Feds respond to public outcry over proposed shipping terminal threatening shorebirds

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The federal government has extended its deadline for public feedback on a proposed Metro Vancouver shipping terminal after outcry from scientists, MPs and the City of Delta.

On Feb. 7, Delta city councillors voted unanimously against the controversial Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project because of the “immediate and irreversible” impacts it would have on sensitive mudflat ecosystems and shorebirds.

Feds respond to public outcry over proposed shipping terminal threatening shorebirds

 

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Here is another relevant article.

We’re legally challenging the federal government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2

We argue the Canadian government’s approval of Terminal 2 violates the Species at Risk Act.

When they approved the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project, the Canadian government also approved the destruction of federally-protected Critical Habitat for endangered Southern Resident killer whales. Represented by Ecojustice and alongside the David Suzuki Foundation, Wilderness Committee, and the Georgia Strait Alliance, we argue that the approval is unlawful.

We’re legally challenging the federal government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 | Raincoast Conservation Foundation