Dans les nouvelles
2013-05-28 13:08
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National, Ontario Chapter, Nuclear Phaseout, Nuclear Subsidies, Renewable Energy, Nuclear-Free Canada, Atmosphere & Energy
Ontario’s oldest nuclear plant pleads its case this week for a few more years of active life.But nuclear skeptics say it’s time to bring down the axe on the Pickering nuclear station.It’s an old debate that pits hardened nuclear campaigners such as Greenpeace against low-profile supporters such as the Pickering Soccer Club.It comes to a head because the Pickering station’s operating license runs out this year. But Ontario Power Generation, which owns and operates the...
2013-05-13 13:50
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Climate Change, Ecosystems, Pesticide Awareness, Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Government, Pesticides, Health & Environment, Protecting Biodiversity
Food production and bees: Believe it or not, the two go hand-in-hand … like milk and honey.Bees serve an all-important role in transferring pollen and seeds from one flower to another - a practice that supports at least 30 per cent of the world's food crops and 90 per cent of our wild plants, according to the U.S.-based Natural Resources Defense Council.But despite a bee's integral role in cross-pollination, news that their population is on the decline is unlikely to come up at...
2013-05-13 13:07
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Climate Change, Ecosystems, Pesticide Awareness, Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Pesticides, Health & Environment
Canada has no plans right now to follow the European Union's decision to ban a class of pesticides it believes is responsible for the deaths of many honey bees.Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency said it already started a comprehensive review of three pesticides in the neonicotinoid class following last year's accidental poisonings of more than 200 apiaries in Ontario and Quebec by farmers applying the pesticides during plantings.But it said that review is continuing...
2013-05-13 12:58
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Climate Change, Ecosystems, Pesticide Awareness, Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Health & Environment
Dan Davidson’s bees are dying, and by the thousands.“I was hoping this wouldn’t happen again this year,” said Davidson, a farmer near London, Ont. “But it is and we can’t do anything. The pesticide is so widespread … the bees can’t escape it.”The “it” he’s talking about is a group of insecticides known as neonicotinoids. These insect neurotoxins are wide used in agriculture — and have been linked to the decline of...
2013-04-19 11:02
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Transition to Sustainable Economy
Environmental activism has come of age. As recently as twenty-five years ago, its adherents were commonly disparaged as tree huggers and extremists. In the years since, thanks mostly to such disasters as the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon oil spills, they have outgrown these pejoratives—in the eyes of reasonable people, at least. A turning point was Al Gore’s 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which for millions of viewers settled the debate on climate change.Greenpeace...
2013-04-15 14:10
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Government, Atmosphere & Energy
As the narrow window closes on the opportunity to voice concerns about the reversal of a pipeline that could transport diluted bitumen across Ontario – including through major urban centres such as Toronto – some people living near the conduit are taking it upon themselves to alert others to the potential hazards. One of them is Jan Morrissey, a Toronto woman who is frustrated with the lack of clear information provided about the Line 9B reversal by either Enbridge Inc., the...
2013-04-12 10:25
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General - No issue selected, Atmosphere & Energy
Reliable natural gas service in Ontario could be affected by TransCanada Corp.’s plans to convert its main gas pipeline to carry oil, says Enbridge Gas Distribution.In a letter to the Ontario Energy Board, Enbridge says it needs prompt approval of a $600 million pipeline project of its own in Greater Toronto to keep gas flowing to Ontario customers.“The timely decision for the GTA project is critical,” writes Enbridge senior manager Edith Chin, who wants approval by September....
2013-04-05 17:39
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Ecosystems, General - No issue selected, Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Oceans, Renewable Energy, Trade and Environment, Government, Nuclear-Free Canada, Indigenous Sovereignty, Atmosphere & Energy, Health & Environment, Protecting Biodiversity, Transition to Sustainable Economy
Montré du droit par le gouvernement Harper l'an dernier au moment des réformes des lois environnementales, le processus d'évaluation de l'ancienne Loi sur les pêches était en fait très efficace.C'est ce que conclut une étude, la première du genre, réalisée par une équipe de l'Université de Toronto et publiée par NRC Research Press, une entité indépendante du Conseil...
2013-04-05 17:35
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Ecosystems, Water, Oceans, Toxics, Trade and Environment, Government, Atmosphere & Energy, Health & Environment, Protecting Biodiversity, Transition to Sustainable Economy
Research is questioning the logic behind the federal government's move to streamline environmental assessments.After tracking thousands of assessments over a decade, the peer-reviewed findings of Derrick de Kerckhove suggest a great majority of Fisheries Act environmental reviews over the last decade were completed well within recommended timelines.Nor was there a bottleneck of projects being held up by a clogged review process, he said."We didn't find any. Even when the input was...
