By Javier Blas in Singapore and Jack Farchy in London, Financial Times, May 20 2012

CoalWatch News, May 19, 2012

Cardero Resource Corp. has submitted a project description for its Carbon Creek Project, a proposed open pit coal mine located in the Peace River Coalfield in northeastern BC.

The Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun, May 15, 2012

TOKYO — A partnership formed by JX Nippon Oil & Energy and Xstrata Coal will invest $35 million on a preliminary study of the Suska coal project in eastern British Columbia.

JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail, May 13 2012

VICTORIA— B.C. Premier Christy Clark is prepared to alter her government’s strict climate-change targets to pave the way for her plan to create a liquefied natural gas industry in the province.

Ken Piercy, Comox Valley Record, May 10, 2012

Dear editor,

A month ago it was difficult to avoid the media frenzy regarding the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

By Elizabeth May, The Tyee.ca, May 10, 2012

Packing so many attacks on nature into one bill, Harper bets, will confuse citizens. Here's what's at stake.

Common Dreams,May 8 2012

Anti-coal activists out in force this week against coal transport, export to China

Two major anti-coal actions this week highlighted the blight of the coal industry on Canada, the US, China and the world.

The Canadian Press, CTV, May. 9 2012

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — Twenty years after losing his brother in the Westray mine disaster, Allen Martin recalled treasured moments from his own life that his brother Glenn missed.

"My daughter growing up, the fishing trip, our grandchild," he said as he stood before a granite memorial that includes Glenn's name and those of 25 others who died in methane and coal dust explosion on May 9, 1992.

Two Cowichan Valley men were among 13 protesters arrested when they tried to stop a coal train last Saturday.

Alyson McAndrews, Alberni Valley Times, May 07, 2012

About $136 million. That is the number Compliance Coal Corporation estimates the economic benefit of the Raven project would be for Port Alberni. The figure includes dollars spent on labour and goods and services during construction and over the 15 and half year life of the project, Information released by Compliance as part of the project's federal and provincial environmental assessment process also states that it would create 21 jobs in Port Alberni. Those would comprise two longshore workers, six maintenance tradespersons, four truck facility operators, eight heavy equipment operators and one manager.

Stop Coal, May 6, 2012

David P. Ball, Vancouver Observer, May 5 2012

Thirteen activists, including a Nobel Peace Prize winning economist, have been arrested in a coal train blockade, after Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) was granted a pre-emptive court order.

BNSF, owned by billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett, served roughly 40 anti-coal blockaders in White Rock with pre-emptive injunctions this morning from the BC Supreme Court, backed up by a dozen RCMP officers who appeared to be helping them serve court orders by identifying leaders of the group.

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Climate change blockader Kevin Washbrook holds a briefcase of coal he collected along the railway tracks. Photo by David P. Ball

Carrie Saxifrage, Vancouver Observer, May 5 2012

CBC News, May 6, 2012

13 demonstrators handed $115 tickets

About a dozen protesters, including one of Canada's leading energy-environment economists, were arrested Saturday after setting up a blockade on train tracks in White Rock, B.C., aimed at stopping U.S. coal trains from reaching local ports.

Herman Vanderbyl, Parksville Qualicum Beach News, May 4 2012

I have been following the different letters over the last few years regarding the proposed Raven coal mine.

Of particular interest to me is the last letter from Mr. Alf Randall (The News, April 24) wherein he again states what he refers to as facts.

Greg Wood, Comox Valley Record, May 2 2012

Dear editor,

Today, Baynes Sound employs 600 sustainable green jobs.

Keith Porteous, Comox Valley Record, May 2 2012

Dear editor,

While we are free to express ourselves in presenting our opinion, some things are knowable facts.

Such is the case for this letter in responding to misinformation and false counterclaims made by supporters of the Raven Coal Mine, including Michael Loftus of Parksville (Record, April 25).

BC Shellfish Growers Association, May 3 2012

Greetings. By now you have all received the latest promo material* from the folks at the Raven Coal Project. Unlike Raven, the Shellfish Growers Association cannot contract out to produce materials that are catchy and bright......but we feel we must let you know that contrary to what they sent you this week, we continue to be VERY opposed to this project. Likewise, our growers are busy farming and cannot go door to door dropping off literature. So we look to you to help us spread our message! We value your feedback and support. Please click on the image below for more information about the impacts of coal mining in Baynes Sound or the attachment above to download the full document.

*Note: In recent days, Compliance Coal Corp. released glossy, highly designed, obviously expensive handouts extolling the virtues of its Raven Underground Coal Project - jobs, revenues, protection of shellfish, etc. The company's intent is to distribute this propoganda to businesses in the Comox Valley and nearby communities.

Click here to read the pamphlet

Darrell Bellaart, Nanaimo Daily News, May 03, 2012

It was a tragedy on such a scale, today it's difficult to imagine.

Marc Gaudreau, Comox Valley Record, May 1, 2012

Dear editor,

I applaud our papers for continuing to print both sides of the debate regarding the Raven coal project.

Michael Allan McCrae, Mining.com, May 1, 2012

Blaming severe weakness in U.S. thermal coal markets, Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today reported first quarter 2012 net income of $1.2 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared with net income of $55.6 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, in the prior-year period.

By Alex Browne, Peace Arch News, May 01, 2012

They've asked to meet with government, they say, to no avail.

Now members of the group British Columbians for Climate Action – who want the export of coal from B.C. phased out – are taking their message to the streets, or rather rails, of White Rock.

Matt Day, Wall Street Journal, April 29 2012

It's been a bleak spring for U.S. coal miners—and the question for Arch Coal Inc. ACI -1.66% and Alpha Natural Resources Inc. ANR -3.88% is whether they can even meet lowered expectations.

West Coast Environmental Law, April 27, 2012

Removal of environmental safeguards serves interests of big oil and silences citizens, say environmental lawyers