NOAA

Marine mammals

Terminal 2 will increase chances of SRKW extinction

2020-08-102020-08-21

The increased shipping noise from Terminal 2 will reduce feeding success for the Southern Residents.

Marine mammals

Orcas in danger of extinction, but recovery is possible

2020-01-232020-02-13

For over 10 years, Raincoast has been using science, public education and the courts to try and protect Canada’s endangered population of salmon-eating Southern Resident killer whales. With their salmon stocks in decline...

Marine mammals

BREAKING. Raincoast takes on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion at the Supreme Court of Canada

2019-11-052019-12-17

BREAKING. Today, Raincoast takes our work to protect Southern Resident killer whales from the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. Working with Living Oceans and our legal team at Ecojustice...

Marine mammals

Now there are just 73

2019-08-122019-10-16

Now there are just 73.⠀
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Remembering⠀
J-17, Princess Angeline⠀
K-25, Scoter⠀
L-84, Nyssa⠀
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It is with great sadness that we share the news that three missing Southern Resident killer whales are now presumed dead according to @centerforwhaleresearch. …

Conservation Foundation

From Climate Emergency to Trans Mountain Pipeline approval

2019-06-212019-06-28

Earlier today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government’s re-approval of the project.⠀
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The decision comes less than 24 hours after Members of Parliament voted to declare a national climate emergency.⠀
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“In approving the Trans Mountain pipeline, the …

Conservation Foundation

From Spirit bears and grizzlies to cougars and killer whales 2018 has been a year…

2018-12-312018-12-31

Which is your favourite?

From Spirit bears and grizzlies to cougars and killer whales 2018 has been a year of many conservation wins for Raincoast and our partners up and down the British Columbian coast.

You can learn more about …

Marine mammals

We launched a new lawsuit to ensure our federal government acts to protect the endangered Southern Resident killer whales

2018-09-052018-10-27

Today, we launched a new lawsuit to ensure our federal government acts to protect the endangered Southern Resident killer whales...

Marine mammals

Good news – Raincoast wins legal challenge against the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion!

2018-08-302019-08-24

In a decision announced this morning, the court unanimously ruled that the federal government’s approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion project violated its legal obligations to protect endangered orcas...