Canada Quietly Asks EPA to Weaken Anti-Pollution Measures
Canadian embassy in Washington asks agency to alter plan that would force lake freighters to stop burning dirty bunker fuel... Martin Mittelstaedt - Globe and Mail - Oct. 17, 2009
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Politicians Have Failed in Efforts to Stave Off Climate Change, Now It's Up to Us
By Bill McKibben , Mother Jones . Posted October 17, 2009. The political method has not worked so well...
Dickstone South Road License Upheld: Struthers
Manitoba News Release .......................... October 16, 2009 Artist: Mary Jane Eichler An Environment Act licence to construct and operate a temporary road to allow Tolko Industries to access potential timber harvesting areas north of Grass River Provincial Park will be upheld, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced today. In August, the Dickstone Road was granted a licence under the Environment Act but the decision was appealed on the grounds it threatened woodland caribou habitat. The licence was issued following an extensive technical and public review of potential environmental impacts including impacts to woodland caribou herds. Several licence terms and conditions were included to ensure environmental protection including requirements to monitor and protect against impacts to caribou, said Struthers. "We take protection of caribou habitat very seriously," said the minister. "That's why we have placed strict environmental conditions on the licens
Manitoba Brings in New Rules Governing Livestock Waste
Winnipeg Free Press - By: Staff Writer - 16/10/2009 l.p. Photo WINNIPEG - The province announced today that it is implementing new rules for livestock waste, in the wake of heated...
BC Funds Reduced-Pesticide Use Research Facilities
MB Co-Operator - Oc.15-'09 State-of-the-art labs for research into ways to reduce pesticide use will open Fri....
BIODIVERSITY: Earth's Life Support Systems Failing
Stephen Leahy - Inter Press Service UXBRIDGE, Canada, 13 Oct (IPS) - The world has failed to slow the accelerating extinction...
West Side Power Line Could Cut Through Forest Reserves
Winnipeg Free Press - By: Staff Writer - 14/10/2009 Artist: Mary Jane Eichler WINNIPEG — The west side power line will skirt provincial parks but it could cut through several forest reserves, according to...