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Many paddles, one canoe: Climate leaders gather in Vancouver to resist Kinder Morgan

Climate leaders gather in Vancouver March 4th to pull together against Kinder Morgan.

Highlighting human and environmental cost of Canada's energy policy with Healing Walk through oil sands

First Nations leaders, civilians and international media gathered on a rainy day near Fort McMurray on Friday for the annual 4th Annual Healing Walk, a spiritual gathering and 14-...

Divestment may protect from 40-60% overvaluation of fossil fuel stock

Kitsilano Pool underwater: a growing number of cities want to divest from their own destruction

University divestment from fossil fuels taking off: municipalities are next

At least two hundred and thirty US universities have student organizations devoted to convincing their administrations to divest from fossil fuels.

Kinder Morgan oil sands pipeline expansion plan said to pose risks beyond leaks and spills

While public and media scrutiny centers on oil spills and pipeline leaks, environmentalists are trying to broaden the picture to include the impact of using heavy oil on Vancouver's carbon footprint.

Voters Taking Action on Climate Change photo shoot tackles pipelines and tankers

A huge crowd gathered for the photo shoot for an ad urging Premier Clark to protect the BC coast.

Are Canada’s environmental elders backing down from the fight?

Recent blogs from environmental leaders like David Suzuki cast an ominous shadow on the decades-old green movement. Will the new generation overcome?

Climate activists arrested at behest of Warren Buffett's BNSF Railway over coal blockade

Fourteen climate change activists, including a Nobel Peace Prize winning economist, have been arrested after BNSF railway served 40 blockaders with a pre-emptive court order this morning.

350.org's Bill McKibben remembers schoolmate Stephen Harper

Climate hero Bill McKibben attended the same grade school as PM Stephen Harper, he told nearly thousand people at CCPA's annual fundraiser. Oh, how they've drifted apart.