Lake interrupted
Four years after the Mount Polley mine first spilled contaminated waste into a once-cherished body...
How B.C. proposes to roll back industry self-regulation
Province takes first steps to improve system that makes industry consultants responsible for environmental monitoring
Time for B.C. to regulate industry in the public’s interest
As the government relied increasingly on outside professionals, it gutted the ranks of public servants...
Is B.C.’s ‘wild west’ environmental monitoring about to come to an end?
Professional reliance report outlines to government how to restore public trust
B.C.’s big opportunity to fix under-regulated industry is here (and you’ve probably never heard of it)
For the last decade B.C.’s professional reliance system has outsourced the responsibility for environmental monitoring...
25 Years after the War in the Woods: Why B.C.’s forests are still in crisis
When 12,000 people showed up on the remote coast of Vancouver Island in the summer...
How B.C. Outsourced Environmental Protection (And What You Can Do About It)
If you look closely at almost any major environmental controversy in B.C. in the past...
The Problem With Relying (Too Much) On Industry-Hired Professionals
From West Coast Environmental Law When Randy Saugstad realized that clearcut logging by forestry giant...
B.C. Urged to Review Industry-Funded Science Behind Approval of Gravel Mine
A controversial proposal for a gravel mine at the mouth of a salmon-bearing creek on...
