Green Budget Coalition
Sierra Club Canada - Submission to the Senate Committee on Energy (Re: C-38)
Submission to the Senate Committee on Energy
Re: Bill C-38
John Bennett, Executive Director
Sierra Club Canada
Thursday, May 31 201
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- Alberta Tar Sands and Mackenzie River Delta
- Biotechnology
- Challenging Unsustainable Aquaculture
- Clean Up Chalk River!
- Climate Change
- Climate Summits
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- Forests and Climate Change
- Green Budget Coalition
- Municipal Pesticide-Free Campaign
- People Trade & the Environment News Digest
- Population and the Environment
- Right to Water
- The Boreal Forest
- Toxic Sludge
- Water
- A Park as Tribute to Andy Russell
- Alberta Tar Sands Pipelines
- CAFE Canada
- Energy Onslaught
- Fair Trade
- Forests and Biodiversity
- General - No issue selected
- International Program
- Nuclear Phaseout
- Pesticide Awareness
- Poverty Reduction for Environmental Conservation
- Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Fisheries
- Toxics Awareness and Education
- Water Quality
- Wilderness and Species Conservation
- Alberta Centennial Wilds
- Ban Asbestos
- Food Irradiation
- National Forest Strategy
- Nuclear Subsidies
- Oceans
- Protecting Marine Areas from the Threat of Oil and Gas Development
- Renewable Energy
- Toxics
- Trade and Environment
- Waste Diversion
- Water Conservation
- Alberta Grizzlies
- Caribou - Endangered
- Food Miles
- Government
- Industrial Water Consumption
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Pesticides
- Radioactive Waste
- Sydney Tar Ponds
- Andy Russell – I’tai sah kòp (Castle)
- Great Lakes
- Nuclear-Free Canada
- Toxins In Food Consumables and Packaging
- Bighorn Country
- Intensive Livestock Operations
- National Water Strategy
- Endangered Species
- Mussel / Shrimp / Salmon Aquaculture
- Water Exports
- Flathead Valley
- Virtual Water Exports
- Mountain Park - Cheviot
- Indigenous Sovereignty
- Atmosphere & Energy
- Health & Environment
- Protecting Biodiversity
- Transition to Sustainable Economy
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UPDATE: #BlackOutSpeakOut Events
#BlackOutSpeakOut Update
We are just a week away from #BlackOutSpeakOut day (June 4th). I can tell you the campaign momentum is building! The list of participating organizations is over 100 and growing! Maude Barlow just told me The Council of Canadians is also joining the protest. All across the country Canadians are recognizing that silence is not an option in face of the war on nature and democracy.
This week here in Ottawa we have two events:
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- Alberta Tar Sands and Mackenzie River Delta
- Biotechnology
- Challenging Unsustainable Aquaculture
- Clean Up Chalk River!
- Climate Change
- Climate Summits
- Ecological Fiscal Reform
- Ecosystems
- Forests
- Forests and Climate Change
- Green Budget Coalition
- Municipal Pesticide-Free Campaign
- People Trade & the Environment News Digest
- Population and the Environment
- Right to Water
- The Boreal Forest
- Toxic Sludge
- Water
- A Park as Tribute to Andy Russell
- Alberta Tar Sands Pipelines
- CAFE Canada
- Energy Onslaught
- Fair Trade
- Forests and Biodiversity
- General - No issue selected
- International Program
- Nuclear Phaseout
- Pesticide Awareness
- Poverty Reduction for Environmental Conservation
- Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Fisheries
- Toxics Awareness and Education
- Water Quality
- Wilderness and Species Conservation
- Alberta Centennial Wilds
- Ban Asbestos
- Food Irradiation
- National Forest Strategy
- Nuclear Subsidies
- Oceans
- Protecting Marine Areas from the Threat of Oil and Gas Development
- Renewable Energy
- Toxics
- Trade and Environment
- Waste Diversion
- Water Conservation
- Alberta Grizzlies
- Caribou - Endangered
- Food Miles
- Government
- Industrial Water Consumption
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Pesticides
- Radioactive Waste
- Sydney Tar Ponds
- Andy Russell – I’tai sah kòp (Castle)
- Great Lakes
- Nuclear-Free Canada
- Toxins In Food Consumables and Packaging
- Bighorn Country
- Intensive Livestock Operations
- National Water Strategy
- Endangered Species
- Mussel / Shrimp / Salmon Aquaculture
- Water Exports
- Flathead Valley
- Virtual Water Exports
- Mountain Park - Cheviot
- Indigenous Sovereignty
- Atmosphere & Energy
- Health & Environment
- Protecting Biodiversity
- Transition to Sustainable Economy
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#BlackOutSpeakOut Ottawa Teach-in May 30th
Dear Friends,
It has been a busy few weeks here in Ottawa and across the country. People everywhere are talking about devastating changes to environmental law and regulation (Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and Fisheries Act) undemocratically crammed into the federal budget.... Read more »
- Alberta Tar Sands and Mackenzie River Delta
- Biotechnology
- Challenging Unsustainable Aquaculture
- Clean Up Chalk River!
- Climate Change
- Climate Summits
- Ecological Fiscal Reform
- Ecosystems
- Forests
- Forests and Climate Change
- Green Budget Coalition
- Municipal Pesticide-Free Campaign
- People Trade & the Environment News Digest
- Population and the Environment
- Right to Water
- The Boreal Forest
- Toxic Sludge
- Water
- A Park as Tribute to Andy Russell
- Alberta Tar Sands Pipelines
- CAFE Canada
- Energy Onslaught
- Fair Trade
- Forests and Biodiversity
- General - No issue selected
- International Program
- Nuclear Phaseout
- Pesticide Awareness
- Poverty Reduction for Environmental Conservation
- Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Fisheries
- Toxics Awareness and Education
- Water Quality
- Wilderness and Species Conservation
- Alberta Centennial Wilds
- Ban Asbestos
- Food Irradiation
- National Forest Strategy
- Nuclear Subsidies
- Oceans
- Protecting Marine Areas from the Threat of Oil and Gas Development
- Renewable Energy
- Toxics
- Trade and Environment
- Waste Diversion
- Water Conservation
- Alberta Grizzlies
- Caribou - Endangered
- Food Miles
- Government
- Industrial Water Consumption
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Pesticides
- Radioactive Waste
- Sydney Tar Ponds
- Andy Russell – I’tai sah kòp (Castle)
- Great Lakes
- Nuclear-Free Canada
- Toxins In Food Consumables and Packaging
- Bighorn Country
- Intensive Livestock Operations
- National Water Strategy
- Endangered Species
- Mussel / Shrimp / Salmon Aquaculture
- Water Exports
- Flathead Valley
- Virtual Water Exports
- Mountain Park - Cheviot
- Indigenous Sovereignty
- Atmosphere & Energy
- Health & Environment
- Protecting Biodiversity
- Transition to Sustainable Economy
Green Budget Coalition Releases Self-Financing Recommendations For 2011 Federal Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2010
Green Budget Coalition Releases
Self-Financing Recommendations
For 2011 Federal Budget
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Prentice defends environmental policies
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jim Prentice was forced to defend his government’s environmental policies as critics continued to slam the feds for failing to address climate change in the budget.
“If anyone ever wanted evidence the government doesn’t believe in climate change all they need to do is read this budget,” said John Bennett, executive director of Sierra Club Canada. “There’s nothing in here that’ll reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.”
Additional Excerpt:
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May called the budget “a kick in the teeth” to the environment, while NDP Leader Jack Layton expressed concerns about more than $50 million in planned cuts to Environment Canada’s budget.... Read more »
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