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Carrie Saxifrage

Carrie Saxifrage is the Vancouver Observer's sustainability reporter.

 

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Thirteen arrested blocking BNSF coal train in White Rock
Earth Matters
Carrie Saxifrage
May 5th, 2012
Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Mark Jaccard was among those arrested for blocking a coal train in White Rock.
Pipe Dreams and Nightmares: CCPA's new report deconstructs Enbridge’s unrealistic “jobs and growth” promises
Earth Matters
Carrie Saxifrage
Mar 29th, 2012
CCPA report takes a hard look at Enbridge's jobs and growth numbers and reveals wild optimism.
Happy 23rd anniversary, Exxon Valdez: thanks for schooling us on Enbridge!
Earth Matters
Carrie Saxifrage
Mar 27th, 2012
Fifteen years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, a pit in Prince William Sound shows heavy oil residue. An oil spill off the BC coast could create a larger, more toxic spill than the Exxon Valdez.
Proposed Northern Gateway pipeline threatens Haida Gwaii's reliance on food from the sea
Earth Matters
Carrie Saxifrage
Feb 27th, 2012
In Massett, on the north end of Haida Gwaii, everyone depends on a clean ocean in one way or another. This makes supertankers to service the Enbridge pipeline unacceptable to residents.
Oil executive son's testimony at Prince Rupert Northern Gateway pipeline joint review panel
Earth Matters
Carrie Saxifrage
Feb 20th, 2012
At the Enbridge Joint Review Panel hearings, the son of an oil executive delivered a riveting speech about the power and destruction of oil.
Nation building: how the Enbridge pipeline issue unified Northern B.C.
Politics
Carrie Saxifrage
Feb 13th, 2012
One unexpected benefit from the Enbridge oil pipeline debate has been a united cause among Northern B.C. communities.
Mark Jaccard outlines challenges of climate change action in new book, Deluding Ourselves to Disaster
Earth Matters
Carrie Saxifrage
Feb 12th, 2012
Jaccard's central question: What is your moral duty as a citizen if independent evidence consistently show your government is not telling the truth and the implications are disastrous?
Open letter to Premier Christy Clark: Fulfill provincial commitments to protect the Great Bear Rainforest
Earth Matters
Carrie Saxifrage
Feb 8th, 2012
Until the Province makes good on its Great Bear Rainforest commitments, the habitat of key species like the Northern Goshawk and mountain goat will continue to degrade.
Two thousand protest Enbridge oilsands pipeline in Prince Rupert
Sustainability
Carrie Saxifrage
Feb 5th, 2012
Prince Rupert police estimate 2,000 people turned out to protest the proposed Enbridge oilsands pipeline in northern B.C.
How to eat local forever: lessons on food security gathered from First Nations
Earth Matters
Carrie Saxifrage
Jan 31st, 2012
The Enbridge oil pipeline would threaten the Aboriginal tradition of living off the land and eating local foods, say members of First Nations communities.
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