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[coalalert] CBC ON THE ISLAND RAVEN COAL INTERVIEWS 3/5/2015
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- Published on Thursday, 05 March 2015 11:44
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LINKS TO THE TWO INTERVIEWS BELOW:
https://soundcloud.com/cbcvictoria/supporter-says-coal-project-would-stimulate-the-economy?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=email
Parksville Chamber of Commerce Kim Burdin on Chamber’s support of Raven Coal Project
https://soundcloud.com/cbcvictoria/raven-coal-mine-minister-says-jobs-but-not-at-any-cost?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=email
BC Minister of Environment Mary Polak interview on Raven Coal and Application withdrawal
[coalalert] TIDECHANGE: LETTER TO THE EDITOR RAVEN APPLICATION WITHDRAWAL
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- Published on Thursday, 05 March 2015 10:00
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http://tidechange.ca/2015/03/04/re-raven-coal-application-withdrawal/
LETTERS TO EDITOR, NEWS
Re: Raven Coal application withdrawal
March 4, 2015 • 0 Comments
The explanation from Compliance Coal ( Compliance) regarding the recent withdrawal of...
Read more: [coalalert] TIDECHANGE: LETTER TO THE EDITOR RAVEN APPLICATION WITHDRAWAL
Fast track the TPP? Just say no.
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- Published on Thursday, 05 March 2015 09:44
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Bees: SumOfUs sued?
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- Published on Thursday, 05 March 2015 09:22
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Environmental Activism at the Just Film Festival
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 March 2015 16:44
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[coalalert] CEC's James O'Rourke quote from May, 2010
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 March 2015 16:22
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NOTE: Here’s a quote from James O’Rourke Chairman of Compliance Energy Corporation from a Business in Vancouver article May, 2010. I wonder what he thinks of the opposition now!
Compliance wants to build the Raven underground coal mine on Vancouver Island, but residents there have voiced environmental concerns about the project. O’Rourke expects a lot of opposition to Raven, not unlike Campbell River’s response to Quinsam in the early...
Read more: [coalalert] CEC's James O'Rourke quote from May, 2010
[coalalert] Comox Valley Record Raven Coal Mine article
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 March 2015 13:44
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http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/295050861.html
LINK ABOVE TO THE ARTICLE…………MORE BAFFLEGAB FROM MR. ELLIS.
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 4, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 13:46
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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WIN! Nuclear waste dump ruled out for Saskatchewan
The Council of Canadians has been opposing a high-level nuclear waste dump in Saskatchewan since 2011.
WIN! Compliance withdraws its application for the Raven coal mine
The Council of Canadians Comox Valley chapter has been opposing the Raven coal mine for almost five years.
Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter says 'We Vote CBC'
RCMP Report Targets Enviros
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Jummas banned from speaking to foreigners without supervison - News from Survival
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Read more: Jummas banned from speaking to foreigners without supervison - News from Survival
The Paris Climate Talks and the Failure of States
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 March 2015 20:00
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1087 .... March 4, 2015
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The Paris Climate Talks and the Failure of States
Gabriel Levy
The officials in charge of the United Nations climate talks say that no deal will be done in Paris in December (COP21) to avoid dangerous global warming. After preparatory negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, this month, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), confirmed that the target set previously, of limiting warming to 2 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels, would be missed. Figueres had already said, in December, after a round of talks in Lima, Peru, that "the sum total of efforts [in Paris] will not be able to put us on the path for two degrees. [...] We are not going to get there with the Paris agreement...
Read more: The Paris Climate Talks and the Failure of States
CFSC welcomes new Program Assistant!
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 3, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 13:46
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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Council of Canadians joins flood of people wanting their say on Energy East before NEB
Today is the final day the National Energy Board (NEB) is receiving applications to participate in TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project review
Barlow highlights water crisis in Brazil on The Current
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow was on CBC Radio's The Current this morning.
Keep Them In The Dark: TransCanada fails to inform...
World Wildlife Day: tribespeople denounce persecution in the name of 'conservation' - News from Survival
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[coalalert] COALWATCH PRESS RELEASE 3/3/2015
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[coalalert] BREAKING NEWS: COMPLIANCE COAL WITHDRAWS IT'S RAVEN COAL APPLICATION FROM THE SCREENING PROCESS
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- Published on Monday, 02 March 2015 17:00
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HERE’S THE LETTER FROM COMPLIANCE TO THE EAO:
http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/documents/p351/1425335959998_VTJhJ0lcFfZPD3GhbYqm6gMyQsRmgptvywM2LPbCKZhyzl4DQ6db!1378338455!1425335740573.pdf
THIS IS BREAKING NEWS, COALWATCH WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE TUESDAY MORNING
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