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  • Status quo recommendations for levels of upper Great Lakes should alarm Canadians and Americans

    From our friends at FoTTSA

    For Immediate Release                               

    Attention: Great Lakes, Water, Federal, Provincial ,Municipal Politics, Environment  

  • It’s time for regional transit

    Andrew Robinson’s article “How to get around,” Aug. 25, concerning regional public transit, outlined the absence of leadership and vision present among provincial and municipal leaders towards the subject.

    Unfortunately, the provincial government, in its energy policy document, exhibited its shortsightedness when it dismissed regional public transit as a viable option in its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To date they have tended to view it as a transportation option meriting little importance on their agenda.

  • Japan unveils plan to phase out nuclear power

    The Japanese government has unveiled a plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030, in a major policy shift after last year's Fukushima disaster.

    Under proposals put forward by a government panel, the reactors would be shut down completely by the year 2040.

    Before the Fukushima disaster, nuclear power supplied about a third of Japan's energy needs.

    Japan aims to increase the use of renewable energy and import more oil, coal and gas for its power needs.

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  • Peel Group Annual Fall Tree Planting -- Brampton, Sept. 8

    Come join us and our friends with Credit Valley Conservation to put a whole lot of trees in the ground. Saturday, Sept. 8 in Sandalwood Park, Brampton. Starts at 9 am and will be done by 1pm.

    All necessary planting equipment and drinks are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear your work boots! 

    Call 647-346-8744 or email Kristinaj@sierraclub.ca if you want to carpool from Toronto or Etobicoke.

  • Come See the Forest AND the Trees at the Planet in Focus festival

    We are very excited to be involved in the 13th Annual Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, October 10–14, 2012!

    Sierra Club Ontario is cosponsoring the screening of Rainforest: The Limit of Splendour, screening with Eyes in the Forest and Crown of Life. These are on the final day of the festival Sunday, October 14 at 4:00 PM at the spectacular TIFF Bell Lightbox (Cinema 2). 

  • Thank you to all participants and sponsors who helped make our May 5th tree planting a success!

    A big thank you to Evergreen & Walmart for supporting Sierra Club Ontario’s 12th Annual Earth Day Mississauga Tree Planting.

    Community tree plantings increase green space in Ontario while developing connections between citizens and nature. Sierra Club Ontario’s Peel Group enjoys a long-standing cooperative relationship with Credit Valley Conservation to engage and educate the public in environmental programs. This year’s event took place Saturday, May 5th 2012 at McLaughlin Pond. Originally created as a stormwater pond, the site now serves as wildlife habitat and was carefully selected to enrich it for both flora and fauna. First-arrivers to the event found a pair of orioles fluttering about and the plants surrounding the water’s edge featured red-wing blackbirds and native butterflies all day.

  • STOP THE RADIOACTIVE ROADTRIP

    One day soon, people in Ontario may spot an armed convoy passing through their town. Heavily armed guards will be protecting trucks carrying thousands of litres of radioactive waste containing highly enriched (weapons-grade) uranium in a toxic mixture of acid and countless other radioactive isotopes. It will be the most dangerous transport of nuclear waste ever attempted in Canada.

  • Update on REDD post-UN climate meetings

    According to Wikipedia: Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is a set of steps designed to use market and financial incentives in order to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from 

  • Community Wins Fight Against Huge Quarry

                         The Highland Companies has been working for years to try to dig a giant quarry in prime agricultural land, in the face of stiff community resistance. Today, the company announced it has withdrawn its application.

    By Hamutal Dotan • Photos by Corbin Smith

  • Technical Briefing for the Media on Arctic Ice

    Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012

    Time: 11:00 a.m.

    Location: Sierra Club Canada, Suite #412, 1 Nicholas St., Ottawa

    Ongoing weather events in the Arctic over the last few weeks and the resulting ice loss may have significant implications to the rate of climate change. Using satellite images, and the latest data being reported from established Arctic observers, Paul Beckwith of the University of Ottawa will provide a technical briefing on the present and the implications to future climate change. Space is limited please RSVP to: Executive.Director@sierraclub.ca or call 613.241.4611

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