waste & Recyling News – March 2 2012 The Vermont House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to a bill that would ban certain recyclable materials from landfills. House Bill 485 would ban batteries from landfills immediately, recyclable materials including plastic and glass containe...
By M.J. Deschamps | EUROPEAN PLASTICS NEWS March 1 2012 As global demand for rigid plastic packaging is rising, environmental awareness is increasing. In response, many manufacturers and retailers are moving towards greater sustainability, targeting both effectiveness and environmentalism with their ...
March 6 rally coincides with annual Prospectors and Developers Association Conference By Shawn Bell Wawatay News March 2 2012 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (KI) is taking the fight to stop exploration on its traditional lands to Toronto. Read more ...
Time for Canadian government to set its scientists free, magazine says The Canadian Press Mar 2, 2012 One of the world’s leading scientific journals is accusing the Harper government of limiting its scientists from speaking publicly about their research. Read more ...
The real scandal on Parliament HillExerpt from Ottawa Citizen March 1 2012...a greater danger to the functioning of our democracy was laid out at a committee meeting this week by Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, far from the bright lights. He reported that MPs are “starved of information” nec...
Damage control at ROMA The Canadian Press Feb 28, 2012 Local governments will have more say over wind and solar energy projects, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday after a handful of politicians walked out on his speech to the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association. Read more ...
Weak environmental laws jeopardize public health and safety and the integrity of First Nations consultationNews release, endorsing organizations - February 29, 2012VANCOUVER and OTTAWA - Today 40 groups, from internationally-known organizations like Council of Canadians and Greenpeace, to local citiz...
Seattle to Create Nation’s Largest Public Food Forest Treehugger blof February 28 2012 Earlier this month, planners broke ground in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood for what will be the nation’s largest free and open edible landscape, the Beacon Food Forest, a project three years ...
BY JOHN BONNAR Rabble FEBRUARY 28, 2012 Occupy Gardens Toronto that held a Seed Exchange outside the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday. Find out more Fresh Food for all Forever ...
Waters of the World Threatened By Dumping of 180M Tonnes of Toxic TailingsNews release from Earthworks, MiningWatch Canada February 28, 2012WASHINGTON/OTTAWA, Feb. 28 – Each year, mining companies dump more than 180 million tonnes of hazardous mine waste into rivers, lakes, and oceans worldwide....
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