In his new book, Alan Weisman argues we have to keep our population below 10 billion or face calamity. Can we do it voluntarily?By Leslie Scrivener Toronto Star Oct 04 2013 One of the world’s most successful family planning programs was nurtured in an unexpected place — Iran — and with the encouragem...

New regulation permits industry to ignore Act’s main purposesOntario Nature news release September 10, 2013TORONTO—Environmental groups are suing the Ontario government for its decision to exempt major threats to species at risk from the province’sEndangered Species Act (ESA).Ecojustice lawyers, acti...

By JOSH WINGROVE OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Jun. 25 2013 Facing the prospect of a multibillion-dollar cleanup bill, the Alberta government will consider placing new limits on development in flood-prone areas, the key recommendation of a 2006 report that was shelved for six years.The report, released...

Ontario industries no longer have to work as hard to protect vulnerable creatures under new environmental rulesToronto Star Editorial June 7 013When a leading environmental group resigns in protest from a government panel working on changes to Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, it’s clear that the woo...

BY JEFF GRAY AND ADRIAN MORROW The Globe and Mail Jun. 03 2013Ontario’s minority Liberal government is pledging to better protect freedom of speech with legislation that would crack down on spurious lawsuits sometimes filed to silence citizens or environmentalists that oppose development projects. ...

University of Kansas release - posted by AWARE Simcoe June 4 2013Intense deforestation in Mexico could ruin one of North America's most celebrated natural wonders -- the mysterious 3,000-mile migration of the monarch butterfly. According to a University of Kansas researcher, the astonishing migration...

Ontario Nature, Sierra Club Canada, David Suzuki Foundation and Earthroots, decry Cabinet decision to gut law protecting imperilled wildlifeOntario Nature news release May 31, 2013The provincial Cabinet announced today its approval of sweeping exemptions for industry under the Endangered Species Act,...

Extract from Counterpunch May 29 2013...Although it was not raised at the Pennsylvania Senate hearing, the ITRR bulletins also were shared with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). In January a Montreal paper reported that the RCMP itself has been tracking anti-shale gas activists in Quebec. ...

AWARE Simcoe news release April 17 2013COLLINGWOOD – As spring arrives, AWARE SIMCOE celebrates the Niagara Escarpment with a public meeting to discuss the benefits conveyed by this world-recognized landform, and measures needed to ensure its preservation.The meeting is timely as the Niagara Escarpme...

Agriculture Canada news release April 5, 2013Pierre Lemieux, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, announced today that the Asian Long-horned Beetle (ALHB) has been successfully eradicated from C...