User:Oceanflynn/Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Raincoast Conservation Foundation is an NGO that seeks to conserve coastal British Columbia's waters, wildlife and lands.

Mandate
The Foundation self-defines as a "team of conservationists and scientists empowered by our research to protect the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia."

Background
In 2017 Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Living Oceans Society, represented by lawyers from Ecojustice Canada won the court case which overturned the federal government's approval of the Canadian division of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' $7.4-billion Trans Mountain Pipeline project which resulted in the National Energy Board (NEB) being forced to "re-evaluate the projects marine shipping impacts." The successful lawsuit "halted construction on the expansion." Following a June 2019 re-approval of the Trans Mountain project by the federal Cabinet government, in July 2019, lawyers from Ecojustice filed a motion on behalf of Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Living Oceans Society with the Federal Court of Appeal to challenge the Cabinet's decision.