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Vine Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6K, Canada
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Fostering urban sustainability since 1969
For over 50 years SPEC has brought a range of environmental concerns to the attention of policymakers, industry and the public. Through its public education and advocacy work, SPEC has built a lasting legacy of environmental protection. Some of our most important achievements include:
- Advocating a moratorium on offshore oil exploration and transportation
- Advocating rapid transit such as the Sea-Bus across Burrard Inlet
- Founding the Recycle Council of BC (RCBC)
- Reducing the use of hazardous pesticides
- Lobbying for a provincial Land Commission Act to preserve BC farmland
- Pushing for the Berger Inquiry into the Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline
- Being a founding member of Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
- Opposing BC Hydro’s Site C dam in Northern BC
- Helping found the West Coast Environmental Law Association (WCELA)
- Helping stop the proposed Vancouver Island nuclear power plants
- Helping eliminate the use of DDT
- Establishing the first recycling depots in BC
- Playing a key role in preventing the privatization of the GVRD’s water filtration plant
- Working to stop the SE2 power plant
- Promoting municipal by-laws to limit non-essential pesticide use