April 2014
COMMUNITY NEWS
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The government, the oil industry and the environment by Eugene Orina
How is the federal government’s management of the oil industry affecting the protection of the environment, with respect to the Environmental Protection Act? With advances in the oil industry making headlines across Canada, it is important to analyze for ourselves how this could affect the environment. The federal government continues to create plans for new pipelines and oil extraction, such as the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project. All of this causes concerns of how the environment will be affected by these oil projects, and whether or not the protection of the environment is at risk. In 1999, the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) was passed providing new provisions about fuels, water pollution and matters concerning other toxic wastes. How is the federal government’s management of the oil industry affecting the protection of the environment, with respect to the Environmental Protection Act?
In Renfrew-Collingwood, you can visit Renfrew Ravine Park, which runs from 29th Avenue near Atlin (across from the 29th Avenue Skytrain station) to 22nd Avenue and Renfrew (near Renfrew Park Community Centre). Still Creek runs through the heart of Renfrew Ravine before flowing down to Grandview Highway and then into Burnaby Lake. The loggers near Still Creek, around 1900, would have cut logs in what’s now the Renfrew Ravine. Source: City of Vancouver Archives Log P18
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The Northern Gateway Pipeline project has sparked debate on how it would affect the British Columbia coast along Kitimat as well as the Fraser River. This project creates a large risk of having an oil spill in that area, which
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