FAO paper published during UN Climate Change Conference highlights food-secure futureFAO News release 29 November 2011The global food system needs to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels to succeed in feeding a growing world population, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said today...
NDP Environment Critic calls exercise a ‘farce,’ accuses government of already drafting legislative overhaul of EA process By Chris Plecash First Perspective November 28 2011 The House Environment Committee is winding down its statutory review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, a process t...
MNR and MOE get only three quarters of a cent of every tax dollarLake Ontario Waterkeeper release November 29 2011Ontario's Environmental Commissioner says we're losing momentum on dealing with environmenal issues. “I have 30 years of environmental protection experience and I’m nervous about our situ...
Letter from Simcoe Solar Farm Awareness Project November 29 2011Five more of the ten proposed industrial solar facilities in Simcoe County have been posted on the Environmental Registry. ...
News release from Survival International November 28 2011As the UN’s climate change conference begins in Durban, Survival International calls for the ecological knowledge and insights of tribal peoples to be heeded in global decisions concerning climate change....
By Valerie Hauch Toronto Star November 25 2011 Justice Peter Tetley told a courtroom Friday he knows there are many people in the province and country and “in my own family who consume raw milk.’’ And there may be “frailties in the current laws as far as the distribution of raw milk is concerned,” Te...
By Stuart Trew Council of Canadians November 23 2011 What the Conservative government hailed last week as a major WTO victory, U.S. consumer and public advocacy groups mourned as yet another attack on democracy by corporate trade deals. Read more ...
By Colin Perkel The Canadian Press Novemver 15 2011 More than a decade after the Walkerton disaster, much of Canada’s tap water remains at risk from contamination despite initial progress in front-line monitoring and treatment, a new report concludes. Read more ...
AWARE Simcoe November 22 2011 The following resolutionwas adopted at the annual meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. “Whereas the province of Ontario has an ongoing responsibility to protect and preserve food producing land for future generations and whereas the Ontario Federation ...
Heather Scoffield The Canadian Press November 17 2011 OTTAWA—The federal advisory body on sustainable development wants governments to put a price on water used by industry — even though Canada is awash in H2O, and companies are getting better at using it efficiently. Read more ...
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