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Nechako White Sturgeon

Sturgeons And Pipelines Don't Mix: Suing The Government To Enforce Environmental Laws

Gwen Barlee | Posted 11.27.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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Gwen Barlee

Fifty years ago there were an estimated 5,000 Nechako white sturgeon -- today there are just 350 struggling to hang on. Dams and habitat loss have taken their toll, but the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline could be the coup de grace for this critically imperilled creature. The proposed pipeline would cross the watercourse in which the sturgeon lives. But it doesn't stop there.

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Feds Sued Over Pipeline Endangered Species

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.26.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - A coalition of conservation groups is suing the federal environment minister to try and force Ottawa to protect endangered and threatened ...

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THREATENED

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.25.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - One of the most powerful foes of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline through northern British Columbia is not a lawyer or a conservatio...

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