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,...
By KEITH LESLIE The Canadian Press May. 30 2013TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government is changing the rules on green energy projects to give municipalities a greater say over the location of new wind and solar farms, and a chance to get a slice of the revenue. ...
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. ...
by Jim Birchard Bayshore Broadcasting May 28 2013 A big meeting in Wasaga Beach dealing with historic low water levels on Georgian Bay.Simcoe County Warden and Wasaga Beach Mayor Cal Patterson will be co-chairing the meeting on Thursday night that will explore different solutions to try and get Geor...
CFIA interim policy says local food is anything grown within the same provinceCBC News May 28, 2013 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has greatly expanded its definition of local food.The CFIA, which is responsible for food labelling in Canada, has for decades defined local food as food that is pro...
By WES KELLER Orangeville Citizen May 15 2013The fate of Dufferin Eco Energy Park (DEEP) appears to be up in the air following the recent request from energy-fromwaste (EFW) co-proponent Navitus that Dufferin invest $2 million in the proposed Westinghouse plasma gasification plant....
Privacy concerns over an environmental policy inspire councillors to allow even more plastic in the systemBy Rachel Mendleson Toronto Star May 16 2013Council meetings in placid Dufferin County are generally tame affairs, absent of the raised voices and name-calling that sometimes cast a pall over pro...
By KIM MACKRAEL Globe and Mail May 02 2013OTTAWA — Two of Canada’s three seats on a key bilateral institution have been allowed to go vacant, raising questions about Ottawa’s commitment to the joint body that oversees waters shared with the United States....
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