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  • Province adds more protection for river lands

    Local environmental organizations say a decision by Queen's Park to enhance its plan to protect the environment will be a boon for the Credit River.  

    Premier Dalton McGuinty announced today that the Province is expanding its Greenbelt Plan and adding provincially owned lands in Oakville to grow the greenbelt to nearly two million acres of protected land across the Golden Horseshoe.  
    The greenbelt stretches about 325 kilometres from Rice Lake, near Peterborough, to the Niagara River and was created to protect environmentally sensitive lands from urban development and sprawl.

  • Whose Roads? Evaluating Bicyclists’ and Pedestrians’ Right to Use Public Roadways

    From the Victoria Transport Policy Institute

  • Canada announces proposals to reduce emissions

    OTTAWA - Canada announced on Tuesday its latest set of regulations on cars and light trucks to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as the UN climate talks entered its second day in Doha, Qatar.

    The proposed regulations - expected to be finalized in 2013 - would require cars with model years 2017 to 2025 to cut on-road emissions by an average of 5 percent every year.

    Light trucks, with model years 2017 to 2021, will be required to achieve an average of 3.5 percent reduction in annual GHG emissions, and a 5-percent cut for model years 2022 to 2025.

    "Compared to 2008 models, vehicles rolling off the line in 2025 will produce almost 50 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions and consume up to 50 percent less fuel," said Environment Minister Peter Kent while announcing the newly proposed regulations at a car dealership.

  • Tell the IJC: Restore Our Water Levels!

    The International Joint Commission will be holding a series of Public Hearings in July: Addressing Uncertainty in Upper Great Lakes Water Levels. These hearings will provide information on their studies since 2007 investigating options for better management of changing water levels and flows in the upper Great Lakes system (Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan/Georgian Bay and Erie).

    Sierra Club is encouraging everyone to participate at the meetings. Please come and wear your "Restore Our Water Levels" t-shirt (pictured here). You can buy one for $10 at the IJC meetings or at select marinas and stores around Georgian Bay. Contact us at ontariochapter@sierraclub.ca  to find a location near you.

  • Nuclear waste dump in Great Lakes?

    Learn about current proposals to bury nuclear waste and the Great Lakes locations being considered for the dump:

    Sunday, Sept. 30, 6:30-8:30pm

    St. Clair County Community College

  • Hundreds turn out: Message to IJC is loud and clear

    By Kate Harries -- AWARE News Network July 19 2012

    MIDLAND –

    People care about water. There’s a visceral understanding of how important it is.

  • Laura the Dragonfly creating a buzz on Parliament Hill; Pleads for protection at press conference

    OTTAWA – A species of dragonfly may be the next victim of the federal government’s gutting of environmental protection laws, says Sierra Club Canada. The Laura’s Clubtail Dragonfly (Stylurus laurae) along with the Coast Manroot (Marah oreganus), and Four-leaved Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia) had their applications to be included on the Wildlife Species at Risk list denied by Environment Minister Peter Kent earlier last month (the July 4th announcement went unnoticed in the media).

  • EC: Almost 1 in 10 hunters/anglers inspected are breaking law

    Media release from Environment Canada

    Stopping the Illegal Export of Canadian Wildlife

  • Domestic cats are killers

      Our kitty cats are second only to our windows when it comes to killing wild birds. If you were not yet convinced that keeping your cat inside is best for the environment you should check out this article in Treehugger.

  • Coal Regulations: Not enough is still not enough!

    OTTAWA – Today’s announcement by federal environment minister Peter Kent will further relax already grossly-inadequate regulations for coal-fired power plant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Despite growing evidence of climate change, particularly this summer’s record Arctic Ocean ice-loss, the government of Canada continues to ignore the science.

    “Arctic Ocean ice is at an all-time low and we are in the midst of a record breaking year for heat waves, droughts and torrential rain storms,” said Sierra Club Canada Executive Director John Bennett. “We don’t have 50 years to fix this problem as the regulations will allow – action is needed now!”

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