Oil exploration and drilling has been banned
off the coast of British Columbia for over 30 years in order to
protect the shores of the Great Bear Rainforest and the north Pacific
ecosystem from environmental devastation.
Now both the federal and
provincial governments are reconsidering their moratoriums on fossil
fuel extraction off the coast. Greenpeace is working to ensure that
this fragile ecosystem is not destroyed by working to ensure a permanent
federal government ban on exploration and drilling in this fragile,
earthquake prone region.