2 September, 2010
Vancouver, BC—Twelve environmental groups are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to save Fish Lake, home to 80,000 rainbow trout and sacred to...
18 August, 2010
(Toronto) On August 18th, Sierra Club Canada initiated legal action in Ontario court seeking a halt to plans which would sacrifice endangered and threatened...
17 August, 2010
CALGARY — Three environmental groups have joined with four Alberta First Nations to urge the federal environment minister to provide emergency...
1 September, 2010
The province's Culture Minister admits the makers of the movie Dirty Oil, which will make it's Calgary debut later this month,...
30 August, 2010
High levels of toxic pollutants in Alberta's Athabasca River system are linked to oilsands mining, researchers have found.
The...
30 August, 2010
A campaign to boycott Alberta-sourced gasoline has gained momentum after trendy clothing manufacturers and a major U.S. drugstore chain...
Robb Barnes
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2010-09-01 12:00
August 31, 2010
Dear Mr. Binder,
I have reviewed Mr. LeBlanc’s response to my letter to you. He suggests I misunderstood the role of the CNSC staff in providing advice to the tribunal for consideration and that “the Commission tribunal is a quasi-judicial administrative body with independent members who make fair and transparent decisions based on...
Robb Barnes
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2010-08-17 11:20
Sierra Club Canada agrees with the CNSC on the topic of the transport of the Bruce Power steam generators. There is “value to ensuring both a proper understanding of the scope of this undertaking and presentation of accurate information relating to the health, safety and risk.” It is also important to maintain public confidence in the environmental assessment process and the CNSC...
Robb Barnes
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2010-07-29 10:18
Sierra Club Canada has learned Bruce Power plans to ship 16 radioactive steam generators out of Owen Sound, ON. The radioactive generators from a faulty reactor are slated to travel via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River to a recycling facility in Sweden.
Click here to learn about the problems with the plan and demand that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) put...
Robb Barnes
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2010-07-28 14:58
TIVERTON, ON – July 22, 2010 – A letter posted to the website of the Sierra Club regarding Bruce Power’s proposal to recycle steam generators as part of our Bruce A Restart project contains a number of inaccuracies which we would like to clear up.
Bruce Power has met the requirements of the Environmental Assessment and the steam...
Robb Barnes
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2010-07-19 09:58
15 July 2010
Anne-Marie Erickson
Secretary of the Board
National Energy Board
444 Seventh Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2P 0X8
Facsimile 403-292-5503
File OF-EP-Gen-AODR 01
PUBLIC REVIEW OF ARCTIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSHORE DRILLING REQUIREMENTS
Dear Ms. Erickson:
Sierra Club...
John Bennett
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Il y a 18h 23 min
Busy week writing letters to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. It's a futile thing really, but it's our job to shout for...
John Bennett
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Il y a 2 semaines 2 jours
Look out - the oil companies are going to be demanding another reward for bad behaviour.
The burst pipeline that leaked a million...
Robb Barnes
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Il y a 3 semaines 16h
Here’s where environmental messaging hits a brick wall. You’re trying to get people excited, and all you have to offer is bad...
