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This Election, Tell Party Leaders To Put The Environment First.
I demand that any government who wishes to represent me must:
TAKE ACTION -- While Brazil Burns, Canada Fiddles With Brazil-Canada Trade Agreement.
Sierra Club Canada Foundation stands firmly with indigenous communities and the people of Brazil and neighbouring Amazonian nations.
At a time when any Canadian government should be leading by example to prevent irreversible climate catastrophe, Canada is negotiating the Canada-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement with Brazil.
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro is encouraging lawlessness, illegal deforestation, and with reckless rhetoric and gutting of environmental protections, he is pushing this singular place on earth closer to the brink.
Cut, Cut, Cut
Gretchen Fitzgerald — August 13, 2019
Successful Efforts to Rescue Lake Erie on Both Sides of Border
John Bacher — August 1, 2019Two major environmental victories have taken place recently, derailing important parts of the war on the environment. Both victories saved programs to plant trees. Trees are critical to rescuing Lake Erie from massive algae blooms brought on by the twin evils of deforestation and phosphorus pollution.
Sierra Club and Allies Respond to New Protections for Right Whales in Canada
Posted on July 9, 2019
NOT ENOUGH BEING DONE TO PREVENT EXTINCTION
Sierra Club Canada Foundation is alarmed that not enough is being done to prevent the extinction of North Atlantic right whales in Canada's waters. Sierra Club and allies have signed a joint letter in response to new right whale protection measures announced by the Canadian government.
THESE SEVEN BABIES
Posted on July 8, 2019
You likely recall the joyous news in the new year at the safe arrival of seven right whale newborns (see the photo album of the 2019 Calves below.)
It was extraordinary news, given that not one baby had been born the year before.
But we find ourselves facing the devastating reality that eight critically important right whales have died in Canadian waters this summer.
It means these new little lives must be protected on an emergency basis.
I fear for their safety, at such a precarious time in their first precious year of life.
Emergency Action Alert - Right Whale Deaths - June 2019
We are devastated at the loss of now 8 right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence It has left our team and our allies sickened and heart-broken. It has left us angry and wanting to take emergency action.
Of the eight precious whales now confirmed dead, I will tell you about two briefly, but we will provide more on their special biographies in the weeks coming.
Groups Roll Out Plastic Waste Carpet For Environment Ministers
Posted on June 26, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 26, 2019
K’JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – At noon today environmental groups are rolling out a carpet covered with plastic litter for delegates to Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) which is taking place at the Halifax Convention Centre on June 26 and 27. The groups are urging the Federal Government and ministers in attendance to act swiftly to implement a comprehensive Strategy on Zero Plastic Waste, including single-use plastic bans.
Emergency Actions Needed To Protect Remaining North Atlantic Right Whales
Posted on June 26, 2019
“With four dead right whales reported in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, more needs to be done to prevent more deaths,” states Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program Director at Sierra Club Canada Foundation.
The cause of the deaths of the whales has not been determined but researchers are desperately trying to find out why these whales died. The 12 right whale deaths in the Gulf of St Lawrence in 2017 were linked to entanglements in fishing gear and ship strikes.