The Irish Times - June 11, 2012WORLD LEADERS have received a siren call from the UN Environment Programme (Unep) on the eve of next week’s gathering (June 20-22) in Rio de Janeiro to mark the Earth Summit’s 20th anniversary. Its fifth Global Environmen...
World Remains on Unsustainable Track Despite Hundreds of Internationally Agreed Goals and Objectives
Ambitious Set of Sustainability Targets Can be Met, But Only with Renewed Commitment and Rapid Scaling-Up of Successful PoliciesUNEP news release June 6 2012RIO - The world continues to speed down an unsustainable path despite over 500 internationally ...
Loopholes and exemptions buried in Bill 55 to avoid environmental registry reviewNDACT June 7 2012 NDACT's Second Call to Action (see sample email below) RE Bill 55: This Bill will aid The Highland Companies in obtaining application approval! URGENT: T...
Tory MPs asked: Be a Hero, stop the federal Conservatives' budget billAWARE Simcoe June 11 2012On Wednesday, June 13 at 5:30PM local time, while MPs gather in Ottawa for a decisive showdown in Parliament, electors will rally their home ridings, and com...
Great Lakes protection bill laudedBy Dave Battagello, The Windsor Star June 8, 2012 Provincial legislation aimed at protecting the Great Lakes is a major step in helping protect drinking water and attacking environmental issues caused by climate change...
Ask local councillors to pass resolution in support of ban on snapping turtle huntAWARE SIMCOE JUNE 8 2012 The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resoruces ignored a petition signed by 11,000 people to remove snapping turtles - an at risk species - from hun...
By Emma Reilly Hamilton Spectator June 6, 2012Robert Pasuta is a man who loves the land.He’s worked the same acres of earth his entire life, growing grain corn, soybeans, winter wheat. It’s the same soil his father worked, the same land that has suppor...
CBC News Posted: Jun 6, 2012Toronto city council has voted to ban plastic bags outright by 2013.Council had spent Wednesday at city hall debating whether to eliminate a mandatory five-cent bag fee that Mayor Rob Ford had wanted axed....
From Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek June 6 2012Please join us in Toronto for River Run 2012, where we'll continue a tradition of community lead action for justice—for our people, and for the protection of the water, air, and forests t...
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