Insist on a full Environmental Assessment for largest quarry ever in CanadaAWARE Simcoe June 5 2011We have received a Call to Action from CAUSE (Citizens' Alliance United for a Sustainable Environment) for people to voice their concerns about the mega-quarry proposed by the Highland Companies. Amazin...
AWARE Simcoe June 4 2011Beth Brass Elson from Beausoleil Island First Nation, the First Nations representative on the AWARE Simcoe board, has embarked on the Mother Earth Water Walk.It's a journey to call attention to the sacred gift of water, the source of all life. She crossed the border at the Sau...
News release from Council of Canadians June 3 2011Halifax, NS – Municipal councillors from across the country arrived in Halifax today for the annual general meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and the Council of Canadians was there to greet them. Activists from the organization wa...
By MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT Globe and Mail Jun. 01, 2011 First came lumber certified as environmentally friendly, then seafood. Now a move is afoot to give gravel – blasted out of open-pit mines, then hauled out using diesel-belching trucks – the green seal of approval. Read more ...
MNR flooded with calls from supporters of Anishinabe rightsFrom Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek June 1 2011Thanks for supporting Grassy Narrows' efforts to assert their land rights and self-determination on their territory. The Ministry of Natural Resources was flooded with calls and...
ACTION ALERT from Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek May 31 2011Grassy Narrows grassroots women are blocking the MNR from accessing their territory right now!Call the MNR Kenora office to express your support: (807) 468-2501...
But Anishinabe trustee Jeff Monague is opposed – it’s a racial slur By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance May 31, 2011 ANGUS – The name of the Simcoe County District School Board’s newest high school shows those who write the history books rule once more. Nottawasaga Pines – the first choice of ...
Nuclear power: Should Canada follow Germany’s lead? CBC May 30 2011 Scroll down and vote Germany will shut down all of the country’s nuclear reactors by 2022, according to a plan adopted early Monday. Read more...
Policy makers wary of dealing with issue By FELICITY BARRINGER New York Times IRVINE, Calif. — Scientists have been using small variations in the Earth’s gravity to identify trouble spots around the globe where people are making unsustainable demands on groundwater, one of the planet’s main sources ...
Learning From Japan’s Nuclear Disaster by Amory B. Lovins Rocky Mountain Institute March 18, 2011 As heroic workers and soldiers strive to save stricken Japan from a new horror—radioactive fallout—some truths known for 40 years bear repeating. An earthquake-and-tsunami zone crowded with 127 mil...
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