Rochelle Baker
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Journalist | Quadra Island |
English
About Rochelle Baker
Rochelle Baker is the Quadra and Cortes Islands reporter for Canada's National Observer, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada. Rochelle has worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer in BC's Lower Mainland for over 10 years.
UBC engineers devising solution to catch and destroy forever chemicals in polluted drinking water
PFAS chemicals are notoriously difficult to break down once they’ve found their way into the environment or human body, and even minuscule amounts pose big health risks.
B.C. fish farm slapped with hefty fine for illegal operations
West Coast Fishculture, a fish farm owned by AgriMarine Holdings, was ordered to pay $350,000 for illegally operating on Lois Lake in B.C.
Genesis of an island folk hero: Bob the “free wheelin” Turkey
Why did the turkey cross the road? To meet and greet adoring fans.
Who gets first dibs on water? BC Greens say farmers
The BC Green Party wants the province deal differently with drought to ensure farmers and the environment have priority access to water to flourish as climate change advances.
Ottawa urged to use emergency measures to save endangered whales from Trans Mountain shipping
A coalition of conservation groups has called for the use of emergency protections to protect endangered southern resident killer whales from the increased oil tanker traffic due to the expanded Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline.
B.C. misses the mark with old growth update, critics contend
The province's progress report and latest action plan to reform forestry is a hollow effort with none of the needed steps, specific details, or deadlines urgently required to keep what little old growth remains from being cut down, say environmental groups.
Ocean mud is mighty when it comes to tackling climate change
It's not always the easiest sell, but the 'thick, gloopy mud' that is often found on ocean floors is what really needs protecting, according to Graham Epstein, a researcher with the Canada Blue Carbon project.
Endangered orca habitat sullied by Canadian cruise ship pollution
Cruise ships using dirty scrubber systems on Canada's West Coast spewed out nearly half of the 88 million tonnes of acidic wastewater and toxic metals generated and dumped into the ocean in 2022, new data sparked by a Stand.earth complaint shows.
Scientists scramble to unearth new flora and fauna during island BioBlitz
Dozens of scientific experts and scores of students clambered over rocks and under logs, squelched in mud and tidal pools and dove into frigid water in a race to discover, photograph, collect and document thousands of species during the recent Quadra Island BioBlitz.
Coastal cleanup groups worry federal funding cuts will sink efforts to tackle ocean plastics
Coastal cleanup groups are worried because the federal Ghost Gear Fund — which sunk nearly $60 million into 139 projects to alleviate the problem of ocean plastics — isn’t outlined in the recent federal budget.