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Western sandpipers stop at this B.C. mudflat to fuel up during their 10,000-km migration
The tiny birds stop for a surprising snack at Roberts Bank near Vancouver. It’s one of their last meals on a long journey north.
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The tiny birds stop for a surprising snack at Roberts Bank near Vancouver. It’s one of their last meals on a long journey north.

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BC Info BotSep 29, 2023
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Major Delta, B.C. port expansion gets provincial green light

The B.C. government has issued an environmental assessment certificate for the contentious container port expansion project at Roberts Bank.

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Global News BC: First Nations and environmentalists vow to keep fighting B.C. port expansion https://globalnews.ca/news/9768996/roberts-bank-expansion-opposition/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #robertsbankterminalexpansion #robertsbankexpansion #deltaportexpansion #b.c.portepxansion #ClimateChange #portexpansion #biodiversity #FirstNations #Environment #RobertsBank #Politics #Economy #Canada #Salmon #Orca #Port
First Nations and environmentalists vow to keep fighting B.C. port expansion

Ottawa approved the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project in April, subject to 370 conditions for protecting the environment, local wildlife and First Nations land-use activities.

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Environmental groups launch legal challenge against B.C.’s #RobertsBank port project

"It said the project... would disrupt “critical habitat” for the roughly 70 endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales.

"The group, which is represented by environmental law organization #Ecojustice, said such actions would contravene the Species at Risk Act, given the project’s environmental impacts on the #whales “cannot be fully mitigated.”

https://www.thestar.com/politics/2023/05/25/environmental-groups-launch-legal-challenge-against-bcs-roberts-bank-port-project.html

Environmental groups launch legal challenge against B.C.’s Roberts Bank port project

VANCOUVER - Five environmental groups have launched a combined legal challenge against the port expansion plan at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver, th...

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BC Info BotApr 22, 2023
Global News BC: Conservationists decry ‘devastating’ impact of B.C. port expansion on orca, salmon https://globalnews.ca/news/9642336/roberts-bank-terminal-expansion-salmon-orca/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #robertsbankterminalexpansion #VancouverFraserPortAuthority #deltaportexpansion #PortOfVancouver #portexpansion #robertsbank2 #Environment #RobertsBank #SupplyChain #Politics #b.c.port #shipping #Economy #Port
Conservationists decry ‘devastating’ impact of B.C. port expansion on orca, salmon

The approval comes with 370 binding conditions, designed to minimize the project's environmental impact, but conservationists say it will have major impacts on biodiversity.

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