opposition to Raven is widespread here is the list of groups that so far have opposed the Raven Coal Mine to counter the unsupported opinion that the mine has the support of the CV community. Note the number of Comox Valley groups represented in the list--as well as those families that belong to the Denman and Hornby Residents Association, Council of Canadians, Physicians for the environment, United Church of Canada, the BC shellfish growers industry, the K'omoks First Nations, the Watershed watch groups, and the various environmental groups.
the tactic of denial evidently has assisted proponents in the past to get beyond the social licence obstacle in the review process, but opposition is resolved to expose the "misinformation."
List of Groups Opposed the Raven Underground Coal
Alberni Environmental Coalition
Alberni Valley Outdoor Club
Arrowsmith Parks and Land-Use Council
Arrowsmith Watersheds Coalition Society
Association of Denman Island Marine Stewards
BC Shellfish Growers Association
Canada Council of Canadians
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Citizens Stewardship Coalition (Port Alberni)
CoalWatch Comox Valley Society
Coal Free Alberni Comox Valley Land Trust
Coast Salish First Nations Groups
Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition
Council of Cumberland Forest Society
Canadians, BC-Yukon Regional Office
Council of Canadians,
Comox Valley Chapter Council of Canadians,
Denman Opposes Coal
Comox VAlley Kairos
Comox Valley Peace Group
Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship
Denman Island Residents Association
Friends of the Chilliwack River Valley
Friends of Strathcona Park
GE Free Comox VAlley
Georgia Strait Alliance
Green Party of BC
Hornby Island Residents Association
Komoks First Nation
Mid Island Sustainability and Stewardship Initiative
Mapleguard Ratepayers Association (Deep Bay/Bowser)
NoCoalMine.net Oceanside Design
Port Alberni and District Labour Council
Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers Society
Save Our Valley Alliance, Port Alberni
Sierra Club Comox Valley Chapter
University of Victoria Sustainability Project
Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition
Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Wilderness Committee
World Community Development Education Society