Wednesday, May 15, the Sierra Club Niagara Group is joining the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Women’s Indigenous Initiatives, and the International Institute of Concern for Public Health at a press conference on Main Street in front of the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Buffalo. This event is called to inform the citizens of New York State of the DOE plan to ship HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE LIQUID WASTE 1,000 miles across public roads and bridges in the U.S. and Canada. Atomic Energy Canada Limited (AECL) is planning to truck 23,000 liters of highly radioactive liquid waste from its Chalk River Laboratory (CRL) in Ontario to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina. The shipments could...
News Releases
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 09:46
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Ecosystems, National, Nuclear Phaseout, Renewable Energy, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear-Free Canada, Atmosphere & Energy, Health & Environment, Transition to Sustainable Economy
Saturday, May 4, 2013 - 13:39
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Ecosystems, Pesticides, Health & Environment, Protecting Biodiversity, Transition to Sustainable Economy
Sierra Club Canada is calling on the federal government to follow the lead of European Union and take action to protect at-risk bee populations by banning three neonicotinoid pesticides: Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam.
The pesticides, which attack the bees’ nervous system, are being banned in Europe after strong evidence from a European Food Safety Authority study linked them to the bee die-off witnessed in Europe.
RELATED: Bee deaths lead to EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides BBC News (April 29, 2013)
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Friday, May 3, 2013 - 10:39
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Ecosystems, National, Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Wilderness and Species Conservation, Toxics, Government, Pesticides, Toxins In Food Consumables and Packaging, Health & Environment, Protecting Biodiversity, Transition to Sustainable Economy
Milton, Ontario, May 1, 2013: The Ontario Beekeepers’ Association (OBA), congratulates the EU on Monday’s decision to ban the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam) that have been tied for the devastation of thousands of bee colonies in the province.
"The EU vote clearly shows there is scientific and public support around the globe for policies which protect honey bees and other pollinators and recognize their essential role in food production and healthy ecosystems," said Dan Davidson, President of the OBA.
In 2012, Ontario experienced widespread losses of more than 5,000 colonies in various...
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 11:08
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Restore Our Water International (ROWI) applauds the International Joint Commission (IJC’s) Advice to Governments to investigate installation of flow reduction structures in the St. Clair River to respond to the ongoing low water crisis across the middle and upper Great Lakes.
On April 15th, the IJC advised the U.S. and Canadian governments that they should investigate structural options to provide up to 25 centimeters (or 10”) of relief to Lakes Michigan and Huron water levels, in a manner which would not exacerbate flooding and erosion problems if water supplies changed substantially. ROWI believes that this is a good first step, but encourages the governments to broaden this investigation two-fold (...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 15:04
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Water, Health & Environment
Sierra Club Canada congratulates Premier Kathleen Wynne for stepping up to save the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA). The ELA is an essential part of Canada's environmental protection infrastructure and necessary for understanding how our environment is impacted by human activity.
"We thought the ELA was an endangered species until Premier Wynne stepped up," said Dan McDermott, Director of Sierra Club Canada’s Ontario Chapter.
The ELA was fundamental in demonstrating the how our lakes were being effected by Sulphur emissions from power plants and smelters. ELA research ultimately led to the US-Canada air quality agreement which prompted a significant reduction in toxic...
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 14:15
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Restore Our Water International (ROWI) and Sierra Club Canada criticize the International Joint Commission (IJC) Draft Great Lakes Regional Adaptive Management Plan as being insufficient for solving the current low water crisis on Lakes Michigan and Huron. The IJC recently finished conducting webinars on their proposed plan and has sought public comments. The IJC plan calls for improvements in monitoring climate change effects across the Great Lakes region and management of water levels and flows throughout the system. The IJC plan, however, does not include any distinct actions to remedy persistent low water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron, including Georgian Bay, which are significantly lower than the other Great Lakes.
ROWI was recently formed as an umbrella group of...
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 16:40
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(OTTAWA) A study published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences found environmental assessments triggered by the Fisheries Act prior to the 2012 omnibus bill were NOT taking too long to conclude. In fact, most were completed in less time than the new Act requires, proving the government misled Parliament and Canadians.
"Government and industry representatives misled Parliament and lied to Canadians," said John Bennett Executive Director. “We now have clear evidence there were NO excessive delays and absolutely no need to gut Canada's environmental protection laws, which took us 35 years to build....
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 20:05
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Right to Water, Water, Water Quality, Water Conservation, Industrial Water Consumption, Great Lakes, National Water Strategy, Health & Environment
The International Year of Water Cooperation:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 22, 2013
The International Year of Water Cooperation:
Restore Our Water International aims to make a global issue local
World Water Day is held annually on March 22rd as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. 2013 has been declared as the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation.
Restore Our Water International (ROWI) is a non-profit organization concerned with the unfolding crisis of rapidly declining water levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence basin. Mary Muter, Sierra Club’s Great Lakes Section Chair and ROWI...
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 20:11
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Alberta Tar Sands Pipelines, Energy Onslaught, Renewable Energy, Nuclear-Free Canada
OTTAWA -- Sierra Club Canada is very encouraged the U.S. State Department’s conclusion that the United States does not require the Keystone XL Pipeline to meet its energy demands.
“This clears the way for President Obama to reject the Keystone pipeline. If Keystone isn't needed, why would President Obama approve it," said John Bennett, Executive Director of Sierra Club Canada. “This is clearly the most significant conclusion in the 2000 page report.”
Sierra Club Canada has concerns with some sections of the report, namely that the authors took a narrow view in their analysis of overall greenhouse gas implications associated with Tar Sands development.
Sierra Club Canada will continue its review of the State Department's draft...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 14:15
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OTTAWA - Sierra Club Canada congratulates outgoing Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan on an honest, hard hitting report on the lack of environmental stewardship by the federal government. Unfortunately it confirms the worst fears of Canadians: that the federal government is not providing environmental stewardship.
"I want to thank Mr. Vaughan for his honest and forthright report on environmental protection in Canada. Unfortunately it is very scary news," said John Bennett, Executive...
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