Sierra in the News
2008-02-20 01:00
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Climate Summits
VICTORIA -- Driving and other fuel-dependent activities are about to get more expensive as British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax.However, Finance Minister Carole Taylor vowed Tuesday that all money collected through the new tax will be returned through matching tax cuts and credits."We have to find a way that we can work towards improving our environment, but at the same time do it in a way that keeps our economy strong,...
2008-02-16 01:00
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Climate Summits
Dans son 14e rapport annuel, le Sierra Club du Canada félicite le Québec pour son action au chapitre des changements climatiques.L'organisme, qui évalue depuis 1993 l'action des provinces et du fédéral quant à leurs engagements internationaux, a attribué la note de A+ au Québec pour son plan de lutte contre les gaz à effet de serre présenté jeudi par le gouvernement Charest. Il mérite toutefois un C en ce qui a trait à la biodiversité.Les gouvernements de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard et de Terre-...
2008-02-14 01:00
Amid a waterfall of urgent environmental messages, a huge chunk of Mother Earth is being largely overlooked.Oceans hold 97 per cent of the globe's water and cover 71 per cent of its surface area, 40 per cent of Canada's. The oceans also produce half the world's oxygen, more than forests.Yet, according to polling data, most folks view oceans in the manner of "a respected distant uncle who is out of sight and out of mind."The public, says the Ocean Project, a U.S opinion survey, is more...
2008-02-14 01:00
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Climate Summits
TORONTO — The federal Conservatives deserve a failing grade for their environmental record over the last year, while kudos go to Quebec and British Columbia for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Sierra Club of Canada said Wednesday.The report, released in advance of Saturday’s three-year anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol’s implementation, suggests federal officials have a lot to learn from their municipal and provincial counterparts when it comes to fighting climate change....
2008-02-02 01:00
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Alberta Tar Sands and Mackenzie River Delta
Peter Cyprien says mutant, diseased fish are no kind of legacy to leave his children.The Fort Chipewyan resident is co-chairman of a new lobby group called the Keepers of the Athabasca. He was in Edmonton yesterday to participate in a new coalition of 55 organizations against expanding oilsands production.Cyprien described how production waste-water has been poisoning the Athabasca - telling of fish with ulcers and inedible moose meat."Basically, they're taking our lives away," he...
2008-01-29 01:00
Une nouvelle coalition voit le jour pour tenter de bloquer la construction du port méthanier à Lévis, malgré l'approbation du gouvernement du Québec. La coalition, qui comprend une vingtaine d'organismes dont Greenpeace, Fondation rivières et le Sierra Club, espère relancer le débat à l'échelle de la province.Les opposants ont présenté mardi un nouveau manifeste intitulé « Stop au méthanier ». Les opposants réitèrent que le gouvernement du Québec est courtisé depuis les dernières années par le...
2008-01-28 01:00
The windchill hit -47C the morning Grand Riverkeeper Labrador and its experts travelled across the Churchill River in the komatiks of Mud Lake residents.For those in the caravan who hadn't visited Labrador before, they were certainly getting the true Labrador experience.They were in Mud Lake for the fourth and final public information session hosted by Grand Riverkeeper Labrador about the proposed Lower Churchill development.The sessions provided a forum for residents to voice their concerns...
2008-01-18 01:00
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Andy Russell – I’tai sah kòp (Castle)
The basement of the Municipal District of Pincher Creek building was jam- packed on Jan. 9 as a follow-up meeting was held in regards to the future of grazing in the Castle area.Diane Pachal from the Sierra Club had asked representatives from both the Alberta Sustainable Resource Development office and Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture to attend to answer specific grazing questions from grazing permit holders. MD Council members, Rod Zielinski, Reeve Rodney Cyr and John Russell...
2008-01-17 01:00
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CAFE Canada
MONTREAL — The federal government has announced a proposal to improve fuel-economy standards on vehicles by 2020.Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon said Thursday the government will consult the automotive industry on ways to improve fuel-efficiency standards.“Our government recognizes the transportation sector is one of the largest sources of greenhouse-gas and air-pollutant emissions in Canada and that is why we are taking action now,” Cannon said at the Montreal Auto Show. “The U.S. Congress...
2008-01-16 01:00
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Alberta Tar Sands and Mackenzie River Delta
An environmental lobby went to court Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to block an oilsands project it claims could damage northern Alberta's environment.Sean Nixon, lawyer for the group Ecojustice, said a federal-provincial joint panel that approved Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands project made mistakes when it concluded in a report released last February that the open-pit mine project would not likely result in significant environmental damage.Nixon said that conclusion was based on the assumption...
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