Environment News
U.S. offering polar bears better protection than Canada
Ottawa - News that the U.S. is listing the polar bear as ?threatened? under its Endangered Species Act sends a clear signal that Canada is lagging behind in its global responsibility to protect wildli...
New report says we can have our fish and eat it too
VANCOUVER – One year after the Provincial. Legislature’s own Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture recommended a rapid transition to closed-system fish farms, the provincial government cont...
MEDIA BRIEFING, MAY 13, VICTORIA
WHAT:
The David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute will host a media briefing in Victoria, B.C., on May 13. Journalists will be briefed on the upcoming Western Climate Initiative meeti...
New poll shows majority of Metro Vancouver residents want better public transit, not expanded highways
VANCOUVER – A new poll shows 69 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents support redirecting money away from road expansion projects toward a better public transit system.
The Synovate p...
Canadian and U.S. Conservation Community Invites Retail Businesses to Move Forward on Sustainable Seafood Initiatives
(Halifax, Vancouver) SeaChoice, Canada’s sustainable seafood program, and its five member organizations, joined nine U.S. environmental groups today in releasing the “Common Vision for Environment...
B.C. environmental groups applaud carbon tax legislation
Victoria - A coalition of more than 16 environmental groups from across British Columbia welcomed the introduction of the province’s landmark carbon tax into the Legislature today.
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