Time is running out for the tanker ban

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Dear Paov,

This month, we're pulling out all the stops to secure a legislated tanker ban on the north Pacific coast, and we need your help. Please write to Canada's Senators with a last-minute appeal to pass Bill C-48 – the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act.

We've also been busy collaborating with allies to protect the environment on other fronts – from pushing for stronger mining laws, to supporting the federal carbon tax, and signing on to the Pact for a Green New Deal (which you can sign, too!)

Time is running out for the north Pacific coast tanker ban After a series of skewed Senate hearings that favoured industry and shut out community voices, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act is on the rocks. It passed in the House of Commons over a year ago, but now oil industry lobbyists are pushing hard to kill the legislation.

With the clock ticking on Bill C-48, we’re asking you to send one more message to Senators – tell them it’s time to quit stalling and pass the Bill immediately to protect the ecologically-unique Great Bear Rainforest from tanker traffic. Victory for climate action We celebrated a big win for climate this month when the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that Canada’s carbon tax is constitutional. Generation Squeeze, which intervened in the case with support from our environmental legal aid fund (the EDRF), was delighted with the ruling.

In her analysis of the judgement, Staff Lawyer Erica Stahl explains why this early victory for carbon pricing is so important in our efforts to tackle climate change. Solving the climate crisis will require both controversy and collaboration Staff Lawyer Andrew Gage spoke with BC municipal leaders this month about what they can do to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for rising local costs associated with climate change.

Reflecting on recent discussions at two local government conferences, Andrew sees the topic of climate change as a unique platform for collaboration and conflict resolution. Read his latest post here. Why southern resident killer whales should have the same rights as people The federal government recently introduced a series of measures intended to help endangered southern resident killer whales.

In her recent blog (originally published in The Conversation), Staff Lawyer Linda Nowlan explores bold strategies that would strengthen protections for the whales, by granting them legal rights and defining whale sanctuaries as a place where they can exercise those rights. It's time to clean up mining in BC Today, West Coast joined several organizations to launch a new campaign calling on the BC government to reform its outdated mining laws.

Better laws will give local residents and First Nations a stronger voice in decision-making, and ensure that mining claims don’t threaten land use planning, Indigenous rights or environmental protection. Click here to learn more. Welcome new West Coast staff and students We are happy to welcome summer law students Isabelle Lefroy, Jessie Schwarz and Whitney Vicente to our team here at West Coast Environmental Law.

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