By Edith Honan, Reuters February 14, 2013NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose a ban on Styrofoam, the substance commonly used for take-out food containers that is almost impossible to recycle.The mayor who has already targeted fat, sugar and salt in the city will turn to extr...
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians February 13, 2013The Ottawa Citizen reports, “Highly radioactive nuclear reactor fuel rods are to be clandestinely shipped by road from Chalk River to the United States under a non-proliferation effort to rid the Upper Ottawa Valley site of bomb-grade uranium. ...
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians February 13th, 2013 Michael Harris writes in iPolitics today, “Good science is what saves us from disastrous policy and the astronomical costs associated with getting it wrong. After the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) denied that there had been any c...
Ministry of Natural Resources needs to protect species at risk, while allowing resource development to thriveToronto Star editorial February 9 20113It’s a sad state of affairs when a government that once touted the merits of its Endangered Species Act is trying to undo the same rules a few years late...
Meaford prime example of foreign investment strategyBy:Roberta Avery Toronto Star Jan 18 2013 MEAFORD, ONT.—An investment company with corporate headquarters in Singapore is buying up prime parcels of cottage/ski country real estate and turning them into “land banks” for foreign investors.A2A Capital...
By GISELE WINTON SARVIS Midland Free Press February 6, 2013 Record low water levels in Georgian Bay are a “slow moving disaster,” Midland Mayor Gordon McKay says.The Sierra Club’s Mary Muter agrees, saying “this is Site 42 in my opinion.”...
Great Lakes organizations alarmedInternational Joint Commission offers “Adaptive Management” advice instead of dealing with a significant cause of the record-setting low water levels on Lakes Michigan/Huron/Georgian BayNews release Restore our Water February 4, 2013 As water levels in Lakes Michigan,...
Better understanding needed of chemicals in process, report saysBy Max Paris, Environment Unit, CBC News Posted: Feb 5, 2013Chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process — commonly called fracking — were of particular concern to Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan in his last report as audito...
Rules for fracking—a controversial technique used to extract oil and gas—will be reviewed by the Ontario governmentBy John Spears Toronto Star January 30 2013 Environmental rules for fracking – a controversial technique used to recover oil and gas from some rock formations – will be reviewed by the O...
Comments on Canada’s environmental assessment of the TPPBy Stuart Trew Council of Canadians January 30 2013 The Council of Canadians submitted the following comments to the Government of Canada’s request for information on the likely environmental impacts of the 11-country Trans-Pacific Partnership t...
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