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Climate Change Has Arrived
Through erratic weather patterns, forest fires and glacier melt we are already experiencing the effects of climate change. Worse, the process of climate change, based on the levels of greenhouse gases we have already put in the atmosphere, is likely to increase the severity and frequency of severe weather events. If we allow levels of greenhouse gases to continue to rise, the disasters of today will be dwarfed by future catastrophic impacts.
Clearly, one of humanity’s principal challenges in this century will be to stop climate change. To do this, we must drastically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) – gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide that trap heat in the atmosphere, raising global temperature and thereby spurring climate change.
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Sierra Club Canada Celebrates New Fuel Efficiency Standards
OTTAWA—The announcement today that Canada and the US will adopt California fuel efficiency standards is a victory for Sierra Club Canada, which launched a campaign in 2003 to adopt California’s regulations. The measures will oblige automakers to improve fuel efficiency 40% by 2016.
“Seven years of campaigning has paid off, Canadian drivers will now have efficient cars and the climate will have less greenhouse gas pollution,” said John Bennett Executive Director of Sierra Club Canada. “I wonder why it took 7 years though.”
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Federal Tories gut environmental assessments with sneaky changes: critics
OTTAWA - Environmental groups and opposition politicians say the federal Conservatives are trying to gut environmental assessment laws by sneaking in new rules in budget legislation.
"This is a big step backward about 20 years," John Bennett of the Sierra Club said Wednesday.
Budget legislation introduced in the House this week would give the environment minister the power to divide a large project up into smaller components for the purpose of studying its environmental impact.
"The minister may ... determine that the scope of the project in relation to which an environmental assessment is to be conducted is limited to one or more components of that project," says the legislation.... Read more »
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Bullying Canada’s Environment
OTTAWA--The federal government is afraid to deal with the environment honestly and in the open. The budget implementation bill introduced Monday contains changes to the Environmental Assessment Act that have nothing to do with the 2010 budget. The changes fly in the face of the recent Supreme Court decision on the Red Chris mine and validate Sierra Club Canada’s decision to challenge the regulatory changes made in last year’s budget.
"If these changes are just, then why not deal with them on their own instead of using an election threat to steal environmental protection from Canadians," said John Bennett, Executive Director of Sierra Club Canada.
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Fork in road to renewables
In Canada, only Alberta relies more heavily on coal to generate its
electricity than Nova Scotia. Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel. This
reliance makes Nova Scotians particularly vulnerable to price hikes, as
carbon pollution becomes more stringently regulated. Fortunately, Nova
Scotia has started its transition to a cleaner energy future by
planning to generate at least 25 per cent of electricity from renewable
resources by 2015. How can Nova Scotians ensure that they see the
benefits of the renewable energy transition now and beyond 2015?
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Your Assignment: Earth Hour events across Canada
Don't be alarmed. Dozens of Canadian cities, towns and communities may
fade to black Saturday night as people switch off their lights to mark
the global effort dubbed Earth Hour.
Aimed at promoting electricity conservation and lowering carbon emissions, the Earth Hour switchoff will generally start at 8:30 p.m. local time around the world.
From city landmarks to small communities, a ton of places across Canada have events planned for this Saturday night.
Aimed at promoting electricity conservation and lowering carbon emissions, the Earth Hour switchoff will generally start at 8:30 p.m. local time around the world.
From city landmarks to small communities, a ton of places across Canada have events planned for this Saturday night.
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The East Coast is all about music, with a free unplugged concert at Halifax City Hall
featuring Sons of Maxwell and Dave Gunning. At The Ship Inn in St.
John's, N.L., WWF-Canada, Sierra Club Canada and others host a night of
acoustic music by candlelight.
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