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Conservation North is calling out Premier David Eby's opposition to logging old-growths to keep a Vancouver Island pulp mill running, while remaining quiet about the ongoing old-growth logging happening in the northern regions.
#oldgrowth #DavidEby #bcpoli #logging #forestry #PulpMill
#oldgrowth #DavidEby #bcpoli #logging #forestry #PulpMill
Conservation North accuses Premier Eby of mixed messages on old-growth logging
PRINCE GEORGE - Conservation North is calling out Premier David Eby for what they see as inconsistencies in hi...
ckpgtoday.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Liberal government will vote against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's motion Tuesday calling for a new oil #pipeline to the #Pacific.
#poilievre #liberals #canada #climatejustice
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#poilievre #liberals #canada #climatejustice
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Liberals to vote against Poilievre's pipeline motion, calling it 'immature' and an 'insult' | CBC News
The Liberal government will vote against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's motion Tuesday calling for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific — but ministers insisted it doesn't mean Ottawa has given u...
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Liberal government will vote against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's motion Tuesday calling for a new oil #pipeline to the #Pacific.
#poilievre #liberals #canada #climatejustice
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#poilievre #liberals #canada #climatejustice
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Thirty years of warnings. These images, once shown to the European Parliament and broadcast internationally, exposed the clear-cut devastation on BC's coast. It won awards across Canada, the US and Europe.
The footage hasn't aged.
Still happening. Still shocking.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Sh...
The footage hasn't aged.
Still happening. Still shocking.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Sh...
Legacy Killing a Temperate Rainforest
YouTube video by Peter Mcallister
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Thirty years of warnings. These images, once shown to the European Parliament and broadcast internationally, exposed the clear-cut devastation on BC's coast. It won awards across Canada, the US and Europe.
The footage hasn't aged.
Still happening. Still shocking.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Sh...
The footage hasn't aged.
Still happening. Still shocking.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Sh...
Success in the #Marshall Islands 🌺 One year after rat removal, native forests and seabirds are booming. Big thanks to Island Conservation and local communities for this inspiring restoration.
#IslandConservation #restoration #conservation #pestcontrol
#IslandConservation #restoration #conservation #pestcontrol
Press Release: Staggering Recovery of Plants and Seabirds on Marshallese Islands Just One Year After Rat Removal - Island Conservation
Astonishing results from our work to restore sites in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, boosting climate resilience and ocean health!
www.islandconservation.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Success in the #Marshall Islands 🌺 One year after rat removal, native forests and seabirds are booming. Big thanks to Island Conservation and local communities for this inspiring restoration.
#IslandConservation #restoration #conservation #pestcontrol
#IslandConservation #restoration #conservation #pestcontrol
Coastal First Nations member Nations will use every tool in their toolbox to keep oil tankers and the risk of a catastrophic oil spill out of BC’s Northern coastal waters.
#pipeline #oiltanker #salishsea #bcpoli #pacificnorthwest
#pipeline #oiltanker #salishsea #bcpoli #pacificnorthwest
Coastal First Nations Dismiss Pipeline MOU: North Coast Pipeline Will Never Be Built
CFN member Nations vow to keep oil tankers and the risk of a catastrophic oil spill out of BC’s Northern coastal waters.
coastalfirstnations.ca
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Coastal First Nations member Nations will use every tool in their toolbox to keep oil tankers and the risk of a catastrophic oil spill out of BC’s Northern coastal waters.
#pipeline #oiltanker #salishsea #bcpoli #pacificnorthwest
#pipeline #oiltanker #salishsea #bcpoli #pacificnorthwest
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#holidaydeal #watershedsentinel #independentnews
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Add this to the list of enviro disasters @watershedsentinel.ca.
A lot of people who push the idea of regulations and certifications as solutions should read this and wake the fuck up.
If they enforced the regulations against flaring they would have "capped" oil and gas production.
So, they ignored the regulations.
That is the same everywhere.
If they enforced the regulations against flaring they would have "capped" oil and gas production.
So, they ignored the regulations.
That is the same everywhere.
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flari...
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Add this to the list of enviro disasters @watershedsentinel.ca.
🌱 @yccbc.bsky.social is building climate skills in the #Comox Valley. Local youth restored habitat, supported food security & monitored streams this summer, all while earning a living wage.
Read their story in our latest Watershed Sentinel.
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#Climate #Youth #Jobs #FoodSecurity
Read their story in our latest Watershed Sentinel.
Subscribe for more.
#Climate #Youth #Jobs #FoodSecurity
Youth Climate Corps | Watershed Sentinel
Youth Climate Corps BC empowers Comox Valley youth with paid climate-action work in food security, restoration, and watershed monitoring.
watershedsentinel.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🌱 @yccbc.bsky.social is building climate skills in the #Comox Valley. Local youth restored habitat, supported food security & monitored streams this summer, all while earning a living wage.
Read their story in our latest Watershed Sentinel.
Subscribe for more.
#Climate #Youth #Jobs #FoodSecurity
Read their story in our latest Watershed Sentinel.
Subscribe for more.
#Climate #Youth #Jobs #FoodSecurity
Enforcement has begun at the #Walbran #blockade. Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you!
Updates on Instagram: Fairy Creek Blockade
@sierraclubbc.bsky.social @dogwoodbc.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #OldGrowth
Updates on Instagram: Fairy Creek Blockade
@sierraclubbc.bsky.social @dogwoodbc.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #OldGrowth
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Enforcement has begun at the #Walbran #blockade. Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you!
Updates on Instagram: Fairy Creek Blockade
@sierraclubbc.bsky.social @dogwoodbc.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #OldGrowth
Updates on Instagram: Fairy Creek Blockade
@sierraclubbc.bsky.social @dogwoodbc.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #OldGrowth
Enforcement has begun at the #Walbran blockade.
Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you!
Updates on FB and Instagram: Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek #Blockade
Directions: (48.7003963, -124.5409737)
#OldGrowth #BCpoli #Clearcuts #logging
Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you!
Updates on FB and Instagram: Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek #Blockade
Directions: (48.7003963, -124.5409737)
#OldGrowth #BCpoli #Clearcuts #logging
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Enforcement has begun at the #Walbran blockade.
Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you!
Updates on FB and Instagram: Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek #Blockade
Directions: (48.7003963, -124.5409737)
#OldGrowth #BCpoli #Clearcuts #logging
Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you!
Updates on FB and Instagram: Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek #Blockade
Directions: (48.7003963, -124.5409737)
#OldGrowth #BCpoli #Clearcuts #logging
#Enforcement has started at Cougar Camp. Mass #mobilization is needed on site. Our last chance to save the #forest. #oldgrowth #FairyCreek #Walbran #CougarCamp #BCpoli www.facebook.com/FairyCreekBl...
Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek Blockade
Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek Blockade. 38,630 likes · 8,362 talking about this · 1,417 were here. "Fairy Creek is the epicenter of world change" Elder Bill Jones Pacheedaht First Nations
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November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#Enforcement has started at Cougar Camp. Mass #mobilization is needed on site. Our last chance to save the #forest. #oldgrowth #FairyCreek #Walbran #CougarCamp #BCpoli www.facebook.com/FairyCreekBl...
Protect BC’s watersheds. Industries pay $2.25 for 1 million litres of #water, (half an Olympic pool). #Mines and #gas projects put our freshwater at risk.
Ask your MLA to raise industrial water rates and reinvest in watershed restoration www.codebluebc.ca/letterwriter
#BCpoli #ProtectWater
Ask your MLA to raise industrial water rates and reinvest in watershed restoration www.codebluebc.ca/letterwriter
#BCpoli #ProtectWater
CodeBlue BC
Our waters need your voice. Tell Your MLA, the Premier and BC’s Water Minister that you want industrial water rates increased to support our watersheds.
www.codebluebc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Protect BC’s watersheds. Industries pay $2.25 for 1 million litres of #water, (half an Olympic pool). #Mines and #gas projects put our freshwater at risk.
Ask your MLA to raise industrial water rates and reinvest in watershed restoration www.codebluebc.ca/letterwriter
#BCpoli #ProtectWater
Ask your MLA to raise industrial water rates and reinvest in watershed restoration www.codebluebc.ca/letterwriter
#BCpoli #ProtectWater
🌲 Curious how clearcuts affects watersheds?
Forestry + Film Night - Sat Nov 29, 3–5 PM @ The Hub (Cowichan Station). 25-min doc Trouble in the Headwaters + speakers Dr. Younes Alila, Daniel Pierce & Heather Pritchard. Free/by donation ▶️ shawniganbasinsociety.org/events.html
#TroubleintheHeadwaters
Forestry + Film Night - Sat Nov 29, 3–5 PM @ The Hub (Cowichan Station). 25-min doc Trouble in the Headwaters + speakers Dr. Younes Alila, Daniel Pierce & Heather Pritchard. Free/by donation ▶️ shawniganbasinsociety.org/events.html
#TroubleintheHeadwaters
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🌲 Curious how clearcuts affects watersheds?
Forestry + Film Night - Sat Nov 29, 3–5 PM @ The Hub (Cowichan Station). 25-min doc Trouble in the Headwaters + speakers Dr. Younes Alila, Daniel Pierce & Heather Pritchard. Free/by donation ▶️ shawniganbasinsociety.org/events.html
#TroubleintheHeadwaters
Forestry + Film Night - Sat Nov 29, 3–5 PM @ The Hub (Cowichan Station). 25-min doc Trouble in the Headwaters + speakers Dr. Younes Alila, Daniel Pierce & Heather Pritchard. Free/by donation ▶️ shawniganbasinsociety.org/events.html
#TroubleintheHeadwaters
New issue of The Watershed Sentinel is out!
Read some stories online watershedsentinel.ca/articles, subscribe for the full print issue + early PDF: watershedsentinel.ca/store. Support independent environmental journalism.
#oldgrowth #salmon #environmentaljustice #watershedsentinel #grassroots
Read some stories online watershedsentinel.ca/articles, subscribe for the full print issue + early PDF: watershedsentinel.ca/store. Support independent environmental journalism.
#oldgrowth #salmon #environmentaljustice #watershedsentinel #grassroots
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New issue of The Watershed Sentinel is out!
Read some stories online watershedsentinel.ca/articles, subscribe for the full print issue + early PDF: watershedsentinel.ca/store. Support independent environmental journalism.
#oldgrowth #salmon #environmentaljustice #watershedsentinel #grassroots
Read some stories online watershedsentinel.ca/articles, subscribe for the full print issue + early PDF: watershedsentinel.ca/store. Support independent environmental journalism.
#oldgrowth #salmon #environmentaljustice #watershedsentinel #grassroots
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Three Countries, Three Birds: How Migration Taught Me to See
->10,000 Birds | #bird | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->10,000 Birds | #bird | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Three Countries, Three Birds: How Migration Taught Me to See
Cesar Medina Davila is a conservation biologist and the founder of Wildlife Nomads, a hub for researchers, students, and wildlife enthusiasts. The first time I heard a kookaburra, I thought someone was playing a recording of monkeys. It was my...
www.10000birds.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#Canada wins Fossil of the Day at #COP30, its first time since 2014! 🎉 PM #Carney and crew were recognized for doing nothing while the world tries to save itself.
✅ Backsliding on climate policies?
✅ Ignoring Indigenous rights?
✅ Staying silent while everyone else builds a Just Transition?
✅ Backsliding on climate policies?
✅ Ignoring Indigenous rights?
✅ Staying silent while everyone else builds a Just Transition?
Canada shamed as “Fossil of the Day” at COP30, for the first time in more than a decade - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Belém, Brazil, 18 November 2025:
Today at COP30, international civil society denounced Canada as Fossil of the Day—the first time since 2014 that Canada has been singled out for this dishonour.
Foss...
climateactionnetwork.ca
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🌊 Your Input Wanted! 🌊
Know a local group doing great work for watersheds or the environment? Or a topic you want in the next Watershed Sentinel? Drop your ideas in the comments or send us a message, let’s celebrate local action!
#WatershedSentinel #LocalAction #CommunityVoices
Know a local group doing great work for watersheds or the environment? Or a topic you want in the next Watershed Sentinel? Drop your ideas in the comments or send us a message, let’s celebrate local action!
#WatershedSentinel #LocalAction #CommunityVoices
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🌊 Your Input Wanted! 🌊
Know a local group doing great work for watersheds or the environment? Or a topic you want in the next Watershed Sentinel? Drop your ideas in the comments or send us a message, let’s celebrate local action!
#WatershedSentinel #LocalAction #CommunityVoices
Know a local group doing great work for watersheds or the environment? Or a topic you want in the next Watershed Sentinel? Drop your ideas in the comments or send us a message, let’s celebrate local action!
#WatershedSentinel #LocalAction #CommunityVoices
About 80 of us rallied in Courtenay on Tuesday - moving speeches, hard facts, and truth-telling songs. We demand protection for at-risk old growth and accountability from BC Timber Sales and the provincial government. Call Premier David Eby: 250-387-1715. #ProtectOldGrowth #ComoxValley #oldgrowth
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
About 80 of us rallied in Courtenay on Tuesday - moving speeches, hard facts, and truth-telling songs. We demand protection for at-risk old growth and accountability from BC Timber Sales and the provincial government. Call Premier David Eby: 250-387-1715. #ProtectOldGrowth #ComoxValley #oldgrowth
🍄 Some fungi can break down certain plastics (polyurethane). Not a cure but a promising tool. The real job remains: slash plastic production, ditch disposables, and redesign materials that don’t poison Earth.
#magicfungi #mushrooms #plastic #wastemanagement
#magicfungi #mushrooms #plastic #wastemanagement
Mushroom Magic: Fantastic Fungi Fight Plastic Waste - Earth Day
Some mighty mushrooms have shown great potential in taking a bite out of plastic pollution and waste.
www.earthday.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🍄 Some fungi can break down certain plastics (polyurethane). Not a cure but a promising tool. The real job remains: slash plastic production, ditch disposables, and redesign materials that don’t poison Earth.
#magicfungi #mushrooms #plastic #wastemanagement
#magicfungi #mushrooms #plastic #wastemanagement
B.C.’s old-growth forests are collapsing. A report by @sierraclubbc.bsky.social finds “protected” areas were 4× more likely to be logged than outside zones. Experts warn the promised “paradigm shift” hasn’t happened, planted forests can’t replace these ancient trees.
#oldgrowth #bcpoli #forest
#oldgrowth #bcpoli #forest
How logging has sent B.C. forests into freefall | The Narwhal
A Sierra Club BC report reveals a gap between B.C.’s forestry promises, including old-growth deferrals, and reality
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
B.C.’s old-growth forests are collapsing. A report by @sierraclubbc.bsky.social finds “protected” areas were 4× more likely to be logged than outside zones. Experts warn the promised “paradigm shift” hasn’t happened, planted forests can’t replace these ancient trees.
#oldgrowth #bcpoli #forest
#oldgrowth #bcpoli #forest
📅 November 18 - ALL OUT to protect old growth and HOLD THIS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest
#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest
#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
📅 November 18 - ALL OUT to protect old growth and HOLD THIS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest
#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest
#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
Canada’s new Climate Competitiveness Strategy ties climate action to growth. But can the systems that caused the crisis really fix it, or do we need degrowth and local resilience for a truly sustainable future? 💬 Your thoughts?
#Competitiveness #Climate #Canada #Economics #Degrowth
#Competitiveness #Climate #Canada #Economics #Degrowth
Canada’s new Climate Competitiveness Strategy - Canada.ca
Climate action is not only a moral responsibility—it’s an economic necessity.
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Canada’s new Climate Competitiveness Strategy ties climate action to growth. But can the systems that caused the crisis really fix it, or do we need degrowth and local resilience for a truly sustainable future? 💬 Your thoughts?
#Competitiveness #Climate #Canada #Economics #Degrowth
#Competitiveness #Climate #Canada #Economics #Degrowth
Tsitika Mountain’s ancient forest faces auction by BC Timber Sales. #Clearcut already scars the #ecological reserve where live 300+ marbled #murrelets, a #threatened species.
📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social
📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Tsitika Mountain’s ancient forest faces auction by BC Timber Sales. #Clearcut already scars the #ecological reserve where live 300+ marbled #murrelets, a #threatened species.
📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social
📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social