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ActionH2O seeks to harness a grassroots collective effort to develop new conservation and efficiency-based approaches to water management that are adopted by local governments. This bottom-up effort has HUGE potential to change how water is managed across the whole country!
The goal of ActionH2O is to work with 20 cities and towns across Canada over the next 1½ years to identify locally relevant solutions and opportunities for action on water conservation.
Using “How To” handbooks and primers, cutting-edge research, a Water Sustainability Charter Toolkit, and a unique visual-based resource that outlines the full application of best water practices called "Canada’s Bluest City", and the ingenuity of grassroots groups across the country, ActionH2O will bring a comprehensive suite of water conservation planning and action resources to the doors of Canadian communities.
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Oil worries sweep Gulf of St. Lawrence
While much attention has been given to the deep oil well being drilled by Chevron hundreds of kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland, the Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition has been trying to stop similar exploration in shallower water much closer to the mainland.
Corridor Resources Inc. has been given the license to explore oil and gas resources in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in what is known as the Old Harry prospect, located midway between the Magdalen Islands and Cape Anguille in western Newfoundland.
And the folks who depend on fishing and tourism in the Gulf are not happy – especially as they watch the United States cope with the aftermath of the biggest oil spill in its history.
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Alarm bells sounded by Ms. Gorman have prompted a number of voices to join the call for a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Link to source site:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/oil-worries-sweep-g... Look out
Submitted by John Bennett on Tue, 2010-08-17 11:52
Look out - the oil companies are going to be demanding another reward for bad behaviour.
The burst pipeline that leaked a million gallons of Alberta crude into the Kalamazoo River remains closed after US authorities turned down a restart. Turns out they couldn't verify it was safe.
Now Endbridge, fearing its line through Superior, Wisconsin might not be up to snuff, has reduced the pressure in the pipe. This cuts back the amount of crude flowing to Sarnia refineries even more.
So look out. Here comes a supply/demand argument for a bump in the price at the pumps.
Why is it only the oil industry can get away with this?
Have a cool one on the Sierra Club at the Hope Volleyball SummerFest
OTTAWA - Sierra Club Canada, in association with Event Water
Solutions, will help eliminate the need for plastic water bottles by
supplying free drinking water to the estimated 10,000 participants in
the Hope Volleyball SummerFest this Saturday.
“You can have fun, support a great cause and protect the environment
all at the same time," said Isabelle Gingras, Sierra Club Canada’s
Water Campaigner.
Thirsty volleyball players and spectators can use one of two water
stations to refill their own water bottles with cold, filtered
drinking water. There will be no need to buy disposable plastic water
bottles. The public is being asked to bring their reusable water
containers to the event.
Sierra Club Canada is sponsoring this event through its Action H20
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The energy question
Submitted by Robb Barnes on Wed, 2010-06-09 10:10
Let’s pretend there was no BP oil spill. No explosion killing eleven offshore workers. No waves of viscous and pungent grease choking wetlands and sensitive wildlife breeding grounds. No sticky end to the Gulf fishing season, with the portent of immense lasting damage.
Would we still be discussing the hazards of offshore drilling and transport?
Sure, albeit in a very limited way. After all, there is always a deeply concerned minority on issues like these.
But now the conversation is more urgent, more passionate. The minority may gradually, finally be turning into a majority.
Yet the problem is far larger than this disaster alone. In fact, it’s bigger than “BP” or “oil” altogether. The danger lies in human energy needs, and in the way we’re trying to meet them.
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It's food or floods say Ajax, environmental groups
AJAX-PICKERING -- Whether to develop a swath of land in northeast Pickering boils down to a choice between food and floods, Ajax Mayor Steve Parish and allies from environmental groups say.
On June 2, Mayor Parish joined Sierra Club Ontario chapter director Dan McDermott in releasing a Sierra Club report supporting Ajax's stance that the headwaters of the Carruthers Creek in Pickering should not be developed.
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http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/article/155770 Campaigner Profile
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Isabelle Gingras
Isabelle recently graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Master’s degree in Environment and Sustainability, a unique program that focuses on cultivating environmental professionals and leaders in their field. The Kenyan village of Lake Naivasha was her most recent project, focusing...
