Articles by Anna Roik
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Apr 01, 2015: Site C dam: “this project and its impacts far outweigh any benefits.”In December 2014 British Columbia’s Liberal government approved the Peace River Site C hydroelectric dam project, the third dam on...
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Jun 29, 2014: Vancouver recognizes unceded territoryIt has been a long time coming, but Vancouver City Council now officially acknowledges that it is operating on traditional...
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Apr 28, 2014: Liberals put profit before foodAt the end of March the BC Liberals introduced the first reading of Bill 24, which will change how farmland...
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Mar 10, 2014: Land and LabourLand & Labour.
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Mar 03, 2014: Fossil fuel divestment campaigns growingStudents at hundreds of Canadian and American universities have started fossil fuel divestment campaigns, demanding their universities divest from companies...
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Feb 05, 2014: What is fracking? What are the environmental consequences?Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is the process of extracting natural gas—also known as shale gas—by drilling into shale rock formations deep...
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Feb 03, 2014: Kinder-Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline twinning – what it is and why it is a bad ideaIn December 2013 Kinder-Morgan ended months of speculation, finally submitting a 15,000 page, two metre high application to the National...
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Oct 29, 2013: Five hundred rally to take back the portBuilding on months of opposition, around 500 people gathered on a warm October afternoon at the quay in New Westminster...
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Aug 24, 2013: Bees dying for profitsOver the winter of 2012 – 2013, forty to fifty percent of American beekeepers' hives were destroyed by colony collapse...
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Aug 24, 2013: Invasion of the sea squirtsThe Maritime mussel aquaculture industry is in crisis.
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Jul 01, 2013: Kinder Morgan: more pipelines, more resistanceWritten June 12, 2013; updated July 1, 2013 Kinder Morgan wants to capitalize on the BC Liberal election victory by...
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Jun 28, 2013: Metro Vancouver opposes coal portP { margin-bottom.
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Jun 20, 2013: How will we feed ourselves in 2050?What will the world be like in 2050? In a world of nine billion people, how will we deal with...
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Jun 10, 2013: Hundreds oppose new coal terminal and one CEO supports itNearly 250 residents, four New Westminster city council members, two NDP MPs and one NDP MLA attended a town hall...
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Apr 15, 2013: BC Liberal carbon-offset scamIn 2007 the Liberal government of British Columbia announced it would become carbon neutral by 2010 – for every tonne...
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Feb 25, 2013: BC’s 'balanced budget' built on shaking groundIt appears that the British Columbia Liberals led by Premier Christy Clark are hoping they can turn BC into the...
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Jan 31, 2013: BC to expand coal exportsThe first of two controversial coal port expansion projects in BC was unilaterally approved this week by Port Metro Vancouver.
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Jan 31, 2013: Here's a way to make the Tar Sands even more destructiveReminiscent of the long-forgotten, but aptly named, Project Cauldron – using underground nuclear explosions in the Alberta tar sands to...
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Jan 29, 2013: The Tar Sands are dumping cancer-causing pollution in lakesThe Tar sands are polluting lakes as far as 90 km away from mining sites.
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Dec 28, 2012: Coal port expansion will produce more climate change than Northern Gateway pipelineVancouver is set to become North America’s largest coal exporting port if the Port Metro Vancouver corporation approves two new...
