News release from OEAC The Oxford Environmental Action Committee (OEAC) applauds the recent passage of Bill 52 in the Ontario Legislature, and calls for reform of the Ontario Municipal Board to further encourage public participation. “Passage of Bill 5...

  AWARE News Network Tuesday December 15 2015 is the deadline for the public to comment on the Ontario government’s plans to update the Aggregate Resources Act. Access the government’s ‘Blueprint’ at the Environmental Bill ...

Casey Camp-Horinek of the Ponca Nation in Oklahoma presents a traditional cradleboard to the people of Paris during a march Dec. 12. The cradleboard represents future generations. -Indigenous Environmental Network photo By Sujata Dey Council of Canadia...

Voices from Paris AWARE News Network Helen Szoke Oxfam International  This deal offers a frayed life-line to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Only the vague promise of a new future climate funding target has been made, while the deal doe...

Tamara Brown of CRAND By PEN Canada | December 4, 2015 Last month’s Free Expression Matters profiled Ontario’s new Public Participation Act, well known for protections against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). In the next few da...

Garbage shortage prompts Metro Vancouver to scrap plans for new incinerator BY KELLY SINOSKI Vancouver Province  Metro Vancouver has halted plans to build another incinerator to burn the region’s waste. Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, Metro’s board ch...

Adopted December 10 2015 in Midhurst Name of the organization: The organization’s registered official name shall be: AWARE Simcoe: Social and Environmental Solutions Inc. Hereafter referred to as AWARE Simcoe Mission Statement: AWARE Simcoe is a citize...

Song sparrow at Tiny Marsh -Barbara Crawford photo General info from Bird Studies Canada: Started in 1900, the Christmas Bird Count is North America’s longest-running Citizen Science project. Counts happen in over 2000 localities throughout the W...

AWARE News Network UPDATED The following resolution was moved by Deputy Mayor Barry Burton, seconded by Councillor Shawn Davidson and carried unanimously by Clearview Township Council on December 7 2015: Be it resolved that Council direct the CAO and M...

From the Blue Dot Team Today, Toronto, Ontario became the 100th community to pass a Blue Dot municipal environmental rights declaration — a significant step towards ensuring that all levels of government recognize your right to breathe fresh air, drink...