Massive Mega Quarry event frames panorama of quarry landsNDACT news release June 14 2912Honeywood, ON – This summer’s big event to raise funds and awareness about a proposed mega quarry north of Orangeville will include a scenic panorama of the proposed quarry lands....
Dogwood Initiative June 07, 2012 by Karl Hardin Canadian Artist Franke James Calls Stephen Harper And Joe Oliver Out In This Hard-Hitting Visual Essay ...
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 Environmental Outlook starkly spells out the uncomfortable ...
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: TELL PREMIER McGUINTY TO PROTECT ENDANGERED WILDLI...
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, says a local environmentalist.Environment Minis...
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 hunting regulations. The Town of Essex and the Towns...
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 supported his wife and seven children.Until six years a...
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....
Uniting progressives at the grassroots level — is Simcoe North alone?By Tim Harper Toronto Star June 5 2012OTTAWA—In its most extreme form, it’s a merger.More commonly, it is known as “loose co-operation,” or collaboration, or “uniting progressives.’’...
Scientists release open letter condemning decision to close Ontario facilityBy Margo McDiarmid, Environment Unit, CBC News Jun 5, 2012 (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.)NDP MPs are urging the federal government to reverse its decision to close the in...
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