Environment Minister Mary Polak and Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman have issued an environmental assessment certificate to Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC for the B.C. portion of the Trans Mountain Expansion project, which is an interprovincial pipeline approximately 987 kilometres long between Edmonton, Alberta and Burnaby, British Columbia. 

The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing $190,000 to 14 communities/regional districts as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

The Province heard hundreds of comments from British Columbians about ideas and new ways to protect B.C.’s species at risk during a recent six-week consultation that ended Nov. 30, 2016.

The Province has acquired four additional ecologically sensitive properties throughout British Columbia, thanks to a partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

With the 2017 camping season just around the corner, those looking to experience BC Parks are reminded to become familiar with new changes to the Discover Camping Reservation Service.

B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak issued the following statement, in response to the federal government’s announcement of a second rescue tug for British Columbia.

British Columbia joined Washington, Oregon and California in officially forming the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification.

Minister of Environment Mary Polak has issued the following statement on the federal decision regarding pipeline projects:

The Province’s public consultation on B.C. species at risk wraps up on Nov. 30, giving the public just one more week to provide their feedback on the Species at Risk Engagement website: http://engage.gov.bc.ca/speciesatrisk/

The Ministry of Environment’s first-ever compliance report of industrial and commercial operations in British Columbia suggests the vast majority are abiding by provincial environmental regulatory requirements.