Environment News

Strombo gets on-board

Canadian talk show host George Stroumboulopoulos has joined the David Suzuki Foundation board of directors, along with entrepreneur John Lefebvre and Westport Innovation Inc. CFO Elaine Wong.
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Endangered whale protected the right way

OTTAWA – One of Canada’s most endangered whale populations may find itself in safer waters after the federal government issued its final recovery strategy that explicitly describes the right whale...

Environmental groups call on B.C. government to redo renewable energy planning

Vancouver — The B.C. government missed the opportunity of the Western Renewable Energy Zones (WREZ) initiative, a joint U.S.-Canada energy planning process. That's the assessment of a number of B.C....

NGOs write benchmark Copenhagen climate treaty

BONN, GERMANY — Climate change experts from leading non-governmental organizations have developed a blueprint for a legally binding Copenhagen agreement. This will serve as the benchmark for gove...

SeaChoice partners with Overwaitea Food Group on sustainable seafood project

VANCOUVER – A new collaboration between the Overwaitea Food Group and SeaChoice, Canada’s national seafood program, is making it easier for Canadians to buy seafood that promotes healthy ocean...

Home, home but no range: Government failing the ABCs of habitat protection

TORONTO – Save Ontario’s Species (SOS), a coalition of leading environmental groups, is marking the first year of the coming into force of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) with the r...