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  • Fast rising seas no matter of debate, and must be a matter of policy

    A new analysis of worldwide temperatures over the past 60 years has found more evidence that global warming is already upon us, and is responsible for extreme heat waves — such as the ones in Russia in 2010 and in Texas and Oklahoma last year.

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  • Getting to Know Ontario’s Wildlife: The Coyote

    By Julia Kole

    Sneaky suburban invader? Pesky predator?  Mangy mutt? Wile E. Coyote?

    Are any of these the taglines that come to mind when you think of the Canis latrans? Many people are familiar with this clever wild canine; however, there are many misconceptions out there that give these creatures a bad name. I hope that this small article will help bring coyotes out of the shifty shadows of misunderstanding and into the light of respect.

    The Fast Facts:

    Type: Mammal

    Size: length, 120-150 cm; tail, 40 cm; height, 50-66 cm

    Weight: 9-18 kg

    Lifespan: up to 14 years

  • James Schwartz's Open Letter to a Bicycle Helmet

    I love my bike and can't stand my helmet. I've made new year's resolutions to start wearing a helmet that always fail by February. Luckily, it's a personal choice, not the law where I live so I can "forget" and not pay for it. TO blogger James Schwartz (the Urban Country) has compiled info about bike safety & the desire to make biking second-nature in his clever article "Dear Bicycle Helmet"

    Dear Bicycle Helmet:

     

  • Information lacking on Ontario pipeline plans, activists say

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  • Urban River Valleys Mean More Growth for Ontario Greenbelt

    Our friends with Friends of the Greenbelt are featured in this article in Alternatives Journal. Check it out -- if not for the Greenbelt content then for the super-cool aerial photo of the Humber River outflow to Lake O.

    http://www.alternativesjournal.ca/community/blogs/current-events/urban-river-valleys-mean-more-growth-ontario-greenbelt

  • 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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  • Northern Gateway review hobbled by budget cuts, critics say

    Critics of Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to tankers on the British Columbia coast say there is no time for the science to be completed before a federal deadline for the environmental assessment currently underway.

    Documents filed with the National Energy Board show the environmental review panel studying the Northern Gateway project asked Fisheries and Oceans Canada for risk assessments for the bodies of water the proposed pipeline will cross. The pipeline is to traverse nearly 1,000 streams and rivers in the upper Fraser, Skeena and Kitimat watersheds.

    The department didn't have them.

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  • Mississauga's Natural Capital: The Foundation of Our Health and Well Being
  • Proposed Darlington overhaul fails to plan for Chernobyl-scale disaster, critics charge

    Nuclear planners are not considering the possibility of a Fukushima-scale accident at Ontario’s Darlington nuclear station, critics told a regulatory hearing Monday.

    The comments came as the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission opened hearings about the mid-life overhaul of the Darlington station, which provides 20 per cent of the province’s power.

    “We would like to see them plan for an accident as severe as happened at Fukushima or Chernobyl,” said Theresa McCleneghan of the Canadian Environmental Law Association. “We’re not satisfied there’s been any serious attention paid to the capability to respond to such an accident.”

    McCleneghan noted that if Ontario Power Generation gets approval for the overhaul, the plant will continue operating until 2055. OPG shouldn’t be allowed to proceed until more extensive emergency measures are in place, she said.

  • 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). 

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