Vancouver Island and endangered old-growth forests across the province. These actions are imperative in light of the worsening global climate and ecological emergencies.
