Environment

The regional district has introduced an ad campaign featuring animated fruit, vegetables and half-finished meals imploring people to compost

Experts from the University of Victoria have filed a complaint with British Columbia’s privacy commissioner

How will the B.C. government square a liquefied natural gas industry with its carbon reduction targets? The Pembina Institute on Friday (October 3) threw out some ideas in anticipation of the fall sitting of the B.C. Legislature, when the B.C.

Vancouver is known for its picturesque scenery, which includes year-round greenery that can be found in many urban parks, lining our streets and in our own back yards.

The Canadian province of British Columbia has issued a formal warning to Imperial Metals (TSX:III) after an inspection to the Mount Polley mine found waste was still leaking from its breached tailing dam facility a month after it burst.

While sediment samples collected from the area surrounding the Mount Polley tailings breach exceed some provincial standards, the B.C. Ministry of Environment insists levels are consistent with earlier baselines.

The Vancouver Aquarium has launched a lawsuit challenging the validity of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation’s July 31st resolutions regarding the acquisition and keeping of cetaceans in captivity.

Two environmental groups are asking British Columbians to help them track where and how oil would spill in the waters around Vancouver in the event of a tanker leak.

The Mount Polley mine disaster has officially spilled over the border into the U.S. – figuratively speaking.

The government has given B.C. mines three months to conduct independent reviews of the state of their tailings facilities in the wake of the Mount Polley tailings pond breach that sent 10 million cubic metres of water gushing through the Cariboo region in early August.